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Separatist Rebels, Government Troops Report Violations of Ukraine Cease-Fire Agreement
MOSCOW – Separatist rebels and government troops both reported violations of a cease-fire declared in eastern Ukraine at midnight on Wednesday as French and German foreign ministers were visiting the country in a bid to shore up a crumbling peace agreement. Rebels on Tuesday declared a unilateral cease-fire, and German Foreign Minister...
Germany and France See Fresh Momentum from Ukraine Cease-Fiire
KIEV — The German and French foreign ministers said on Wednesday an attempt to revive a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine from midnight could set the scene for agreement next week on further peace moves. Visiting Kiev with his French counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Ukraine had agreed to abide by a new seven-day truce proposed by...
VIDEO: Russia holds large-scale military drills in Crimea
Russia on Friday deployed cruise missiles, multiple rocket launchers, tanks and its latest anti-aircraft system at massive military drills in Crimea. Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in April 2014 and since then has sent thousands of troops and heavy weaponry there. The defence ministry invited dozens of journalists on Friday to...
Russian Jet Came within 10 Feet of U.S. Spy Plane: U.S. Officials
WASHINGTON/BERLIN — A Russian fighter jet carried out an “unsafe and unprofessional” intercept of a U.S. spy plane over the Black Sea and came within 10 feet (3.05 meters) of the American aircraft, two U.S. defense officials said on Wednesday. The incident is likely to cause more tension between the United States and Russia, who...
Ash Carter: ‘Clear ambition’ by Russia to erode world order
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is strongly criticizing Russia for what he says is Moscow’s “clear ambition to erode the principled international order” through coercion and aggression. Carter used a speech Wednesday to students at Oxford University to blast what he calls Russia’s “unprofessional behavior” in...
Dominican Court Orders Ex-Ukrainian Official Held Amid Probe
A Dominican Republic court has ordered three months detention for a former Ukrainian government official during an investigation into accusations he kidnapped a fellow countryman at a popular Dominican tourist spot. Volodymyr Vasiliovich Saldo was arrested in late August along with a Bulgarian man after both were accused of kidnapping and...
What to Watch at US Open: US teen faces big-serving Karlovic
At 19, Jared Donaldson is the youngest American man in the U.S. Open’s third round since 2007. A key part of his growth as a tennis player happened in another country, though. When he was 14, Donaldson left home to train in Argentina, so he could work on his game on clay, improve his footwork and get lessons on how to use spins on his...
Could Saturday’s JPS blackout be the result of a cyber-attack?
In recent times, countries have fallen victim to a cyber-attack on their electrical power supplies at the hands of hackers. Could this have happened to the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and what does it have in place to counter such measures? Only last December, power went out in Ukraine’s capital city Kiev and the western parts of the...
Serena Williams sweeps past Makarova at US Open
Serena Williams’ serve was in fine form in a routine first-round win over Ekaterina Makarova at the U.S. Open. The top-seeded Williams had played just three singles matches since Wimbledon because of a sore right shoulder, but it didn’t show as she hit 12 aces, with only one double-fault, in a 6-3, 6-3 victory Tuesday in 63 minutes....
Brazil’s Lack of Property Rights Stoking Conflict, Deterring Investment
In Brazil’s Amazon where no-one knows who exactly owns a swathe of territory the size of Ukraine, a lack of formal property deeds is causing conflict, greater deforestation and environmental damage, researchers said on Tuesday. An area of 60 million hectares in Brazil’s Amazonas state, 40 percent of the state’s total area, is...
