Category: News Desk

A shipment of US military aid arriving in Kyiv. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Wed 26 January 2022: The US Embassy in Ukraine urged American citizens in the country to consider departing now, saying the security situation in the country was “unpredictable due to the increased threat of Russian military action”. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s foreign minister has said Moscow’s buildup of […]

Wed 26 January 2022: Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, urged the international community on Tuesday to stop Russia from blackmailing the country and threatening a full-scale invasion. Lawmakers convened with this agenda amid continued tensions between Russia and Ukraine. During the parliament session, a resolution was passed on appealing to the United Nations, the European […]

Wed 26 January 2022: Williams Lake First Nation unveils findings of preliminary search at former ‘residential school’ known for abuse. Warning: The story below contains details of residential schools that may be upsetting. Canada’s Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day at 1-866-925-4419. Canada – An Indigenous community in […]

Tue 25 January 2022: Troubles seem to find US President Joe Biden’s way nowadays. With tensions rife on several fronts like Ukraine, the president seems to have triggered a row at home too.   The president was in the East Room of the White House for a meeting of his Competition Council, an economic group […]

Tue 25 January 2022: Russian authorities have put Alexey Navalny, a jailed Kremlin critic, and a group of his supporters to an official list of “terrorists and extremists.” Local news outlets also reported on Tuesday that the federal prison service had demanded that Navalny’s brother Oleg be given a prison sentence instead of the one-year […]

Tue 25 January 2022: Authorities in Greece have been accused of inciting a hunger crisis in refugee camps by denying people food. “It is unthinkable that people are going hungry in Greece. Through no fault of their own they have fallen through the cracks and all because of a problem created by gaps in legislation […]