NATO has announced a series of steps that would bring war-ravaged Ukraine closer to membership. We get the bigger picture from Yuliya Kovaliv, Ukraine’s current Ambassador to Canada. Speaking of NATO, it plans to increase its defense spending targets. However, Canada continues to lag behind its allies. Plus, an Iranian rapper has avoided the death penalty, but not jail time. Toomaj Salehi sparked online support for 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish-Iranian woman who was detained for wearing ‘inappropriate attire’. He will now spend the next 6 years behind bars in Iran, with his passport revoked and his music career on hold.