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OTTAWA — Canada is injecting tens of billions of dollars into defence as it looks to ramp up spending to levels not seen since the Cold War — both to meet its NATO commitments and to juice the domestic economy. OTTAWA — Canada is injecting tens of billions of dollars…

Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Energy, Global Geopolitics, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Migration & Refugees, North America, TerraViva United Nations Opinion KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec 16 2025 (IPS) - The new US National Security Strategy (NSS) repositions the superpower’s role in the world. Hence, foreign policy will…

Pinnacle is located in Laguna, south of Manila (Image: Arch) Manila leads news from around Asia Pacific’s real estate industry today with Arch Capital selling a cold chain facility outside the Philippine capital to a new venture backed by Stonepeak. Also making the headlines is a Barings real estate credit…

MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Sunday that NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's remarks about preparing for war with Russia were irresponsible and showed that he did not really understand the devastation wrought by World War Two. Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 after eight years of fighting between Russian-backed separatists…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 13, 2025 3:15 pm 1 min read 3:51 CAA Winter Travel Preparedness Winter weather is just round the corner, and CAA Saskatchewan's Lona Gervais joined our Juliane Bodini to share some of their top travel preparation tips – Nov 21, 2025 It’s another…

The Russia-Ukraine war has waged on for nearly 4 years now. Western sanctions were meant to isolate Russia financially. Instead, they forced adaptation. In 2025, BeInCrypto began documenting how Russia and Russia-linked actors rebuilt payment routes using crypto. What emerged was not a single exchange or token, but a resilient…

On the digital marquee of Broadway’s Imperial Theater, the stars of the new reimagining of the 1984 musical Chess — about rival American and Soviet chess wizards and the woman caught between them — gaze out toward 8th Avenue with looks of serious intent. Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele (last on…

The United States is revamping a once-abandoned Cold War-era naval base in the Caribbean, signaling potential long-term military operations that could extend to Venezuela, according to a Reuters visual investigation. Construction work has resumed at the old Roosevelt Roads naval base in Puerto Rico, which the Navy closed more than…

Anyone who has seen her seething Oscar-nominated performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread” knows that Lesley Manville can be hard as nails on screen — though it’s a register the British veteran tends to play only in support, as her larger showcase roles, from “Another Year” to “Mrs. Harris…

Ukraine has accused Russia of using a ground-launched cruise missile whose secret development once triggered the collapse of a key Cold War-era arms treaty. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Moscow has fired the 9M729, or SSC-8, missile at Ukraine multiple times since August, calling its use proof of “Russia’s complete…