Canada has joined the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union in slapping new sanctions on Russia on the eve of the second anniversary its invasion of Ukraine and in apparent retaliation for the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The 47-year-old critic of the Kremlin died suddenly in an Arctic penal … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presented his first official “day after” plan for the Gaza Strip once the conflict there ends, saying Israel will keep security control over all Palestinian areas and make reconstruction of Gaza dependent on its demilitarization. The document proposes Israel would maintain security control over all land west of Jordan, … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday met the wife and daughter of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died last week in a prison camp, and called him “a man of incredible courage.” Biden, speaking to reporters in California, reiterated that Washington plans to impose a wide array of sanctions on Russia and its … Read more
Ottawa is putting $80.5 million toward a mission to improve security conditions in Haiti, where rampant gang violence has caused an ongoing crisis, Global Affairs Canada said Thursday. The money will go towards a multinational security mission led by Kenya to support efforts by the Haitian National Police, the department said. It’s expected to support … Read more
The mother of Russia’s top opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that she has seen her son’s body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret burial outside the public eye. Speaking in a video statement from the Arctic city of Salekhard, Lyudmila Navalnaya said investigators have allowed her … Read more
Peter Schturyn counts himself lucky that family and friends in Ukraine are far from the worst of the fighting since Russia’s invasion of the country. But he says that’s not the case for many of the Ukrainians who’ve come to Canada since then. Saturday marks two years since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military invaded the … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size King Charles says he’s incredibly moved by the outpouring of support following his recent cancer diagnosis, telling British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that he’s been “reduced to tears” when reading the incoming messages and cards. Charles met with Sunak on Wednesday, the first time he’s held his … Read more
For Nazi hunter Abbee Corb, there are cases that stand out, like the one she calls the “baby smasher.” A criminologist with a PhD, Corb was searching for Nazis who had resettled in Canada when she came across the file. A witness statement written in 1945 described how a young Lithuanian woman named Klimaite had … Read more
The head of Boeing‘s troubled 737 MAX program is leaving the company immediately as pressure mounts for the planemaker to address issues with production and safety after a door panel blew off one of its planes mid-air last month. The departure also comes ahead of the five-year anniversary next month of the deadly 737 MAX … Read more
Chinese police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a private security contractor linked to the nation’s top policing agency and other parts of its government — a trove that catalogs apparent hacking activity and tools to spy on both Chinese and foreigners. Among the apparent targets of tools provided … Read more
