Janice Dickson

@janicedickson.bsky.social

Reporter covering international affairs for The Globe and Mail

The international campaign to rescue Ukrainian children from Russian control has been complicated by identity verification issues and the search for intermediaries to negotiate the return of the children, officials say www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Canada seeking mediators to help rescue Ukrainian children

In many cases, Russian officials have changed the children’s personal information, making positive identification difficult

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As Canada joins other Western countries in cutting back on foreign aid in favour of defence spending, a new poll reveals that Canadians want the federal government to keep supporting access to abortion services and reproductive care around the world. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Canadians support access to abortion services at home and abroad, poll shows

Even as Ottawa focuses on trade and security, respondents overwhelmingly want the government to be a world leader in reproductive health and rights

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Russia has been deceiving and exploiting foreign nationals by luring them with the promise of jobs and then sending them to fight in Ukraine, a situation that in many cases can be defined as human trafficking, Amnesty International says in a new analysis. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Russia ‘trafficking’ foreigners to fight in Ukraine, Amnesty International says

Foreign nationals are promised civilian jobs, only to find themselves sent to the front line

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⚡️Patriot licenses for Ukraine 'being negotiated as we speak,' Rubio says after week of Russian strikes on Kyiv. "Ramping up production, even if you have a license, is something that takes multiple years," Rubio cautioned, saying Patriot licenses "won't solve the short-term challenge" for Ukraine.

Patriot licenses for Ukraine 'being negotiated as we speak,' Rubio says after week of Russian strikes on Kyiv

"Ramping up production, even if you have a license, is something that takes multiple years," Rubio cautioned, saying a Patriot license "won't solve the short-term challenge" for Ukraine.

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