Month: February 2023

Owner of Dance Studio Appreciates the Dance of Shen Yun

MINNEAPOLIS—Dance can be called the language of the soul, and classical Chinese dance is a dance form with one of the longest histories. “Very graceful, without feeling forced,” complimented Bao Lee, the owner of a dance studio. “The divine part of it is how graceful every single movement is. So you see the outstretched arms,…


Zelenskyy Fires a Top Ukrainian Military Commander, No Reason Given

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday fired a senior military commander helping lead the fight against Russian troops in the country’s embattled east but gave no reason for the move. In a one-line decree, Zelenskyy announced the dismissal of Eduard Moskalyov as commander of the joint forces of Ukraine, which are engaged in battles in…


South Korea Offers Radiation Exposure Tests to Hundreds of North Korean Defectors

More than 800 North Korean defectors who lived near North Korea’s Punggye-ri nuclear testing site before escaping to South Korea will be offered radiation exposure tests, a South Korean government official said. This came after a recent study revealed that more than a million North Koreans living near the Punggye-ri nuclear testing site could be…


Alberta Signs $24B, 10-year Health-Care Funding Deal With Ottawa

Alberta has become the seventh province to sign an agreement in principle with Ottawa on health-care funding. The federal government said in a news release Monday that more than $24 billion is to be invested in Alberta’s health-care system over the next 10 years. That includes $2.9 billion for a new bilateral agreement focused on…


Four People Die in Three Days on Quebec Snowmobile Trails

Four Quebec snowmobilers have died in separate crashes since Friday. Provincial police say a man in his 60s died in St-Cuthbert, Que., around 90 kilometres northeast of Montreal, after his snowmobile collided with a tree yesterday morning. A day earlier, a man in his 50s died in Saguenay, Que., from injuries he suffered after his…


Tories Pressing for Trudeau’s Top Adviser to Testify on Beijing Interference

The Conservative Party says it will make another attempt to have the prime minister’s chief of staff testify on Beijing foreign interference before a House of Commons committee, after the NDP helped the Liberals defeat two recent attempts. “It would be beyond outrageous if the Prime Minister of our country was made aware that one…


Michael Taube: Fear of a Left-Wing Mayor in Toronto, and How to Prevent It

Commentary Toronto’s municipal political arena has been quite the spectacle lately. It could turn into a political nightmare by the summer. John Tory, who was roughly four months into his third mayoral term, admitted to an illicit affair with a 31-year-old former staffer. He immediately announced his resignation on Feb. 10, and stepped down seven…


Russia Suspends Its Participation START Treaty, Arms Control and Risk Reduction: A Brookings Event

Russia is suspending its participation in the START treaty, the only nuclear arms control agreement remaining between the United States and the Russian Federation. This move diminishes the treaty and increases the risk of an accelerated power nuclear arms competition. President Joe Biden called it a “big mistake.” Mr. Mallory Stewart, assistant secretary for arms…


LIVE NOW: Russia Suspends Its Participation START Treaty, Arms Control and Risk Reduction: A Brookings Event

Russia is suspending its participation in the START treaty, the only nuclear arms control agreement remaining between the United States and the Russian Federation. This move diminishes the treaty and increases the risk of an accelerated power nuclear arms competition. President Joe Biden called it a “big mistake.” Mr. Mallory Stewart, assistant secretary for arms…


Italy Shipwreck Death Toll at 62, Including Children

CROTONE, Italy—Rescuers recovered three more bodies on Monday, a day after a wooden sailboat carrying migrants to Europe smashed onto rocks in stormy weather off southern Italy, bringing the death toll to 62, including at least 14 children. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said more than two dozen Pakistanis were believed to have been among…