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Ukrainian government, separatists agree on new cease-fire
Jun21

Ukrainian government, separatists agree on new cease-fire

MOSCOW — A spokeswoman for the Ukrainian government’s envoy at talks with pro-Russia separatist rebels say they have agreed on a new cease-fire in Ukraine’s restive east. Fighting between government forces and Russia-backed rebels in Ukraine’s industrial heartland has killed more than 10,000 people and displaced more than a...

Russia considering retaliatory sanctions against U.S.: Kremlin
Jun21

Russia considering retaliatory sanctions against U.S.: Kremlin

The U.S. is imposing sanctions on Moscow over its role in Ukraine …read more Source: The Globe and...

Perry Bellegarde on recognizing this land’s founding Indigenous peoples
Jun21

Perry Bellegarde on recognizing this land’s founding Indigenous peoples

Assembly of First Nations national chief Perry Bellegarde. (Photograph by Jessica Deeks) Perry Bellegarde, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, was raised on the Little Black Bear First Nation, in Treaty Four territory. Within eight months of being elected chief of the band, he led it out of third-party management. Bellegarde...

Trump faces ‘land of lousy options’ with North Korea after Otto Warmbier’s death
Jun21

Trump faces ‘land of lousy options’ with North Korea after Otto Warmbier’s death

With one American dead after being imprisoned in North Korea and three still in captivity there, U.S. President Donald Trump faces some grim math as he reckons with how to respond to a regime dubbed “the land of lousy options.” …read more Source:...

Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko In Washington To Meet President Trump
Jun20

Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko In Washington To Meet President Trump

Ukraine’s president is in Washington hoping to meet President Trump and explain his side of the war with Russian-backed separatists, but the White House isn’t exactly rolling out the red carpet. …read more Source:...

Russian, French FMs talk about Syria, Ukraine
Jun20

Russian, French FMs talk about Syria, Ukraine

MOSCOW — The top diplomats of Russia and France have met to discuss Syria, Ukraine and the troubled Russia-EU ties. Speaking after Tuesday’s talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian emphasized the need to jointly fight extremist groups in Syria. They also spoke in support of a 2015 peace...

Ukrainian President Poroshenko Meets, Briefly, With President Trump
Jun20

Ukrainian President Poroshenko Meets, Briefly, With President Trump

Ukraine is concerned about what the Trump administrations’s efforts to improve relations with Russia will mean for its relations with Washington. Poroshenko wanted to meet with Trump before Putin did.(Image credit: Evan Vucci/AP) …read more Source:...

Trump briefly meets Ukrainian leader amid Russia probe
Jun20

Trump briefly meets Ukrainian leader amid Russia probe

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump met with his Ukrainian counterpart Tuesday amid intensifying questions over whether his administration will step in to protect partners in the face of Russian aggression. The meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was originally described by the White House as a brief “drop-in.” But the two...

U.S. sanctions 38 individuals, entities over Russian actions in Ukraine
Jun20

U.S. sanctions 38 individuals, entities over Russian actions in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko meets with Donald Trump, Mike Pence at White House …read more Source: The Globe and...

Trump calls death of Ohio man who was detained in North Korea ‘a total disgrace’
Jun20

Trump calls death of Ohio man who was detained in North Korea ‘a total disgrace’

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the death of 22-year-old Otto Warmbier after his lengthy detention in North Korea was a “total disgrace,” and said if the college student had been returned home to the U.S. earlier, “I think the result would have been a lot different.” …read more Source:...