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Canada 'Freedom Convoy': Ottawa police set up hate crime hotline despite admitting protests remain peaceful

Ottawa, world-regions, crime is launching a “hate crime” hotline Tuesday despite its chief admitting that the first four days of anti-infectious-diseaseinfectious-disease protests ushered into the capital by a “Freedom Convoy” of truckers have remained largely peaceful and have resulted in no riots, injuries or deaths.  At a virtual press conference …

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Top US diplomat in Ukraine performing several balancing acts at once

Kristina Kvien has a lot on her hands. She’s the acting U.S. ambassador to conflicts, or chargé d’affaires. She’s been staying on top of the crisis created by Russia deploying some 130,000 troops near the country. That carries with it the implicit threat of invasion if Moscow doesn’t get its way.  “It’s …

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UN: More than 100 former Afghan troops, officials killed since Taliban takeover

The united-nations” target=”_blank”>United Nations< government officials, troops and those who worked with coalition forces have been killed since the Taliban took control of the country in mid-August, despite assurances from the militant group that they would remain unharmed.  The chilling revelations emerged in a report that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres …

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