Section: US & Canada
Russian weapons and proxy fights add to tensions in one of the world’s ‘most kinetic areas’
First parts of a Russian S-400 missile-defense system are unloaded from a Russian plane near Ankara, Turkey, July 12, 2019. Turkish Military/Turkish Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS Reports that Turkey activated a Russian-made air-defense system to track US-built fighter jets raised hackles in Washington, which is pressuring Ankara to get rid...
China Joins Deal to Distribute COVID Vaccine to Developing Countries
China said Friday it is joining a World Health Organization international initiative to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to the developing world. China, Russia and the U.S. had said they were not joining the alliance to help two-thirds of world’s population receive the vaccines by 2022.China’s reversal makes it the largest country to...
Britain, Ukraine Sign ‘Strategic Partnership Agreement’
Britain and Ukraine have signed a bilateral agreement to support Kyiv’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russia’s “malign influence,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office says. The U.K.-Ukraine Political, Free Trade, and Strategic Partnership Agreement was signed Thursday, the second day...
Christian conservative senator slammed for anti-democracy ‘fascism’ tweet
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), a far right wing religious extremist, is under fire after posting tweets attacking democracy. Lee, who recently announced he has contracted COVID-19, posted several tweets during the vice presidential debate Wednesday night, declaring, “We’re not a democracy,” and “Democracy isn’t the...
Britain, Ukraine To Sign Partnership Agreement During Zelenskiy’s Visit To London
Britain and Ukraine will sign a “strategic partnership agreement” on October 8 to support Kyiv’s sovereignty “in the face of Russia’s destabilizing behavior,” U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office said. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Video Purporting To Show Chechens In Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Was Filmed In Crimea
A widely shared video purporting to show Chechen fighters deployed alongside Azerbaijani forces in the war over Nagorno-Karabakh is a fake that was actually filmed in the Russia-occupied Ukrainian region of Crimea, RFE/RL has determined. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘Catastrophically short of doctors’: Virus surges in Ukraine
Coronavirus infections in Ukraine began surging in late summer, and the ripples are now hitting towns like Stebnyk in the western part of the country, where Dr. Natalia Stetsik is watching the rising number of patients with alarm and anguish. …read more Source:: CTV...
‘Catastrophically short of doctors’: Virus wallops Ukraine
Coronavirus infections in Ukraine began surging in late summer, and the ripples are now hitting towns like Stebnyk in the western part of the country, where Dr. Natalia Stetsik is … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...
‘Catastrophically Short of Doctors’: Virus Wallops Ukraine
Coronavirus infections in Ukraine began surging in late summer, and the ripples are hitting towns like Stebnyk in the western part of the country. …read more Source:: U.S....
A virus surge in Ukraine puts hospitals under strain again
Coronavirus infections in Ukraine began surging in late summer, and the ripples are hitting towns like Stebnyk in the western part of the country …read more Source:: The Washington...
