Fintrac flags tactics used to skirt Russian sanctions, export controls – National

Fintrac flags tactics used to skirt Russian sanctions, export controls – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada’s financial intelligence agency and European allies are highlighting attempts to export sensitive technology to Russia in violation of sanctions imposed against Moscow. The warning comes in a new joint advisory from the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, known as Fintrac, and its counterparts … Read more

Volodymyr Zelensky Says Ukraine Faces “Extremely Difficult” Frontline Battles

Volodymyr Zelensky Says Ukraine Faces “Extremely Difficult” Frontline Battles

Ukraine said they were facing “heavy fire” from advancing Russian forces in the southern region. Kyiv: Ukrainian troops, reeling from losing a key town, now face “extremely difficult” conditions all along the frontline with Russia because of delayed foreign aid, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday. A heightened Russian offensive in eastern and southern Ukraine saw … Read more

Dubai International Airport had 86.9 million passengers last year in a post-pandemic surge

Dubai International Airport had 86.9 million passengers last year in a post-pandemic surge

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The number of passengers flying through Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, surged last year beyond its total for 2019 — just before the coronavirus pandemic grounded global aviation. While still shy of its all-time high in 2018, the figures for 2023 showed just how far the … Read more

Ukraine’s New Army Chief On Frontline Situation

Ukraine’s New Army Chief On Frontline Situation

The US Senate this week approved $60 billion of funding for Ukraine. (File) Kyiv: Ukraine’s new army chief said Wednesday the situation on the front line was “extremely difficult” as delays to much-needed US military aid cast a shadow over how long Kyiv’s troops can hold out. The 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) front line has barely moved … Read more

What Vladimir Putin Said On AI And Risks Of Global War

What Vladimir Putin Said On AI And Risks Of Global War

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke in an interview published on Friday about war and peace in Ukraine, the risks of advances in genetics and artificial intelligence and fears of a world war. The following are the key points, as translated by Reuters from the Russian based on a Kremlin transcript. ON WAR AND PEACE … Read more

Vladimir Putin In Rare Interview

Vladimir Putin In Rare Interview

Vladimir Putin defended his decision to invade Ukraine in 2022 (File) Moscow: President Vladimir Putin said in an interview released Thursday with controversial right-wing US journalist Tucker Carlson that the West should understand it is “impossible” to defeat Russia in Ukraine. In a two-hour interview with the former Fox News host — coming just ahead … Read more

Exclusive: Ukrainian general wants Canada’s 83,000 decommissioned rockets

Exclusive: Ukrainian general wants Canada’s 83,000 decommissioned rockets

A Ukrainian military leader is asking Canada to hand over tens of thousands of rockets that are awaiting demolition at a Saskatchewan military base. In an exclusive interview with Global News, Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov urged the government to let Ukraine have the decommissioned CRV7 rockets. Doing so would help Ukraine fend off Russian forces … Read more

Zelenskyy says he’s thinking about replacing Ukraine’s military chief   – National

Zelenskyy says he’s thinking about replacing Ukraine’s military chief   – National

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was weighing a possible dismissal of the country’s top military officer, a prospect that has shocked the nation fighting Russia’s invasion and worried Kyiv’s Western allies. Asked whether he was considering the ouster of Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Zelenskyy told Italian RAI TV in an interview released late Sunday that … Read more

EU seals US$54B aid package for Ukraine despite Hungary’s objections – National

EU seals USB aid package for Ukraine despite Hungary’s objections – National

The leaders of the 27 European Union countries sealed a deal Thursday to provide Ukraine with a new 50-billion-euro (US$54 billion) support package for its war-ravaged economy despite weeks of threats from Hungary to veto the move. European Council President Charles Michel announced the agreement that was reached in the first hour of a summit … Read more

Rock band critical of Putin is detained in Thailand, fearful of deportation to Russia

Rock band critical of Putin is detained in Thailand, fearful of deportation to Russia

BANGKOK — Members of a rock band that has been critical of Moscow’s war in Ukraine remained locked up Tuesday in a Thai immigration jail, fearful that they could be deported to Russia as a reported plan to let them fly to safety in Israel was apparently suspended. The progressive rock band Bi-2 said on … Read more