US intelligence agencies are investigating intelligence in Ukraine and Afghanistan

Recently, there has been a challenge to assess the capabilities and willingness of US intelligence agencies to fight. In a private statement to US intelligence in late February, a week before Russia launched its aggression, he asked, “Was Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky made in the style of Britain’s Winston Churchill, or in the style of

Andrew Furey does a victory lap, but it won’t make your grocery bill any cheaper

Soaring food and fuel prices hitting family budgets hard This is a column about politics, premiers and the price of wieners, among other things. We’ll get to the hotdogs in due course; first, though, let’s look at some political hotdogging. There was a bounce in Andrew Furey’s step and a smile on his face Wednesday

The ballad of Bill Morneau — a call for more economic growth, less politics

The former finance minister has offered some good ideas — and some flashes of naiveté Bill Morneau never seemed to like the political aspects of politics. That might explain both the rockiest moments of his tenure as finance minister and some of the complaints he chose to air during a speech in Toronto this week.

In the Russia-Ukraine conflict, China is paying the price for sitting in its yard: Blinken

China is paying “reputational costs” for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US Secretary of State Tony Blinken told lawmakers on Tuesday. China is paying “reputational costs” for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US Secretary of State Tony Blinken told lawmakers on Tuesday.On February 24, Russia launched a military offensive against Ukraine.Blinken said he sees this affecting relations

In addition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it is a war of remembrance between the two sides

Both Vladimir Putin and successive Ukrainian leaders have launched a project to erase and redefine the history of their people. Peace is not a great guess for Wordle, it’s a five-letter word. This is not the case. Dostoevsky told us that there are no heroes in war. We forget that. The horrors of war can

Direct updates | Russian-Ukrainian war

POKROVSK, Ukraine – Many people are fleeing their homes in search of safety as the Russian military intensifies its military presence in eastern Ukraine.In the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, people lined up on Tuesday to take a train along the Hungarian-Slovak border to the western part of the country. One was in a

Japan: Increase your travel rights to Southeast Asia

Prime Minister Kishida must demand reforms in Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam (Tokyo) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida should urge the governments of Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam to improve human rights in the upcoming three countries, a human rights observer has said. Kishida will actually visit the country from late April to May 2022.“Japan must

Russia launches offensive in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine says Russia has launched a new offensive in the eastern part of the country, with explosions on all fronts and attacks in other regions.Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said on Monday that Russia had launched the “Battle of Donbass” in the east and that “a large part of the entire Russian army is now focusing

Vladimir Putin thinks he is winning in Ukraine and now has his “logic of war.”

Austrian leader Karl Nehammer met with Vladimir Putin last week and said the Russian president believed victory in Ukraine was based on his own logic. According to the last Western leader to meet with him, Russian troops have suffered heavy losses and retreated from the north of the country, but Vladimir Putin believes that he

War in Ukraine: The battle for Donbass could be a turning point in a battle in which both sides must win

Analysts believe that the Russian army is concentrated in eastern Ukraine, where separatists have been fighting the Ukrainian army since 2014. Russia’s war against Ukraine is entering its second and decisive phase, and a new attack on Russia’s east is the biggest challenge for Ukraine’s defenders.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video message on