The consensus assumption is still that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump will force Ukraine to yield to Russia as soon as he takes office on Jan. 20. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky himself said on Friday once Trump becomes president the war with Russia will “end sooner,” but he didn’t say it will end well. Read More
“We could see an all-out war between all the tribes and that is really the doomsday scenario. At this point, it’s not unrealistic,” the head of an international non-government organization that is working in Sudan told the Al Jazeera news agency last week. (She asked them to withhold her name to protect her in-country team in North Darfur.) Read More
A Dorchester family is opening their doors again to Ukrainians desperate for host families as a federal program for resettlement in Canada comes to an end. Read More
With war still raging and no end in sight, Ukrainians are marking the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of their country that has levelled some cities and caused tens of thousands of military and civilian deaths and injuries. Russia's unprovoked attack also has displaced millions of Ukrainians, with more than 200,000 now in Canada, including many in Southwestern Ontario cities such as London and Sarnia. Two years after the war in Ukraine began, this is what those fleeing the war and the ones supporting them have to say. LFP's Heather Rivers reports Read More
"God is usually on the side of the big battalions," Voltaire allegedly said. Not always, but "usually." So, how much do you want to bet? Read More