Ukraine’s security council on Wednesday, Feb. 23, approved plans to declare a state of national emergency, in response to the growing threat of a Russian invasion.
Early Wednesday, the President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, tweeted in support of Ukraine - while making clear that any attempts by China to 'take' Taiwan, now or later, will be met with force.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian military to send troops to the breakaway republics of Donetsk (DPR) and Luhansk (LPR) in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region in a mission he described as a peacekeeping operation.
A document from the British National Archives that was resurfaced in a report by the German newspaper Der Spiegel reveals that the Soviet Union was promised NATO wouldn’t expand eastward during negotiations at the end of the Cold War.
Jamaica is in the midst of launching - and perhaps more importantly marketing - its own e-currency. The country's CBDC is called the Jam-Dex and it carries with it a tagline as relaxed as the nation's reputation: "No cash, no problem".
Canada has moved to make the asset freezing part of its Emergencies Act, which was used to target supporters of the Freedom Convoy protests, a permanent fixture.
President Vladimir Putin told his Security Council that Russia should consider recognizing the independence of two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson is suggesting that some of the trucks and other vehicles seized by police during a two-day operation to clear out the "Freedom Convoy" protest and occupation could be used to pay for some of the policing costs.
The public health watchdog announced the change in policy on Wednesday in its most recent Covid-19 statistical report, saying the frequency and content of the data would be reviewed.
On Wednesday, US and NATO officials said they saw no sign of a Russian pullback from areas near Ukraine after the Russian Defense Ministry announced troops were starting to leave the region.
Despite the legacy media breathlessly reporting that Russia had chosen today – February 16 – as the date to attack Ukraine, one of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s closest allies now says the chances of that happening are virtually zero.
The U.S.-Canada border crossing at Coutts, Alberta, reopened on Tuesday after protesters ended a two-week blockade that had disrupted millions of dollars in trade.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is invoking emergency powers to weaken the protests by demonstrators who are paralyzing the capital city of Ottawa and blocking border crossings
Hundreds of vehicles drove along the main highway from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on Monday and converged on parliament to protest against COVID-19 curbs in a convoy inspired by demonstrations in Canada.
Russia said on Tuesday (Feb 15) some of its military units were returning to their bases after exercises near Ukraine, following days of US and British warnings that Moscow might invade its neighbour at any time.
