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The government has tacitly authorized trade with Moscow in a number of sensitive sectors, news outlet Le Devoir reports Canada has issued more than a dozen special permits allowing companies to circumvent sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukraine conflict, news outlet Le Devoir reported on Tuesday, citing federal data on international trade.

American troops in Europe have been put on heightened alert on concern over how Moscow will react to setbacks in Ukraine America’s top general has reportedly reviewed defenses at a base in Poland and called for US troops in Europe to be at a heightened state of readiness amid uncertainty over how Russia will react…