Wa Lone
Senior Political Correspondent at Reuters
Senior Political Correspondent at Myanmar Times
Correspondent @Reuters, reporting in Canada and Myanmar, Pulitzer win 2019 with Reuters Team, Children Books Author, MA Political Science student at U of T
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2 weeks ago |
oafnation.com | Wa Lone
PHOTO CAPTION: Illustrative photo — A Canadian service member is seen during a training exercise at Camp Ādaži, Latvia, March 10, 2024. (Canadian Armed Forces Photo by MCpl Genevieve Lapointe)By Wa LoneTORONTO - Canada, under pressure to spend more on its military, vowed on Monday to boost funding for the armed forces and hit NATO's 2% military spending target this fiscal year, five years earlier than promised.
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azdailysun.com | Wa Lone
TORONTO — Canada's Liberal government will pour extra billions into its armed forces and hit NATO's 2% military spending target this fiscal year, five years earlier than promised, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday. Canada has been under pressure from the United States and other NATO allies for years to increase military funding. Canada currently spends about 1.4% of GDP on defense. kAmQ}@H :D E96 E:>6 E@ 24E H:E9 FC86?4J[ 7@C46 2?5 56E6C>:?2E:@?[Q r2C?6J D2:5 :? 2 DA6649 :?
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yahoo.com | Wa Lone
By Wa LoneTORONTO (Reuters) -Canada's Liberal government will pour extra billions into its armed forces and hit NATO's 2% military spending target this fiscal year, five years earlier than promised, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday. Canada has been under pressure from the United States and other NATO allies for years to increase military funding. Canada currently spends about 1.4% of GDP on defense.
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2 weeks ago |
currently.att.yahoo.com | Wa Lone
By Wa LoneTORONTO (Reuters) -Canada, under pressure to spend more on its military, vowed on Monday to boost funding for the armed forces and hit NATO's 2% military spending target this fiscal year, five years earlier than promised. Prime Minister Mark Carney also said Canada was likely in future to devote a greater percentage of GDP on defense, given the need to replace outdated equipment and reduce its heavy reliance on Washington.
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reuters.com | Wa Lone |KyawSoe Oo
Canada relocates hundreds of wildfire evacuees to Niagara Falls due to space constraintsIndigenous communities heavily impacted by wildfires, evacuation efforts criticizedSome 30,000 people evacuated from wildfires in three provincesNIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, June 9 (Reuters) - As wildfires engulfed Manitoba's remote north in late May, Joseph Garry, 63, fled the Mathias Colomb Cree Nation indigenous reserve, also known as Pukatawagan, on a helicopter.
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