Section: Latin America
Deaths Mount Daily as Renewed Fighting Hits Eastern Ukraine
AVDIIVKA, Ukraine – Heavy artillery and rockets hit residential areas in eastern Ukraine Tuesday amid a new outburst of fighting between government troops and Russia-backed separatist rebels, leaving at least eight people dead and dozens injured. Salvos of heavy-caliber artillery were heard throughout the night and late morning in Avdiivka, a...
EU chair labels Trump a ‘threat’ as Europeans debate U.S. ties
Donald Trump has joined Russia, China and radical Islam as a threat to the European Union, EU leaders were told on Tuesday by the man chairing a summit where they will debate relations with the United States. European Council President Donald Tusk, a conservative former premier of Poland, wrote to EU national leaders to lay out themes for...
Ukrainian President Denounces Fatal Separatist Clashes in Country’s East
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko condemned on Monday the recent clashes in eastern Ukraine that killed seven Ukrainian soldiers and injured over a dozen more. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Five Ukrainian Soldiers Killed during Clashes in East Ukraine
Five Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another 13 were wounded in armed clashes that erupted between pro-Russian rebels and Ukraine’s central army over the last 24 hours in eastern Ukraine, according to Kiev’s military authorities on Monday. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
‘Calexit’ Process Lunges Forward, Pays Homage to Crimea
The “Yes California” campaign will begin to collect signatures to qualify for the 2018 ballot. …read more Source:...
May’s mission to woo Trump a success, but makes some uneasy
Prime Minister Theresa May went to Washington, and President Donald Trump extended the hand of friendship. Literally. May left Washington after a 24-hour visit as Saturday’s British newspapers splashed front-page photos of the two leaders touching hands as they walked at the White House before a strikingly collegial news conference. May...
Top Russian official says Putin-Trump call will be positive
Influential Russian security chief Nikolai Patrushev says Moscow has high hopes for a scheduled telephone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump. “Everything will be positive,” Patrushev said Saturday, according to Russia’s Interfax news agency. He is the secretary of Russia’s...
Trump, Putin to speak amid GOP concerns on sanctions
President Donald Trump’s first conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin since taking office is sparking concern among European allies and his own Republican Party about the future of U.S. sanctions on Moscow. Ahead of the call planned for Saturday, Trump was noncommittal about whether he was considering lifting the economic...
Merkel expected to speak with Trump about Russia on Saturday: source
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is likely to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday and the conversation is expected to focus on Russia, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.The source did not say whether Trump might want to speak with Merkel about a lifting of the U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia in response to...
Nuclear ‘Doomsday Clock’ Ticks Closest to Midnight in 64 Years
WASHINGTON – Atomic scientists reset their symbolic “Doomsday Clock” to its closest time to midnight in 64 years on Thursday, saying the world was closer to catastrophe due to threats such as nuclear weapons, climate change and Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president. The timepiece, devised by the Chicago-based Bulletin...
