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Ukraine receives shipment of machine guns and surveillance gear from Canada
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine has received a plane load of machine guns, surveillance gear and rifles as part of a Canadian military assistance package, Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said…
Covaxin to be evaluated as COVID-19 vaccine candidate in US as USFDA lifts clinical hold
New Delhi, Feb 19 (PTI). Bharat Biotech on Saturday said its Covaxin will be evaluated as a COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the US. In a statement, Ocugen Inc, Bharat Biotech's…
Canada’s Freeland strays from G20 economic script to warn Russia on Ukraine – sources
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland stepped well beyond economic policy at a G20 finance meeting on Friday to issue an "impassioned"…
Ottawa’s sleepy core transformed into protest street party
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - A sedate strip of Ottawa's downtown has been transformed into a weeks-long street party as anti-vaccine mandate protesters have settled in, complete with barbecues,…
Analysis-Pandemic fatigue a challenge for Canada’s Trudeau amid protests
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's support of vaccine mandates in fighting COVID-19 helped him win re-election five months ago, but now he looks increasingly…
Elon Musk tweets, then deletes, meme comparing Trudeau to Hitler
(Reuters) - Elon Musk compared Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with Adolf Hitler in a tweet that appeared to support truckers protesting vaccine mandates -- and which immediately triggered a…
India says it has noted Canada invoking emergency act
New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI). India on Thursday said it has taken note of the Canadian government invoking the Emergency Act to quell protests by the country's truckers and that it…
Reactions to Canada’s Trudeau invoking Emergencies Act to end protests
(Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said the government had invoked rarely used special measures allowing him to tackle protests that have shut some border crossings and…
Canada offering up to C$500 million loan to Ukraine, lethal weapons – PM
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will offer a loan of up to C$500 million ($393 million) to support Ukraine, which is bracing for a possible Russian invasion, and also said it…
Canada relocates military personnel out of Ukraine amid Russia threats
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada has temporarily withdrawn its Ukraine-based military personnel to an undisclosed destination in Europe, the Canadian defence ministry said on Sunday, as Western countries fear Russia is…
TD Bank freezes two accounts that received C$1.4 million in support of Canada protests
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) -Toronto-Dominion Bank has frozen two personal bank accounts into which C$1.4 million ($1.1 million) had been deposited to support protesters fighting the Canadian government's pandemic…
Ontario court grants injunction to end U.S.-Canada border blockade
WINDSOR, Ontario (Reuters) - An Ontario judge on Friday granted an injunction to end the blockade of North America's busiest international land border by protesters opposed to coronavirus restrictions. The…
