By: Sarah Ghabrial and Elena Razlogova On November 7, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a well overdue apology on behalf of all Canadians for the rejection of the MS St. Louis in 1939. Canada’s refusal to allow more than 900 refugees, mostly German Jews fleeing Nazism, to disembark at Halifax was only one part of…
Click:NBA live NASHVILLE, Tenn. — National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) announced it will celebrate its 15th season, which begins in May, through various season-long initiatives that will recognize influential and impactful players of the league throughout its history. The initiatives will take place at both the league and team levels and will include specially themed days…
Spies are tremendously tech-savvy today, according to the Russian intelligence chief, who said he doesn’t use mobile phones or internet while at the office. Guess which (old-school) gadget is the only exception? Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), went public to unmask some little-known details of modern spycraft. “Today, it’s hard…
Click:全国楼凤论坛 OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has contacted Chinese authorities about the detention of a former Canadian diplomat in China at a time of intensifying tensions between the two countries. Trudeau spoke briefly to reporters Tuesday about the unexplained case of Michael Kovrig, an ex-diplomat who worked as a political lead…
TUCSON, Ariz. — Virginia Wesleyan won two games Sunday to capture the 2018 NFCA NCAA Division III Leadoff Classic at the Lincoln Park Complex. The top-ranked and undefeated (14-0) Marlins went 6-0 for the three days, and dealt Texas Lutheran its first loss of the season, 5-0, in both teams’ final tournament game. Earlier on…
The blood-chilling moment a small plane spins while rolling off the runway in Moscow was caught on CCTV. The footage shows a Gulfstream Aerospace business jet as it slides on its side and lands, barely avoiding crashing, in the snow-covered airfield of Sheremetyevo Airport. The plane, which flew from Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, had five people on…
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Andrew Scheer’s Conservative party is in the exact same place it was under Stephen Harper’s leadership and that’s why he and his Liberals will continue “pointing out” the similarities. The Liberal party put the Harper stamp on Scheer the day he was elected leader of the Conservative party,…
Russian aluminum giant Rusal saw its stock jump 25 percent after the US said it is dropping sanctions against the firm after its owner, who is on the US sanctions list, reduced his stake in the company. The Trump administration on Wednesday notified Congress of its plans to lift sanctions on two Russian firms, Rusal…
TORONTO — The Constitution does not set out what sexual health topics must be taught in schools, Ontario government lawyers argue as they ask a court to dismiss a challenge to the province’s sex-ed curriculum. Both the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario allege the Progressive Conservative government’s repeal of…
A man from Russia’s republic of Dagestan has built a replica of a military vessel he sailed 50 years ago. The scale model weighs over 300 kilograms and features all the equipment of a real-life ship. It took Soviet Navy veteran Mahmud Abduraahmanov about two months to build an exact copy of the ship –…