Section: US & Canada
The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know for Wednesday. 1. The US Senate Intelligence Committee released a report on Tuesday that details harsh CIA interrogation techniques employed in counterterrorism efforts during the administration of US President George W. Bush. 2. A new leak of confidential documents adds dozens of more companies,...
Russian Pop Stars Pay A Price For Speaking Out On Ukraine
Russian performers who have criticized the country’s role in Ukraine have been denounced on TV programs and had concert dates abruptly canceled.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
Record numbers trying and dying to reach Europe: UN
Geneva (AFP) – More than 3,400 people have died in the Mediterranean this year trying to reach Europe, the UN refugee agency said Wednesday, urging governments to take more action to save lives.More than 207,000 people have made the risky sea crossing since January, almost three times the previous high of 70,000 during the Libyan civil war...
Ukraine truce bid in jeopardy
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s military accused separatists of violating an agreed “Day of Silence” in the country’s embattled east on Tuesday, an initiative that was seen as an attempt to forge a durable ceasefire paving the way to a new round of peace talks. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
LONG Biden: Ukraine Can’t ‘Blow’ Another Chance To Change
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has said Ukraine cannot lose another chance to change the country for the better. The remarks come as Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists largely suspended hostilities in the country’s east on December 9. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Headed to India for Trade, Energy Talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin is headed to India on a trip aimed at expanding trade and energy cooperation. Putin is expected to meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday in New Delhi. India and Russia have had close ties since the Cold War. Analysts say India will look for ways in which Russia can help the emerging South Asian...
Dutch, Ukrainian governments sued over Malaysia jet shoot-down
Lawsuits filed by relatives of some of the 298 people killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over embattled Ukraine are challenging the Dutch government investigation of the disaster and the Ukrainian government’s failure to close its airspace. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Will the IMF bring Ukraine in from the cold?
The Ukraine and IMF begin fresh talks over a $17 billion aid package on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Egan: My apology to Ottawa’s homegrown extremist
“I was one of you.” So you say, Abu Anwar al-Canadi or John Maguire, in your video warning, before calling on Muslims in Canada to sharpen their knives or prepare their explosive devices. Then we shall respond as the polite Canadian. Sorry it didn’t work out, John. Sorry you grew up in the greatest country in the world, with one of the best...
Crimea Annexation Upends Lives of Tatar Minority
SARY-SU, Crimea—Since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine, armed men have shown up frequently and at odd hours to search the cinder-block houses, mosque and school in this settlement of Crimean Tatars, a Muslim ethnic minority that has long suffered from discrimination in the peninsula that is its historic homeland. The worst shock came in...
