The Canadian government has announced $139 million in additional aid to address the refugee crisis caused by the fighting, in addition to the $67 million already committed to Iraq.
Demonstrators placed flowers and lit candles Saturday in front of a building in the Ukrainian city of Odessa where 48 people died one year ago when it caught fire in a clash between supporters and opponents of Ukraine’s government.
The May 2, 2014, violence began with fights between two factions marching in the city and reached a grisly culmination at the trade union building, where supporters of autonomy for Ukraine’s heavily Russian east …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
