Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States needs to get out of the war in Ukraine and that U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris and U.S. President Joe Biden had no plan to do so. “Biden and Kamala got us into this war in Ukraine, and now they can’t get us out. They…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in the United States to set out a “victory plan” to his closest ally this week, in an urgent attempt to influence White House policy on Ukraine’s war with Russia no matter who wins the U.S. elections in November. The Ukrainian leader has said he wants to present the plan to U.S. President Joe…
While addressing a crowd at the Eurasian Women’s Forum in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed government policy geared toward helping women achieve the ultimate balance — professional success while being the linchpin “of a large, large family.” He went on to joke that Russian women can manage it easily, and still remain “beautiful,…
As It Happens6:34A Canadian man tried for months to get his sister out of war-torn Sudan. She died waiting When the federal government launched a program in late February to reunite people in war-torn Sudan with their families in Canada, Seif Omran Mansour was ready. The West Vancouver civil engineer got up at the crack…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the regular size of the Russian army to be increased by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen, in a move that would make it the second largest in the world after China’s. In a decree published on the Kremlin’s website, Putin ordered the overall size of the…
Nearly 100 prisoners of war were recently released in an exchange between Russia and Ukraine, including nine Ukrainian women who were currently on trial in Russia, accused by prosecutors of supporting terrorism because of their connection to the Azov Regiment. The women, many of whom reportedly worked as cooks and in support roles with the military…
Relatives of some of those killed when Flight PS752 was shot down over Iran have filed complaints against former RCMP commissioner Brenda Lucki over her decision not to launch a criminal investigation into the deadly event. Now, a national security watchdog is expected to determine if Lucki and her police force acted appropriately, according to the complainants’ lawyer. Iran’s Islamic…
China said on Tuesday it plans to start an anti-dumping investigation into canola imports from Canada, after Ottawa moved to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, lifting prices of domestic rapeseed oil futures to a one-month peak. Canada has followed the lead of the United States and European Union, and announced last week a 100…
KIEV: Ukraine’s Strategic Industries Minister, Oleksandr Kamyshin, resigned on Tuesday in anticipation of a new defence role, as part of a significant government reshuffle during a critical phase in the ongoing war with Russia. His resignation was followed by the departure of four other ministers: Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna, and the ministers of justice,…
A beluga whale that was suspected of spying for Russia after being discovered in Norwegian waters five years ago has been found dead, according to the non-profit organization that had been monitoring the whale. The body of Hvaldimir — a combination of the Norwegian word for whale and the first name of Russian President Vladimir Putin — was spotted floating in the…
