As Ukraine marked its third Easter at war, Russia on Sunday launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine’s east, wounding more than a dozen people, and claimed its troops took control of a village they had been targeting. Ukraine’s air force said that Russia had launched 24 Shahed drones overnight, of which 23 were shot down. … Read more
The arrests of three suspected hitmen accused of killing a B.C. Sikh leader highlight an emerging security problem: foreign intelligence services are contracting their dirty work to the criminal underworld. Governments are increasingly accused of trying to silence and kill opponents outside their borders, and they are relying more and more on crime groups to … Read more
Russian state-backed accounts on TikTok are posting far more, and reaching many more people, in the lead-up to the U.S. election, a new report finds. And it says the exposure may impact voters’ willingness to “mobilize or take actions” that could help the target of false or hyperpartisan content, the report states. “(The accounts) were focusing … Read more
Servicemen of the National Guard of Ukraine undergo training to storm enemy trenches using simulation equipment as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine on February 29, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images The U.S. has formally accused Russia of using chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops and announced late Wednesday … Read more
The Shell logo is displayed outside a petrol station in Radstock on February 17, 2024 in Somerset, England. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images British oil giant Shell on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit, despite a sharp downturn in natural gas prices in Europe. Shell reported adjusted earnings of $7.7 billion for … Read more
The exiled leader of the opposition to Belarus’ authoritarian government says her country’s struggle for democracy is also one for its sovereignty as Russia continues to draw Belarus into its war on Ukraine. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who fled to Lithuania in 2020 after President Alexander Lukashenko deployed a severe crackdown on protests against his disputed election … Read more
In Shreveport, Louisiana, across the street from House Speaker Mike Johnson’s hometown church, an unusual billboard would pop up occasionally. During weeks when Congress was out of session and Johnson was home, it showed a picture of a bombed-out church in the southeastern Ukraine city of Berdyansk, next to a caption: “Speaker Johnson, ‘For a … Read more
Ukrainian servicemen practice combat drills involving a BMP-1 in Donbas, Ukraine as Russia-Ukraine war continues on March 19, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images With yet another tranche of U.S. aid on its way to Ukraine, Kyiv can breathe a sigh of relief that its forces will receive new weapons supplies and equipment to … Read more
Bombardier on Thursday became the latest planemaker to disclose an exemption from Canadian sanctions on Russian titanium, as Canada defended its decision to grant a partial reprieve from recent measures imposed over the war in Ukraine. On Tuesday, Reuters first reported that Airbus had won a waiver from a new Canadian ban on Russian titanium, … Read more
Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, calling it “a dirty spectacle” that cherry picks weapons of mass destruction from all other weapons that should also be banned. The vote in the 15-member Security … Read more
