Heading towards World War III?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Canada to "do more" to protect his country from Russia in an address to a joint session of Canada's parliament.

Mr Zelensky received a lengthy standing ovation from parliamentarians in Ottawa and cheers of "glory to Ukraine".

The president thanked Canada for its continued support but renewed a plea for a no-fly zone over his country.

His speech follows fresh Canadian sanctions on Russian officials.

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Former Labour Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says China and Russia both separately feel humiliated by the West for past and current treatment.

Fox News senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane (ret.) discusses China's strategic partnership with Russia, press secretary Psaki's comments on red lines, and the Iran Nuclear Deal.

Russia's foreign ministry says it has imposed sanctions on US President Joe Biden and 12 other US officials.

The list includes Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, press secretary Jen Psaki and other members of the administration.

But it also includes two surprises: former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Mr Biden's son Hunter.

The measures block their entry into Russia and freeze any assets held in the country.

However, the ministry has said the sanctions will not impede necessary high-level contacts for the affected individuals.

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Author Peter Schweizer said there is growing evidence that Joe Biden's son Hunter is going to be indicted by the US Justice Department for his dubious overseas business dealings.

Last week the New York Times published an article outlining how Hunter Biden has paid off his tax liability, thought to be in excess of one million

The investigation into Hunter Biden's tax affairs are part of a broader investigation into his business dealings

I think the best evidence is The New York Times ran this piece where they admitted the laptop was real — that was in paragraph 17 or 18," Mr Schweizer said.

"But the story was basically about the grand jury looking into Hunter Biden, and The New York Times got a lot of cooperation from Team Biden, and they were clearly trying to position themselves on the assumption that Hunter Biden is in fact going to be indicted."

Texas Congressman Ronny Jackson says the liberal media and big tech “lied” to the American people and are “covering up something big” after the New York Times verified Hunter Biden’s scandalous emails.

New York Post columnist Miranda Devine gives her take on Hunter Biden's business dealings on 'Kudlow.'

China will soon become the financial capital of the world. The yuan accounted for 13.1% of Russia’s central bank’s foreign currency as of June 2021, compared to only 0.1% during the same month of 2017. China remains Russia’s top gas export, ahead of even the EU, with China purchasing $79.3 billion in 2021 (56% solely from energy exports). Russia is now using the yuan as its foreign reserve currency. China is not confiscating assets from Russian civilians under the infuriating theory of conspiracy.

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China's Xi Jinping is reportedly planning a trip to Saudi Arabia later this year. The visit comes amid strained relations between Riyadh and Washington.

Boris Johnson ended his trip to Riyadh and Abu Dhabi without securing pledges to increase crude supplies

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bid to secure the assistance of Middle East oil exporters in pressuring President Vladimir Putin to end Moscow’s military offensive in Ukraine has come up empty, failing to win any immediate pledges from Saudi Arabia and the UAE to increase crude production.

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Russian state-backed news channel RT has had its licence to broadcast in the UK revoked "with immediate effect" by media regulator Ofcom.

"We do not consider RT's licensee, ANO TV Novosti, fit and proper to hold a UK broadcast licence," it explained.

Ofcom is carrying out 29 investigations "into the due impartiality of RT's news and current affairs coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine".

RT called Ofcom "a tool of the government".

The channel had already disappeared from all broadcast platforms in the UK earlier this month as a result of a ban imposed by the European Union.

Although the UK is no longer in the EU, the bloc applied sanctions to satellite companies in Luxembourg and France, which provided the RT feed to Sky, Freesat and Freeview in the UK. UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries, who has described the channel as "Putin's polluting propaganda machine", said at the time she hoped it would not return to UK screens.

Ofcom said its investigation took account of factors including:

• RT's relationship with the Russian Federation - Ofcom said RT is funded by the Russian state, which has recently invaded a neighbouring sovereign country
• New laws in Russia which effectively criminalise any independent journalism that departs from the Russian state's own news narrative, in particular in relation to the invasion of Ukraine

"We consider that given these constraints it appears impossible for RT to comply with the due impartiality rules of our Broadcasting Code in the circumstances," Ofcom added.

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