North America
Biden Urges ‘Sacred Commitment’ as NATO Turns 75
NATO allies have been increasingly unnerved by the prospect of a Trump return to the White House in November's US presidential election.
April 4, 2024
WORLD BRIEFING: April 2, 2024
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
April 2, 2024
US
Russia Says ‘Evidence’ Links Ukraine to Moscow Attack, US Rubbishes Claim
“My uncle used to say ... that the best manure salesmen often carry their samples in their mouths,” US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters Thursday.
March 28, 2024
Putin
UK Military Couldn't Fight Russia for Longer Than Two Months – Daily Telegraph Report
A recent inquiry by the UK’s Commons Defense Committee revealed that its Armed Forces are “increasingly overstretched” and not adequately prepared or equipped for a war with Russia.
March 27, 2024
US
Ankara to Attend Kyiv’s Peace Summit even without Russia – Ukrainian Lawmaker
Roman Grishchuk, co-head of the Verkhovna Rada group on parliamentary relations with Turkey, spoke to Kyiv Post on Ankara’s peace efforts and its relationship with Kyiv during the full-scale war.
March 22, 2024
NATO
ANALYSIS: New Spike in NATO Spy Planes Operating Over Black Sea: French, British Fighters Provide Escort
While NATO has conducted monitoring and surveillance missions for decades, with increased attention over the Black Sea since February 2022, recent weeks show a spike that peaked sharply on Wednesday.
March 21, 2024
War in Ukraine
Big-Ticket, Expensive, Heavily Armored NATO Tanks Mostly Overweight Duds in the Russo-Ukrainian War
Considering how much kerchief-twisting there was about it in the first place, and how they are doing in the war right now, handing over top-end NATO tanks to Ukraine doesn’t look like a great idea.
March 19, 2024
NATO
House Democrats Aim to Get US Aid to Ukraine Passed Next Week
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.
March 14, 2024
Putin
WORLD BRIEFING: March 14, 2024
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
March 14, 2024
NATO
EU, NATO Say Russian Election Not ‘Free and Fair’
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.
March 14, 2024
Putin
Putin Says Kremlin Is 'Ready for Nuclear War'
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.
March 13, 2024
US
ANALYSIS: Ukrainian Filmmakers Just Won an Oscar, but the Kremlin’s Also Had Hollywood Success
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.
March 13, 2024
Mariupol
Zelensky Says Oscar-Winning Mariupol Film Depicts ‘Russian Terrorism’
The city of Mariupol was almost completely destroyed by Russian attacks and Kyiv says tens of thousands of civilians were killed.
March 11, 2024
NATO
ANALYSIS: Intense NATO Air Surveillance of Black Sea With Provocative Tracks Near Russia
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.
March 7, 2024
US
Trump, Biden Storm Towards Rematch as Haley to Drop Out
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.
March 6, 2024
NATO
Albania Opens Soviet-Era Air Base to Service NATO Aircraft as Russian Threat Looms
Two NATO fighter jets from Italy landed at the airbase on its inauguration.
March 5, 2024
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