World
Technology
Starlink to Potentially Provide Global LTE Coverage, Accessible From Mobile Devices Starting 2025
Starlink’s technology could allow smartphones to access satellite internet as early as 2025, but some questions have come up about the need for oversight considering the company’s past decisions.
March 9, 2024
War in Ukraine
OPINION: Putin Is on an Historic Mission and Will Not Stop Until He Is Finally Defeated
Atlantic Council’s Peter Dickinson on why Ukraine is only the beginning for Putin.
March 9, 2024
US
Biden Takes Trump Fight to Battleground States After Blistering Address
Biden carries the political fight to Trump as their rivalry for the White House intensifies.
March 9, 2024
Russia
Russian Reports: Massive Drone Attack Targets Taganrog, Aircraft Factory Possibly Hit
Russian authorities claim a substantial drone assault across four regions, with Taganrog's Beriev aircraft factory possibly among the targets, as 47 drones were reportedly downed.
March 9, 2024
Zelensky
OPINION: Mrs. Zelensky's Lost Opportunity
In nine years, Navalny’s sentiments towards the “Crimea Question” shifted. At the time of his death, he firmly asserted that Ukraine’s border should be restored to that defined in 1991.
March 9, 2024
Ukraine
Ukrainian FM Warns West Against 'Dripping Aid Drop by Drop' to Kyiv
Ukraine's foreign minister urged for an "unrestricted and timely supply of weapons and ammunition to ensure that Ukraine beats Russia," declaring the end of an era of peace in Europe.
March 9, 2024
Russia
Kadyrov's Fighters Steal Copper From Ukrainian Mine
Ramzan Kadyrov's army is diverting its personnel from combat to steal copper and transport it to the rear for sale.
March 9, 2024
War in Ukraine
Turkey Ready to Host Ukraine-Russia Peace Summit, Erdogan Says
NATO member Turkey has been positioning itself as a potential mediator between Moscow and Kyiv since Russia launched its invasion more than two years ago.
March 8, 2024
Tanks
Video: Ukrainian Paratroopers Shown Thwarting Russian Assault, Destroy 12 Armored Vehicles
Russian troops launched a Soviet-era assault tactic on Ukrainian positions, employing substantial armor. Ukrainian paratroopers fought back using drones – destroying 12 vehicles, including four tanks.
March 8, 2024
War in Ukraine
Torture Part of Russia’s War Policy in Ukraine: UN Expert
The UN expert said that the Russian army's torture of military and civilian prisoners is so widespread that it "cannot be described away as aberrant behavior or ad hoc behavior."
March 8, 2024
UN
Belarus Opposition Leader Says Year of No News From Jailed Husband
Tikhanovskaya called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to intervene, saying that other Belarusian political prisoners had also been cut off from the outside world.
March 8, 2024
WORLD BRIEFING: March 8, 2024
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
March 8, 2024
OPINION: Lagarde - Needs to be on the Right Side of History
Interesting to hear Christine Lagarde argue that seizing Russian assets needs to be legal, the author writes.
March 8, 2024
War in Ukraine
India Bust Network Sending Citizens to Fight for Russia in Ukraine
The traffickers, operating as an organized network, lured Indian nationals with promises of lucrative jobs, then deployed them to frontline bases in the Russo-Ukrainian war against their will.
March 8, 2024
OPINION: Small Beacons of Light in a Vast Sea of Darkness
The events of Oct. 7 raised many questions about the status of women, the relationship between women's issues and political agendas, and most significantly, about global solidarity for female victims.
March 8, 2024
War in Ukraine
Washington Insider: What Biden’s State of the Union Means for Ukraine
US President Joe Biden’s annual State of the Union address signaled that the threat of a Russia “on the march” should alarm everyone – not only supporters of Ukraine.
March 8, 2024
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