Opinion: There was no human error in Iran s shootdown of Ukraine Airlines flight. Unfortunately, there won t be any justice either From the moment Flight PS752 was struck by two missiles and tumbled from the skies above Tehran in a ball of flame, Iran s government has been lying through its teeth about what happened.
Author of the article: Terry Glavin
Publishing date: Dec 16, 2020 • December 16, 2020 • 5 minute read • In this photo taken on Jan. 8, 2020, rescue teams are seen at the scene of a Ukrainian airliner that crashed shortly after take-off near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran. The Iranians reluctantly admitted they had shot it down. (Photo by Akbar TAVAKOLI / IRNA / AFP) Photo by AKBAR TAVAKOLI /IRNA/AFP via Getty Images
We re doing everything we can: Trudeau hoping for good news on Michaels before New Year This will be their third Christmas in arbitrary detention in China. What their families have gone through is just horrific, Trudeau said
Author of the article: Reuters
Publishing date: Dec 16, 2020 • December 16, 2020 • 2 minute read • A man holds a sign bearing photographs of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who have been detained in China for two years, outside B.C. Supreme Court where Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou was attending a hearing, in Vancouver, on Jan. 21, 2020. Photo by Darryl Dyck /The Canadian Press/File
Fortin said he expects provinces to increase the number of delivery sites capable of receiving vaccine shipments in the coming days. When we re at full speed, we re probably going to have a couple of hundred sites for Pfizer-BioNTech product. Once the doses arrive, provinces will administer the vaccine to people in priority population groups, including front-line health-care workers, as well as residents and employees at long-term care homes.
Squaring things away before vaccination
A worker makes preparations during a test run at a future COVID-19 vaccine centre in Osnabrueck, Germany, on Sunday. Across Germany, event arenas, trade fair halls, gymnasiums and other venues are being converted into vaccine centres, with many beginning test runs ahead of approval by European Union health authorities of the new vaccine. The first inoculations could begin by the end of December.(Alexander Koerner/Getty Images)
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World Leaders Support Venezuela After Assembly Election Results
Most countries recognize the legitimacy of the Venezuelan elections despite the smear campaign prompted by the United States and its allies.
World presidents and political actors Monday sent their congratulations to the Venezuelan government for the parliamentary elections in which the leftist coalition Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) had a resounding victory.
“Chavism won the elections. This is a victory for the Bolivarian revolution and the people. The support for President Nicolas Maduro is a tribute to Commander Hugo Chavez. This sister Caribbean island sends its sincere congratulations,” Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel tweeted.
Posted: Dec 13, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 13, 2020
Travellers into Canada are required to quarantine for 14 days as a COVID-19 precaution, except for essential workers like truck drivers and flight crew. Ottawa has also granted 1790 exemptions for cases in the national interest. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)