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Airbus granted reprieve from Canadian sanctions on Russian titanium, sources say
Employees work on a number of Airbus A220 airplanes at their plant in Mirabel, Quebec, September 23, 2020. Philippe Balducchi, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus Canada Limited said "Canadians can take great pride in the long and accomplished history of its aerospace industry, which has always allowed them to fly on aircraft that are designed and made right here in Canada. And the Airbus A220 is no exception. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
opinion
If the world doesn’t act, Canada’s newest honorary citizen will die
Brandon Silver, Irwin Cotler and Bill Browder
international business
Russian court orders seizure of JPMorgan Chase funds in VTB lawsuit
FILE PHOTO: A view of the exterior of the JP Morgan Chase & Co. corporate headquarters in New York City May 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar//File Photo
world
Ukraine suspends consular services for military-age male citizens until May 18 in draft push
FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba looks on, on the day of a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured), at the NATO Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool/File Photo
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Russian court rejects appeal by detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the First Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. A court will considers an appeal against the arrest of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich who was detained on espionage charges in Yekaterinburg last year. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
world
U.S. to reportedly take aim at Chinese banks aiding Russia’s war effort
FILE - The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Zhangjiakou, China, on Feb. 2, 2022. Hackers linked to China were likely behind the exploitation of a software security hole in cybersecurity firm Barracuda Networks’ email security feature that affected public and private organizations globally, according to an investigation by security firm Mandiant. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
world
Russian troops attacking key eastern Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar, Kyiv says
Servicemen of the battalion of unmanned attack air systems "Achilles" of the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade advance to a front position near the town of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, on April 21, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian and Western leaders laud U.S. aid package while the Kremlin warns of ‘further ruin’
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 20: American and Ukrainian flags fly near the U.S. Capitol on April 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. The House is passed a $95 billion foreign aid package today for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
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Moscow says 50 Ukrainian drones shot down as attacks spark fires at Russian power stations
In this photo provided by the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, a view of the damage after Russia's attack on residential building in Dnipro, Ukraine, Friday, April 19, 2024. (Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration via AP Photo)
international business
Russian broker hopes to free up $500-million with frozen asset swap
FILE PHOTO: A Russian state flag flies over the Central Bank headquarters in Moscow, Russia, August 15, 2023. A sign reads: "Bank of Russia". REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo
world
Biden taps Curtis Ried to be next US ambassador to OSCE, White House says
U.S. National Security Council Chief of Staff Curtis Ried speaks during a meeting for Cyprus Maritime Corridor to Gaza at the Zenon Coordination Centre in Larnaca, Cyprus March 21, 2024. Stavros Ioannides/PIO/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
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Russian missile attack kills at least 17 in Ukraine’s Chernihiv, officials say
An officer of State Emergency Service of Ukraine looks on as rescuers work at the site of a destroyed building during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attacks on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine April 17, 2024. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
explainer
Why is Russia trying to capture the Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar?
FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian serviceman walks near destroyed building, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine March 5, 2024. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak/File Photo
politics
Belarusian opposition in exile seeks recognition for its own passports
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, exiled Belarusian opposition leader, holds a photo of her husband in Ottawa on April 15, 2024.
world
Ukraine’s top commander says Russia aims to capture Chasiv Yar by May 9
FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian CV-90 infantry fighting vehicle is driven, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine March 5, 2024. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak/File Photo
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Russia’s Kurgan governor calls on residents to evacuate flooded areas
Locals queue for drinking water in the flood-hit city of Petropavl in northern Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia on April 14, 2024. (Photo by Evgeniy Lukyanov / AFP) (Photo by EVGENIY LUKYANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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A local official says at least 10 people have died in shelling in Russian-occupied Ukraine
This photograph taken on April 6, 2024, shows a binoculars at a position of Ukrainian servicemen of the mobile air defence unit of the 117th Mechanized Brigade in the Zaporizhzhia region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP) (Photo by ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images)
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Security situation at Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant continues to deteriorate, Ukrainian officials say
FILE PHOTO: A Russian service member stands guard at a checkpoint near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant before the arrival of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert mission in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo
world
Russian opposition politician Navalny wrote memoir before death, says widow
FILE PHOTO: People lay flowers at the grave of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny following his funeral at the Borisovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, March 1, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
world
A Russian attack on a Ukrainian village kills a 14-year-old girl and two others, officials say
Recruits of the 3rd Assault Brigade train in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
world
Russians stage a rare protest after a dam bursts and homes flood near the Kazakh border
