Leading allies of Kyiv are slated to meet Friday in Germany as pressure mounts on Berlin to provide the Ukrainian military with German-made Leopard combat tanks. Russian sources, meanwhile, continue to report battlefield gains following the Jan. 10 capture of Soledar, a salt-mining town in the Donetsk region. A tank fires a round amid Russia’s…
Pressure Builds to Send Tanks to Kyiv; Russian Forces Home In on Bakhmut
Pressure Builds to Send Tanks to Kyiv; Russian Forces Close In on Bakhmut
Leading allies of Kyiv are slated to meet Friday in Germany as pressure mounts on Berlin to provide the Ukrainian military with German-made Leopard combat tanks. Russian sources, meanwhile, continue to report battlefield gains following the Jan. 10 capture of Soledar, a salt-mining town in the Donetsk region. A tank fires a round amid Russia’s…
Feds ‘Committed’ to Complete WEF-Initiated Digital ID Project, Says Transport Canada
Canada’s participation in a World Economic Forum (WEF) initiative to test digital ID in travel had stalled due to the pandemic, but Transport Canada says the entities involved are committed to bringing the project to a close. “All partners remain committed to working together to close out the project and disseminate the knowledge gained through…
Canadian Government Discreet About Participation in WEF Davos Meeting
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland met with her colleagues on the board of trustees of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Jan. 20, but beyond this information contained in a succinct itinerary released by her office, the government is not making a lot of noise about its participation. The Epoch Times has throughout…
Millions Respond to Poll Asking If World Economic Forum Should ‘Control the World’
The results are in of a poll initiated by Elon Musk, who asked Twitter users to vote on whether they think the global elite gathering World Economic Forum (WEF) should “control the world.” Musk ran the poll as the WEF’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland—which features a host of international leaders, central bankers, Wall Street…
Starmer Criticises Sunak for Davos No-Show and Calls for ‘Clean Power Alliance’
January 20, 2023
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Sir Keir Starmer has criticised the absence of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the World Economic Forum in Davos and called for a “clean power alliance” of countries who want to accelerate action on climate change and bring down energy prices. With a general election expected in the next 18 months, the leader of…
Solar Ambition ‘Not That Easy’: Mining Giant CEO
Rio Tinto’s criticism of Australia’s solar power ambition could be answered by using old and new systems to go green. The mining giant’s CEO Jakob Stausholm told business heavyweights at the World Economic Forum summit in Davos “we’re fooling ourselves” on the timeline to switch to clean energy. Using huge solar farms to run Queensland’s…
2 Swedes Get Lengthy Sentences in Russia Espionage Case
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Two Iranian-born Swedish brothers were given lengthy prison sentences on Thursday for spying for Russia and its military intelligence service GRU for a decade in the Scandinavian country’s biggest espionage case in decades. The oldest of the two naturalized Swedes—Peyman Kia—was sentenced to life, while his younger brother, Payam Kia, was sentence to nine…
$2.5 Billion Aid Sends Strykers, but No Tanks, to Ukraine
WASHINGTON—The United States will send 90 Stryker combat vehicles and an additional 59 Bradley fighting vehicles to Ukraine, in addition to hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition, the Pentagon announced on Thursday. It is the latest aid package timed to help Ukraine push back against Russia’s entrenched forward lines. The package, valued at $2.5…
‘Deeply Troubled’: Government Concerned About Delays in Australian Writer’s Espionage Trial
January 20, 2023
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The Australian government says it is “deeply troubled” by the ongoing delays in the trial of Chinese-born Australian writer and academic Yang Hengjun in China. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, in a statement on Jan. 19, said that the government’s thoughts were with Yang and his family as they mark the fourth anniversary of his…
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