The protests have reverberated outside the country, with similarly inspired convoys in France, New Zealand and the Netherlands, and the US Department of Homeland Security warned that truck protests may be in the works in the United States. Windsor police tweeted that no one had been arrested as of mid-morning but urged people to stay … Read more
President Joe Biden answers questions during the first news conference of his presidency at the White House in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) When Biden took office, progressives looked forward to a dramatic transformation from Trump’s anti-immigrant policies—and Biden’s initial moves were promising. But since then, many people have been disappointed. Ahilan Arulanantham, a professor … Read more
Canadian politicians have expressed increasing worry about the economic effects of disruptive demonstrations after the busiest border crossing between the US and Canada became partially blocked by truckers protesting vaccine mandates. The blockade at the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, prevented traffic from entering Canada while some US-bound traffic was still moving, public … Read more
The southern border of the United States has become a suggestion, a line that vanishes a little more each day. I spent three days on the front lines of the Biden administration’s illegal-immigration crisis, and found a Border Patrol that has changed from an enforcement agency to a concierge service. A pipeline of migrants, fueled … Read more
The first of 2,000 soldiers to arrive in Europe following the Pentagon’s announcement of additional forces to back NATO members on the continent were pictured arriving on Sunday The first of the soldiers touched down on Sunday ( Image: defense visual information distribution service) A squadron of elite soldiers from the US has arrived close … Read more
At the Senkivka border crossing in northern Ukraine, nothing is out of the ordinary. Trucks pass through, carefully negotiating the icy conditions at the intersection with both Belarus and Russia. But across the border in Belarus, thousands of Russian troops have been deployed for military exercises that the Kremlin has said will be a rehearsal … Read more
Paul Givan The First Minister of Northern Ireland has quit after it emerged Brexit border controls on British goods had continued despite a DUP order that the protocol checks should be stopped. Paul Givan’s resignation will also force Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill to quit as Deputy First Minister, which will leave the Northern Ireland Assembly … Read more
LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland’s agriculture minister on Wednesday ordered a halt to post-Brexit border checks at ports, another complication in a saga that has soured relations between the UK and the European Union. Edwin Poots said he had received legal advice saying he could halt inspections of agri-food products coming from the rest of … Read more
The Kremlin has sent the 14th Spetsnaz Brigade – which is made up of 2,000 crack assassins, sabotage experts and covert operatives – to Ukraine’s northern neighbor Belarus Russian assassins, sabotage experts and spies are among the troops en route to Belarus’ border with Ukraine ( Image: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Thousands more elite … Read more
Russian soldiers and tanks have gathered in the Belarusian town of Kalinkavichy, which lies across the border from Kiev and could be a launching pad for an invasion Russia: Northern Fleet warships practice missions in Norwegian Sea Russian firepower continues to pour towards the Ukrainian border, despite the Kremlin dismissing “absurd” claims that it wants … Read more