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Getting ready for what’s next: 4 scenarios for Canada’s future in a Trumpian world

From hockey games to Saturday Night Live commentary, Canada is increasingly focused on the direct threats made by United States President Donald Trump against its national sovereignty.

The Conversation

Tsikhanouskaya: Sacrificing Ukraine’s interests now will allow another invasion

The threat of Russia attacking EU and NATO states from the territory of Belarus should be taken very seriously, Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told Euronews. She says that will depend on whether Ukraine's interests are sacrificed now.

Euronews

Belarus sentences Japanese man to 7 years in jail for espionage

Masatoshi Nakanishi was accused of taking photos of military facilities near Belarus' border with Ukraine and sharing them with Japanese intelligence.

Euronews

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Putin mulls over US-Ukrainian ceasefire proposal – but the initial signs aren’t positive

While Donald Trump’s special envoy was en route to Moscow to talk about a possible ceasefire deal with his opposite numbers in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin enjoyed a meet-up with his old friend Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, and the atmosphere was reportedly congenial.

The Conversation

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on culture as a tool for political change

IT’S a dreich day in Vilnius as the taxi crosses from the historic Old Town, with its churches, museums, restaurants, and cobbled streets, to the…

The National (Scotland)

Asylum seekers being forcibly expelled at EU borders, says top rights lawyer

Council of Europe’s Michael O’Flaherty urged leaders not to give in to populist rhetoric over migration

The Guardian - UK

Dozens of Nobel laureates urge Trump to help release Belarusian political prisoners

Around 1,400 political prisoners – including doctors, journalists and scientists – are jailed in the country, according to human rights groups

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Senior Tories attack Trump after US sides with China, North Korea and Russia

Heseltine leads condemnation of Trump warning that his actions will ‘act as an incentive’ to those who endanger world peace

The Independent UK

US refuses to condemn Russian invasion

The US joined Russian allies Belarus, Hungary and Nicaragua in voting against a condemnation of the 2022 invasion

Salon

UN general assembly backs resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war

US, Russia, Belarus and North Korea vote against resolution as 93 countries vote in favor, spurning rival US resolution

The Guardian - US

Trump's Ukraine plan: Massive betrayal

I've fled from two countries to escape Russian aggression. Trust me: The price of Trump's "peace" is far too high

Salon

Russia and Belarus will hold a joint military drill in September

Officials say that Russia and Belarus will hold a joint military exercise in September, part of efforts by the two neighbors and allies to expand military ties amid the fighting in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Zelenskyy says Russia will ‘wage war on Nato’ if US support for Ukraine wanes

Ukrainian president tells NBC’s Meet the Press that Putin’s next targets may be Poland and Lithuania

The Guardian - US

American Citizen And 2 Political Prisoners Released By Belarus

The American was not identified. Their release comes a day after Marc Fogel, an American teacher, was released by Russia.

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US frees jailed Russian cybercriminal as Trump builds bridges with Moscow

Alexander Vinnik’s release came as an unnamed US citizen was also freed by Russian ally Belarus in a separate deal.

The Guardian - US

Belarus frees three detainees including US citizen and journalist

Journalist with US-funded broadcaster among those in release hailed by ambassador as ‘big day for team America’

International Business Times

White House Says American Among Three Detainees Freed By Belarus

US officials said Wednesday they had secured the release of three "hostages" who had been detained in Belarus, including an American citizen, in a diplomatic success for President Donald Trump's administration.

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Baltic Countries Achieve Energy Independence From Russia

Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania disconnect electricity grids from Russia and Belarus for energy security and independence.

The Independent UK

Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia

Nearly 3 1/2 decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this weekend will flip a switch to end electricity-grid connections to neighboring Russia and Belarus

The Conversation

Belarus election: how ‘Europe’s last dictator’ held onto power as his opponents were jailed or exiled

The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The electoral authorities announced that the man known as “Europe’s last dictator” – the only president the country has had since it held its first “democratic” election in 1994 – had won…

The Times of India

Mumbai Open: Maaya, Ankita, Shrivalli advance to second round

MUMBAI: It didn't seem like Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi had done much wrong. She had just completed a 6-4, 6-1 over Belarusian Iryna Shymanovich, finishing the match exactly how she had started it, with an ace. It was not just her first round match of the LT Mumbai Open, this was…

The Guardian - UK

‘They are people’: asylum seekers caught up in ‘hybrid war’ at Poland-Belarus border

Poland says it is under attack from its eastern neighbour, and its razor-wire fence reflects EU’s harsher migration stance

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