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UN: Death toll in eastern Ukraine up to 4,707
GENEVA – The U.N. human rights office says at least 4,707 people have been killed and 10,322 wounded in the conflict-affected areas of eastern Ukraine. It says more than 5 million people are living in the conflict areas where they face rising hardships and some struggle to stay alive. At least 1,357 fatalities have been recorded since the...
Russia says CIA torture report reflects ‘systemic’ rights abuse in US
MOSCOW – Relishing an opportunity to turn the tables on the U.S., Russia says the Senate’s investigation into the CIA torture practices has highlighted rampant rights abuse. The Foreign Ministry’s rights envoy, Konstantin Dolgov, said in Thursday’s statement that the evidence contained in the report “contradict the U.S....
Mountie killings, Ghomeshi scandal: Top news events in 2014
An in-brief look at some of the most significant news events of the last 12 months, in chronological order: JANUARY 1 – Colorado becomes the first U.S. state to allow recreational marijuana sales to adults at licensed pot stores. Washington state followed suit in July. 3 – Phil Everly, the youngest of the Everly Brothers, died of chronic...
WATCH: Most dramatic protest videos of 2014
ABOVE: Protesters in Ferguson, Missouri surround and vandalize a police car – just one of the many dramatic images from protests in the small Midwestern town From Hong Kong to Ferguson, from Israel to Brazil, from the streets of Paris to the streets of Toronto – protesters of all stripes took to the streets once more in 2014. And in so many...
Ukraine embarks on ‘day of silence’ to forge permanent cease-fire in east
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s military authorities said they suspended hostilities Tuesday against Russian-backed separatists in the east in line with a truce declared last week. President Petro Poroshenko declared a “day of silence” Thursday, hoping to revive a September cease-fire deal that has been breached almost daily. The seven-month long...
Canadian soldiers to train Ukrainian military police: Nicholson
KYIV, Ukraine – Canadian soldiers are arriving in Ukraine to help train military police, Defence Minister Rob Nicholson says. The training is part of an agreement Nicholson signed with Ukraine pledging Canadian help in the face of Russian aggression. “The declaration seeks to initiate a process to strengthen the capacity of the Ukrainian...
Hollande, Putin discuss Ukraine crisis in unexpected Moscow meeting
MOSCOW – French President Francois Hollande met with Russia’s Vladimir Putin during an impromptu visit to Moscow on Saturday, a rare display of goodwill as tensions remain high over the ongoing conflict in east Ukraine and France’s decision to suspend the delivery of two warships to Moscow. The French leader’s unexpected...
Ukraine says fault at nuclear power plant cuts power output but poses no danger
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s energy minister says a technical fault at a nuclear power plant in the south of country has cut power production but insists it poses no danger. Volodymr Demchishin said Wednesday that a short circuit at a power-generating unit in the Zaporozhiya plant led to a drop in electricity production. He says normal output...
Ukraine agrees on new cease-fire with separatist rebels in the east
KIEV, Ukraine – International monitors in eastern Ukraine say government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces in the Luhansk region have agreed on a new cease-fire. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said in a statement late Monday that hostilities will cease Friday along the line of contact between the warring sides....
Ruble drops to all-time low amid decline in oil prices, Ukraine crisis
WATCH ABOVE: Russian ruble drops to all-time low MOSCOW – Russia’s ruble hit a new all-time low on Moscow, dropping more than 3 per cent as declining oil prices and the conflict in eastern Ukraine are weighing in on the Russian economy. The Russian currency traded 52 rubles against the dollar at the opening on Monday after shedding 15 per...
