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Peace talks regarding the fighting in Ukraine conclude after 5 hours
Talks aimed at reaching a stable cease-fire in Ukraine between its government forces and pro-Russian armed groups ended Wednesday after more than five hours, with no indication of progress and questions about when the next round might take place. …read more Source: CTV...
The Great War: A Crime Against Humanity
Victory Bonds Shorten The War—Help To Catch Huns /Library and Archives Canada, e010754280 /Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, e010754280 As we are reminded nearly every day, 2014 is the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I. The orgy of propaganda glorifying that war coincides with Harper’s strategy of making our country more...
The Russian and Iranian Missile Threats: Implications for NATO Missile Defense
As tensions rise over Ukraine, NATO is making preparations for the deployments of a ballistic missile defense (BMD) system in Romania in 2015 and in Poland in 2018. The United States and NATO claim that the missile defense shield is not directed at Russia, but is designed to deal with the dual threat of ballistic missiles and weapons of mass...
Ukraine peace talks are set to start in the capital of Belarus
MINSK, Belarus – Negotiators are heading to the capital of Belarus for another round of talks about a settlement of the Ukrainian crisis. Representatives of Ukraine, Russia, pro-Russia rebels and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe are to hold the talks in Minsk on Wednesday and on Friday. The negotiations are focusing on...
Ukraine peace talks begin in the capital of Belarus
The much-anticipated talks on a settlement of the Ukrainian crisis began in the capital of Belarus on Wednesday. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine warns of more power cuts if weather cools
Coal supplies have been decimated by months of fighting a pro-Russian uprising …read more Source: The Globe and...
Despite Russia’s Woes, Putin Shows No Signs Of Bending On Ukraine
The ruble has lost about a third of its value against the dollar. NPR’s Robert Siegel speaks with Wall Street Journal Moscow Chief Greg White about Russia’s deep recession.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
Newsmakers of the day: the journalists who died in 2014
MISRATA, LIBYA: American journalist Steven Sotloff (centre) talks to Libyan rebels on the Al Dafniya front line, 25 km west of Misrata, in 2011; he was kidnapped in August 2013 and killed a year later by Islamic State (Photo by Etienne de Malglaive via Getty Images) In the months before James Foley was beheaded with a knife—a gruesome death at...
Ukraine abandons nonaligned status in possible step towards NATO membership, Russia not happy
The vote by Ukraine’s parliament to drop its nonaligned status, which could pave the way for a bid to join NATO, challenges the Kremlin’s ardent desire to keep NATO from taking a giant step toward the Russian heartland. …read more Source: Vancouver...
Drama in the skies in 2014
Lucy Nicholson/Reuters MALAYSIA AIRLINES MH17 On July 17, pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine allegedly shot down a commercial jet travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew. Questions swirled about how a ragtag group of separatists who apparently couldn’t tell military jets from passenger planes...
