Soldier injured after truck collides with lorry at Bukit Beruntung toll plaza

Soldier injured after truck collides with lorry at Bukit Beruntung toll plaza

PETALING JAYA: A soldier was injured after a military truck he was driving collided with a lorry at the Bukit Berunting toll plaza on Monday (April 15). Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (Operations) Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar, when contacted, said that the department was notified of the road accident at 9.41am and sent out … Read more

With American aid to Ukraine stuck in limbo, defence minister says others must step up

With American aid to Ukraine stuck in limbo, defence minister says others must step up

Defence Minister Bill Blair says NATO countries like Canada must ramp up their aid to Ukraine as support from the United States languishes in a legislative quagmire. In an interview that aired Sunday on Rosemary Barton Live, Blair expressed optimism that the U.S. would eventually pass a significant aid bill to provide billions of dollars worth … Read more

Dennis Edney, lawyer for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr, dead at 77

Dennis Edney, lawyer for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr, dead at 77

Dennis Edney, a lawyer who played a critical role in the release of former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr, has died at 77. An obituary published in the Edmonton Journal said Edney had dementia and died Saturday. The soccer-player-turned-lawyer took on many high-profile cases throughout his career. But his Scottish accent became known across the … Read more

Ukraine digs in as the West stumbles to keep up with Russian war production

Ukraine digs in as the West stumbles to keep up with Russian war production

“War,” said British philosopher, mathematician and pacifist Bertrand Russell, “does not determine who is right — only who is left.” Those words might be the perfect lens through which to view what probably lies ahead for Ukraine in the coming year as its troops dig in — and dig deep — along a front roughly 960 kilometres wide. … Read more