Section: US & Canada
Making-Law School: New Ukrainian MPs Get Crash Course In Legislating
After snap elections in July, a fresh crop of legislators are set to take root in Ukraine’s parliament. Many of them are new to politics, so the president’s ruling party has sent them to school. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine To Launch Russian-Language TV To Counter Russian State Media
A senior aide to Ukraine’s president says Kyiv plans to launch a worldwide Russian-language television channel in an attempt to counter Russian state-controlled media broadcasts to people living in separatist controlled parts of eastern Ukraine and in Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
UN Report: Conflicts Kill and Hurt a Record 12,000 Children
More than 12,000 children were killed and injured in armed conflicts last year – a record number – with Afghanistan, the Palestinians, Syria and Yemen topping the casualty list, according to a new U.N. report.The deaths and injuries were among more than 24,000 “grave violations” against children verified by the United...
How Natural Gas Exports Are Giving America a Key Edge
According to a new report published by the International Energy Agency, the United States could become the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas as soon as 2024. Growing U.S. liquefied natural gas trade builds the domestic industrial sector and supports our national security interests abroad by providing America’s allies...
Hungary: Captain in Danube boat crash back in police custody
The Ukrainian captain of a cruise ship involved in a crash that killed 28 people on the Danube River is back in police custody …read more Source: The Washington...
Putinist Rule Minus Putin?
Editor’s Note: This is the second essay in a multi-author series on “Getting Russia Right.” Read the first installment by Karina Orlova here, and the second by Carla Anne Robbins here.The Russian tradition of top-down rule has a long history, but Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was not condemned to follow it over the past couple of decades. It...
Hungary: Captain in Danube boat crash back in police custody
The Ukrainian captain of a cruise ship involved in a crash on the Danube River that killed 28 people is back in police custody. Hungarian police said Monday that the … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Hungary: Captain in Danube Boat Crash Back in Police Custody
The Ukrainian captain of a cruise ship involved in a crash that killed 28 people on the Danube River is back in police custody. …read more Source: U.S....
Former Deputy Chief Of Presidential Office In Ukraine Questioned Over Maidan Killings
Andriy Portnov, a former deputy head in the administration of ex-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, has been questioned as a witness by the Prosecutor-General’s Office involving obstruction of justice allegations against his former boss stemming from the deadly Euromaidan protests. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Takes Another Step Toward Freedom from Russia
(Photo by GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images) …read more Source: CNS...
