Section: US & Canada
Ukraine government battles pro-Russia rebels
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Photos July 31: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 31: Elvish writing is seen on ‘Anduril’, a prop sword belonging to Aragorn, hero of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ movie trilogy on July 31, 2014 in London,...
Colin Kenny: Canada doesn’t have the military to back up its foreign policy
Stephen Harper likes to poke the bear – a.k.a. Vladimir Putin. The Canadian prime minister has slammed Putin’s “expansionism and militarism” and called the Russian president a “throwback” to the evil mindset of the Soviet Union. In terms of the words Harper uses, I appreciate his forthright condemnation of...
Send More Help to the Hot Zone
The lives of both local and international health care workers, as well as the lives of thousands of people in West Africa and possibly beyond, are at stake in the world’s largest Ebola epidemic to date. Organizations such as Samaritan’s Purse and Doctors Without Borders have taken the lead in combatting the disease, which has seen...
Indonesia’s Moment
Indonesia’s President Suharto reigned for over three decades based on an implicit compact with his citizenry. The former general would ensure the world’s fourth most populous nation prospered so its people could climb out of poverty, and in return they consented to his autocratic rule and turned a blind eye when his family and cronies...
Investigators reach Ukraine jet crash site
ROZSYPNE, Ukraine (AP) — As fighting continued to rage in eastern Ukraine, an international team of investigators on Thursday managed to reach the crash site of the Malaysia Airline Flight 17 for the first time since it was brought down by a missile two weeks ago. Clashes along routes to the wreckage site between government troops and...
International investigators reach Flight MH17 crash site
As fighting continued to rage in eastern Ukraine, an international team of investigators on Thursday managed to reach the crash site of the Malaysia Airline Flight 17 for the first time since it was brought down by a missile two weeks ago. …read more Source: CTV...
Investigators reach Ukraine jet crash site
An international team of investigators in eastern Ukraine on Thursday reached the crash site of the Malaysia Airline Flight 17 for the first time. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Ukraine’s parliament rejects PM’s resignation
Legislature approves legislation Arseniy Yatsenyuk says was needed to avoid a default …read more Source: The Globe and...
Finally! Investigators Gain Access to MH17 Site
Fighting between rebels and government has prevented monitors and crash investigators traveling along the route to the wreckage in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
