Tag Archives: Russia

RUSSIA has reportedly relocated thousands of people from its border with North Korea after Kim Jong-un’s latest missile launch. Daily Express :: News Feed

At least 17 people are dead after a bus carrying construction workers drove off a pier in southern Russia on Friday. CBC | World News

Russian theatre and film director Kirill Serebrennikov appeared in court Wednesday and was placed under house arrest pending an investigation into charges that he embezzled government funds allocated for one of his projects. CBC | World News

It was a busy weekend for sports stars. Guest host Callum Ng takes you through Canada’s gold-medal win in the 4×100 freestyle relay at the 2017 Universiade Games in Taipei, along with Aaron Brown at Diamond League, an insane catch in junior league baseball, a slammer of a home run at the Little League World Series and Canada’s short track ...

Canadian men’s Olympic team general manager Sean Burke still has many miles to travel to scout hours and hours of games. But the man put in charge of following the back-to-back golden footprints of Steve Yzerman likes what he has witnessed so far. CBC | Sports News

NORTH Korea has the world’s undivided attention as Kim Jong-un’s hermit regime blasts missiles miles out to sea – but while military powers watch the peninsula, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is seeking power elsewhere. Daily Express :: News Feed

RUSSIA and China have developed a plan to put an end to North Korea’s repeated threats and are urging the US the join them. Daily Express :: News Feed

A depleted Russian team departed for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, missing dozens of athletes who were excluded amid the country’s doping scandal. CBC | Sports News

The Republican presidential nominee said that the 30,000 missing emails from Clinton’s private email server would reveal “some beauties” and made an extraordinary plea for a foreign power to locate them. CBC | World News

In the wake of the latest investigation into widespread, state-sponsored doping by Russian athletes, many figured the IOC had a slam-dunk decision on its hands. But banning an entire country from the Olympics would have been easier said than done. CBC | World News