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Dec 18, 2024 | 
smallwarsjournal.com | Jay Heisler
The free press has done little to hold Western elected leaders accountable for their complacence and negligence in their duty to provide for the common defense. Allies and partners are critical to the security of Western nations and the values and interests they uphold, but this fact is often taken for granted.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
voanews.com | Jay Heisler
With the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding this month, the United States, Canada and Finland are moving ahead on what military analysts see as a belated but much-needed answer to a mounting Russian and Chinese threat in the Arctic Ocean.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
canadiandefencereview.com | Jay Heisler
Every year, many of the top names in international relations gather in quiet Halifax, Nova Scotia for the Halifax International Security Forum. The Halifax Forum is a meeting of world leaders, including Presidents and Prime Ministers, defence ministers and foreign ministers, and admirals and generals. For three days, they discuss their overlapping work, overlapping interests, and the survival of democracies.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
voaindonesia.com | Jay Heisler
This image contains sensitive content which some people may find offensive or disturbing. ImagesMultimediaEmbedded ContentCommentsLink has been copied to clipboard Perdana Menteri Kanada Justin Trudeau mungkin akan menghadapi pertanyaan sulit dalam KTT NATO yang berlangsung pada minggu ini di Washington mengenai kegagalan negaranya memenuhi target anggaran pertahanan yang disepakati sebesar 2% dari PDB.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
voanews.com | Jay Heisler
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can expect some tough questions at this week's NATO summit in Washington over his nation's failure to meet an agreed defense spending target equaling 2% of GDP. One of the alliance's 12 founding members, Canada has become one its lowest-spending members, even as several others have boosted spending in the face of U.S. pressure and the growing threat posed by Russia in Europe.
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May 17, 2024 | 
voanews.com | Jay Heisler
China’s effort to establish itself as a “near-Arctic power” have become increasingly confined to the territory of its close ally Russia as other nations lose interest in cooperating with Beijing, according to Canadian security experts. The degree in which China poses a serious geopolitical threat in the Arctic region is debatable among experts.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
voanews.com | Jay Heisler
Xavier University, a small Catholic and historically Black school in New Orleans, formally signed an agreement Monday with Ochsner Health to establish a medical school. When it opens, the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine will join the nation’s four existing historically Black medical schools: Howard University College of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
voanews.com | Jay Heisler
Many Muslim students at Ohio State were unable to return home for Eid al-Fitr, so they celebrated together instead. Mariam Abaza reports for campus paper The Lantern. (April 2024) See all News Updates of the DayProtests are roiling college campuses nationwide as schools with graduation ceremonies next month face demands they cut financial ties to Israel because of the Israel-Hamas war.
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Apr 28, 2024 | 
voanews.com | Jay Heisler
A tightening job market in Canada, fueled by a surge of immigration that produced the fastest population growth in 67 years, is hitting the country's large cohort of international students particularly hard. With more than 1 million foreign students in the country who are largely restricted to low-wage, part-time jobs, photos are being shared on social media of long lines forming outside businesses with even a single job opening for a position such as cashier.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
vozdeamerica.com | Jay Heisler
Canadá, uno de los países del mundo desarrollado que más acoge a los nuevos inmigrantes, anunció planes para reducir el número de residentes temporales en los próximos tres años. El anuncio del jueves por parte del ministro de Inmigración, Marc Miller, fue el segundo cambio dramático en la postura promigrante de la Administración Trudeau, que inicios de año impuso un límite en el número de visas de estudiantes internacionales.
