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It was the first time that Canadian U.N. peacekeeper Michelle Angela Hamelin said she came up against the raw emotion of a people so exasperated with their country’s predicament. Seared in her memory from her eight-month tour of duty on the ethnically divided Cyprus in 1986 was the fury of Greek Cypriot protesters demonstrating against the first-ever visit by a Turkish head of government to the island’s breakaway Turkish Cypriot north.“I think that that was something that really stuck to my mind because of that anger and the people,” Hamelin told The Associated Press.She was one of among 100 other Canadian veterans who travelled to Cyprus as part of commemorations that culminated Monday to mark the 60th anniversary of the U.N. peacekeeping force, known as UNFICYP, the longest such Canadian...

Canadians are marking Remembrance Day with events planned across the country honouring veterans who served in war and those who sacrificed their lives serving the nation. In the capital, Ottawa, an annual ceremony will take place at the National War Memorial on Monday morning, starting at approximately 10:30 a.m. Eastern.Global News will carry the ceremony live here.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Gov. General May Simon, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Minister of Veterans Affairs Ginette Petitpas Taylor will be among those in attendance.Trudeau said paying tribute to those who have served the nation on Remembrance Day is not just a tradition but an obligation.“Canadian Armed Forces members continue to serve to this day – during wildfires and floods, in remote search and rescues...

This year’s international climate talks are expected to be headlined by fraught negotiations over how Canada and other wealthy countries, who have contributed a disproportionate share of planet-warming emissions, should financially compensate other nations in their fight to tackle climate change. Many pressing questions for negotiators are on the table: How much should those wealthy countries pay? Which countries will have to contribute? And how should the money be provided?The answers may determine just how much money developing countries could receive for everything from renewable energy projects to wetlands conservation.Failure to achieve a new goal at the United Nation’s annual climate talks may undercut confidence in major international agreements and strike a blow against efforts to ...

President-elect Donald Trump says that Tom Homan, his former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as “border czar” in his incoming administration. “I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation’s Borders,” he wrote late Sunday on his Truth Social site.Homan was widely expected to be offered a position related to the border and Trump’s pledge to launch the largest deportation operation in the country’s history.In addition to overseeing the southern and northern borders and “maritime, and aviation security,” Trump said Homan “will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin,” a central part of his agenda.He...