Saudi Arabia agrees deal for Russian S400 missile defense systems
Russian S-400 missiles are capable of striking targets within a 400 km range. (File photo: Reuters) Saudia Arabia have agreed a deal to purchase S400 missile defense systems from Russia on Thursday during the state visit of King Salman Bin Abdulaziz to Moscow. The deal will allow the kingdom to acquire one of the most […]
African-Nova Scotian groups seek reparations for slavery
5 October, 2017 Comments Off on African-Nova Scotian groups seek reparations for slavery
‘The Canadian government has not acknowledged what happened to us,’ says Lynn Jones of Global Afrikan Congress A coalition of African-Nova Scotian groups is urging the province and Canadian government to make reparations to blacks for the enslavement of African people between the 16th and 19th centuries. Lynn Jones, the chair of the Nova Scotia chapter of […]
Continue reading …Las Vegas shooting spurs legislation to ban bump stocks
5 October, 2017 Comments Off on Las Vegas shooting spurs legislation to ban bump stocks
ALLEN BREED / ASSOCIATED PRESS In this Feb. 1, 2013, file photo, an employee of North Raleigh Guns demonstrates how a “bump” stock works at the Raleigh, N.C., shop. The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, attached what is called […]
Continue reading …‘Trump’s reading from his notes, doesn’t know where Venezuela is’ – Maduro
5 October, 2017 Comments Off on ‘Trump’s reading from his notes, doesn’t know where Venezuela is’ – Maduro
© Reuters The firebrand Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, has verbally lashed Donald Trump, claiming he knows little of Latin American geography. He also said that Trump “reads from notes,” even though the US leader is known for speaking off-the-cuff. Maduro made a series of emotional statements while addressing the 2017 Russian Energy Week in Moscow […]
Continue reading …One of Italy’s most wanted fugitives detained in Brazil after 30 years on the run
5 October, 2017 Comments Off on One of Italy’s most wanted fugitives detained in Brazil after 30 years on the run
Cesare Battisti leaving court in Rio de Janeiro on December 10, 2009. Photo: Antonio Scorza/AFP. Brazilian police have detained Cesare Battisti, a left-wing Italian militant and author who was convicted of murder in his home country and has been on the run for decades. Battisti apparently tried to leave Brazil for Bolivia amid reports that […]
Continue reading …EU repeats call for talks between Catalonia and Spain
5 October, 2017 Comments Off on EU repeats call for talks between Catalonia and Spain
The European Commission vice president Frans Timmermans on September 15 (by EC Audiovisual Service / Lukasz Kobus) While European Parliament stresses need for dialogue, Brussels continues to back executive in Madrid and appeals for respect of the law The European Commission (EC) has again called on the Spanish and Catalan executives to begin talks on […]
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