North America
NATO
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has set an “ambitious deadline” to get Biden’s bill, and the $60 billion in aid for Ukraine, passed by the House of Representatives before the Easter vacation.
Mar. 14, 19:23
Putin
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Mar. 14, 18:55
NATO
Victory in the March 15-17 contest will allow Putin to stay in the Kremlin until at least 2030, longer than any Russian leader since Catherine the Great in the 18th century.
Mar. 14, 17:21
Putin
Russian Putin said if the US sent troops to Ukraine, it would be seen as a significant escalation of the war that could give the Kremlin a rationale for doing what once was considered unthinkable.
Mar. 13, 19:13
US
Ukraine-born, US-based film producer Ihor Lopatonok teamed up with Hollywood director Oliver Stone to create a pair of films that may as well have been written by Putin.
Mar. 13, 18:26
Mariupol
The city of Mariupol was almost completely destroyed by Russian attacks and Kyiv says tens of thousands of civilians were killed.
Mar. 11, 17:05
NATO
America’s best robot spy plane just spent nearly twelve hours over the east Black Sea sometimes swinging within 100 km of the Russian mainland. It flew away unharmed.
Mar. 7, 17:40
US
A favorite of affluent, moderate Republican voters, Haley failed to derail Trump’s path to the nomination since finishing a distant third in the opening contest in Iowa in January.
Mar. 6, 16:45
Ukraine
Jack Teixeira, the US airman responsible for leaking the US’s assessment of the Ukrainian military in 2023 – the worst leak in a decade – pled guilty to the charges and faced a 16-year sentence.
Mar. 5, 18:41
US
A reckless prospective foreign policy and a troubling unfitness to hold the nation’s highest office – why Donald Trump is the thorn in the side of the Republican party and a threat to democracy.
Mar. 5, 14:57
Ukraine
The two events in 2022 had raised 10 billion and six billion euros, respectively, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told a press conference.
Mar. 4, 17:35
Put simply, if Trump regains power, he will work hand-in-glove with Putin and bring a toothless Western alliance closer to a general war than it has ever been since 1938.
Mar. 4, 16:21
War in Ukraine
Eight were confirmed dead, including a child and a baby, after an overnight drone strike on Odesa. Separate shelling attacks in the Kharkiv, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions killed another three.
Mar. 2, 23:06
War in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest address to the nation was mostly a repetition of previous rhetoric and did not address Transnistria’s appeal for Moscow’s protection.
Feb. 29, 17:28
War in Ukraine
The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said that to defeat Putin you have to stop pretending that he's a politician and recognize that he's a crime boss.
Feb. 28, 18:26