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Fighting in Ukraine continues ahead of peace talks
Shelling rocked a bus station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk Wednesday as fighting continued to rage in eastern Ukraine ahead of crucial peace talks later in the day. …read more Source: Global...
Seventy per cent likely Ukraine accord to be reached on Wednesday, Russian source says
‘The presidents aren’t traveling (to Minsk) for no reason,’ the source said …read more Source: The Globe and...
Crises abound, from oil prices to Greece to Ukraine
It’s another day of high-stakes geopolitics today, so make sure you have a big breakfast. Finance ministers and central bankers are heading home after the G20 meeting wrapped up in Istanbul yesterday, during which officials expressed worry over how massive economic inequality has become, while Stephen Poloz denied he is talking down the...
Fighting in Ukraine continues overnight ahead of diplomatic push
Dmitry Lovetsky/AP DONETSK, Ukraine – Fighting continued to rage in eastern Ukraine Wednesday ahead of crucial peace talks later in the day. Shelling rocked a bus station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, where an Associated Press reporter saw one body and was told by rebel officials that another body had been recently removed from the scene....
Fighting continues in Ukraine ahead of peace talks
Fighting continued to rage in eastern Ukraine Wednesday ahead of crucial peace talks later in the day. …read more Source: CTV...
Rebel attacks kill 19 Ukrainian soldiers near rail junction in east, military says
Nineteen Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 78 wounded in rebel attacks near the key railway town of Debaltseve …read more Source: The Globe and...
Where France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine stand ahead of Minsk summit
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine plan to hold a summit on the Ukraine crisis in the Belarussian capital of Minsk on Wednesday. …read more Source: The Globe and...
Canada courts trade pact with Ukraine as war escalates
The Harper government says it’s returning to the bargaining table with Ukraine on a free trade deal amidst an ongoing war and a year and a half delay in negotiations. Trade Minister Ed Fast announced the renewal of Canada-Ukraine free trade negotiations on Jan. 26 in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, promising “an ambitious and comprehensive...
Russian bank that hired John Baird’s onetime chief-of-staff removed from list of firms facing sanctions
A Russian bank hired John Baird’s onetime provincial chief of staff to lobby the federal government to get the bank removed from the list of Russian firms facing sanctions over Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine. The then-Foreign Affairs Minister subsequently removed the bank from the list, but he and the lobbyist both say they never...
We may be close to a peace deal on Ukraine
At the time I’m writing this, it’s still not entirely clear whether there will be a meeting in Minsk on Wednesday to hammer out a peace deal for Ukraine. But, unlike last Friday, when German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande flew to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, I believe a deal...