Emergency workers use a boat to evacuate local residents in a flooded street after a part of a dam burst, in Orsk, Russia on Monday, April 8, 2024. Floods caused by rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam in a city near Russia's border with Kazakhstan, forcing some 2,000 people to evacuate, local authorities said. The dam broke in the city of Orsk in the Orenburg region, less than 12.4 miles north of the border on Friday night, according to Orsk mayor Vasily Kozupitsa. (AP Photo)
world
Ukraine will be outgunned by Russia 10 to 1 in weeks without US help, top Europe general says
Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Christopher Cavoli addresses a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. Ukraine is locked in an existential battle for its survival almost two years into its war with Russia and Western armies and political leaders must drastically change the way they help it fend off invading forces, a top NATO military officer warned on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Russian air strikes damage electric system in southern Ukraine
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a joint press conference with President of Finland following their meeting in Kyiv on April 3, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP) (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia, Kazakhstan evacuate over 100,000 people amid worst flooding in decades
Kazakh rescuers evacuate residents of the flooded settlement of Pokrovka, some 90 km from the city of Petropavl, in northern Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia on April 9, 2024. Water levels in overflowing rivers were still rising on April 9, 2024 in swathes of Russia and Kazakhstan that have been hit by massive floods, with Russia's city of Orenburg and western Siberia bracing for a new peak. Both Astana and Moscow have called the floods the worst in decades, introducing a state of emergency as water covered entire cities and villages. More than 100,000 people have been evacuated from the rising water -- mostly in Kazakhstan. (Photo by Evgeniy Lukyanov / AFP) (Photo by EVGENIY LUKYANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
world
U.S. sends seized Iranian weapons to Ukraine
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy inspects new fortifications for Ukrainian servicemen, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Russian border in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, April 9, 2024. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
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UN atomic watchdog says the status of Russian-occupied Ukraine nuclear plant is ‘extremely serious’
(FILES) A photo shows a view of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on June 14, 2023. Russia on April 7, 2024, said Ukraine attacked the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant with a drone, with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) urging restraint. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP) (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukraine denies Russian claim that it launched drone strikes on major nuclear power plant
(FILES) A photo shows a view of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on June 14, 2023. Russia on April 7, 2024, said Ukraine attacked the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant with a drone, with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) urging restraint. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP) (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images)
international business
U.S. will push China to change policy that threatens American jobs, Yellen says
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen attends a press conference in Beijing, China April 8, 2024. REUTERS/Florence Lo
world
Attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant significantly increase accident risk, IAEA head says
FILE - The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir after the dam collapse, in Energodar, Russian-occupied Ukraine, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Officials at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant said that the site was attacked Sunday April 7, 2024, by Ukrainian military drones, including a strike on the dome of the plant’s sixth power unit. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)
world
Ukraine stages major attack on Russian military base, Kyiv source says
Workers check a transformer damaged by a Russian missile attack at DTEK's power plant in Ukraine, on Monday, April 1, 2024. Russia is attacking Ukraine’s energy sector with renewed intensity and alarming accuracy, signaling to Ukrainian officials that Russia is armed with better intelligence and fresh tactics in its campaign to annihilate the country’s power generation capacity. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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Russian drone attack kills at least four people, wounds 12 in Ukrainian city of Kharkiv
A rescuer works at a site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Yevhen Titov
energy and resources
Brent settles above $90 for first time since October on geopolitical tension
FILE - A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas, Oct. 12, 2021. Two Texas companies have resolved Clean Air Act violations with the Environmental Protection Agency by agreeing to reduce emissions of planet-warming methane and other harmful pollutants wafting from the nation's largest oil and gas producing region. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
world
Ukraine lowers conscription age to 25 in bid to plug shortfall in troop numbers amid war with Russia
Recruits wait for their turn to pass medical examination in a city hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Ukraine has lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia's full-scale invasion. The new law came into force Wednesday April 3, 2024, a day after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed it.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky,File)
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NATO to plan long-term Ukraine aid, mulls $147-billion fund
(FILES) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addresses the audience with Polish President during a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on March 14, 2024. NATO must be able to offer "predictable" long-term assistance to Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Brussels on April 3, 2024. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)
politics
A timeline of events that led to the public inquiry into foreign interference
Justice Marie-Josée Hogue, the commissioner of the inquiry into foreign interference, says her work is underway and the inquiry will have more to say about its process on Nov. 10. The Peace Tower on Parliament Hill is shown from Gatineau, Que., on Thursday, March 12, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
explainer
What to expect from the public inquiry into foreign interference and how we got here
The federal inquiry into foreign interference says its initial hearings will help identify ways to make information public even though much of it will originate from classified documents and sources.The Confederation Building is pictured through a window on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick