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U.S. may restore electric chair in place of lethal injections for death row...
By Raf Sanchez WASHINGTON — A number of U.S. states may revert to killing their death row inmates with electric chairs, firing squads and gas chambers as it becomes increasingly difficult to buy the...
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Today on the Hill: Dutch foreign minister to talk Ukraine crisis with John Baird
OTTAWA — The foreign affairs minister from the Netherlands is in Ottawa, where he’ll speak at the Rideau Club about relations between Canada and the European Union in light of recent security...
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Ukraine’s likely descent into civil war stirs memories of Balkan conflict
Konstyantynivka, Ukraine — As it was 20 years ago during the Balkan wars, it is a perilous business running the gauntlet of checkpoints on the roads leading to Ukraine’s separatist-held town of...
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EU expands Ukraine sanctions with 13 more people, two firms while threatening...
By Raf Casert BRUSSELS, Belgium — European Union foreign ministers added 13 people Monday to their visa ban and asset freeze list over Ukraine’s crisis but are not expected to decide whether to impose...
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Devastation caused by Balkan flooding may exceed damage from 1990s wars
SARAJEVO — Recovering from the historic floods in the last week will cost Bosnia and Serbia billions that neither country has, officials said Wednesday. Although there’s no official total for flood...
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French father tried for ordering daughter’s killer kidnapped
PARIS — A 76-year-old Frenchman has gone on trial for taking justice into his own hands after a decades-long mission to avenge his daughter’s death. Andre Bamberski is accused of ordering the...
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Canada loses WTO appeal as EU’s ban on seal products upheld
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Canada lost its bid to overturn a World Trade Organization ruling that Europe’s ban on seal products is justifiable but seized on findings that aspects of the embargo breach...
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Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s ‘chocolate king,’ poised to win presidential...
KYIV, Ukraine — “Chocolate King” Petro Poroshenko, the frontrunner to become Ukraine’s next president, will almost certainly win Sunday’s election, replacing Viktor Yanukovych who was ousted in a...
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New European Parliament is an eclectic mix of renegades, recluses and rebels
A Dane who lives in an amusement park. A Gypsy who vows to ban short-distance air travel. A Pole who wants to turn the European Parliament into a brothel. Europe has elected 751 people to five-year...
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Den Tandt: If you’re seeking bright ideas, you won’t find them in Ottawa
It would be easy to blame all three major federal parties for the pre-summer torpor that has settled over Ottawa this spring, as MPs turn their minds to garden parties, BBQs and a break from the...
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Google gets 12,000 removal requests on first day after EU privacy ruling
By Brian Womack Google Inc., complying with a top court ruling that backs European citizens’ right to delete personal information on the Internet, received 12,000 requests in the first day of offering...
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Photos June 2: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. Tourists react to a large bubble created by a street performer...
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Arrest in Jewish museum killings mocks Europe’s bid to track jihadists
PARIS — The suspect in the recent killings at the Jewish Museum in Brussels is a text book case of the West’s long-standing fear — the threat posed by radicalized citizens returning from the...
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Fisher: Western leaders mark D-Day with an aggressor in their midst
WARSAW — Vladimir Putin keeps turning up like a bad penny. Kicked out of the Group of Eight two months ago over his swift annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, instead of hosting a scheduled gathering of...
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Fisher: Stop the charade about Russian meddling in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — As western convictions about Ukraine begin to wobble, Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to toy with his biggest Slavic neighbour. Putin has been playing one of the oldest games...
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Maher: Conservatives leave the pitch with more red cards and own goals than...
When MPs gathered in Ottawa back in October 2013, Jim Flaherty was still finance minister, Mike Duffy was a senator, the prime minister had a secret plan to announce a free trade deal with the European...
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Putin backs Ukraine cease-fire, warns it will fail without peace talks;...
By David McHugh THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KIEV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed support Saturday for Ukraine’s unilateral cease-fire in its battle against pro-Russian separatists and...
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Ukraine, European Union ink historic trade pact
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday signed up to a trade and economic pact with the European Union, saying it may be the “most important day” for his country since it...
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Russian foreign minister accuses United States of fueling confrontation in...
MOSCOW — Russia’s foreign minister on Saturday accused the United States of encouraging Ukraine to challenge Moscow and heavily weighing in on the European Union. Speaking in televised remarks...
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Coyne: 147 years on, economic union still a dream
Unveiling the western premiers’ groundbreaking initiative for a “Canada Free Trade Zone,” Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall was momentarily overcome by a sense of national vision. “The proposal before...
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