Section: US & Canada
Zelenskiy, Poroshenko, And The Curious Case Of The ‘Plagiarism’ In Brussels
Even his predecessor’s supporters seemed to think Ukraine’s new president said all the right things in Brussels. Perhaps that’s because they’d heard remarkably similar things from Petro Poroshenko himself. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Former Ukrainian President Yushchenko Suspected In Corruption Surrounding Residential Complex
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has been served on charges of suspected abuse of power and possession of state property in what investigators call the illegal privatization of a residential complex near Kyiv. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Pope to meet Putin before Vatican Ukraine meeting
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vatican next month, a day before Catholic leaders from Ukraine gather at the Holy See to discuss the continuing conflict there and the fallout from the schism between the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches. The … …read more Source: The...
Aleksandar Hemon’s Lost Eden
There are writers who specialize in variety, flitting from genre to genre and reinventing themselves with every book. Then there are those who worry the same subject over and over again, as if every novel, every story, is but a facet of a single, monumental concern. Aleksandar Hemon is the latter kind of writer, and his obsession is exile—a theme...
Ukraine Reports More Casualties In Conflict In East
Ukraine says fresh clashes with Russia-backed separatists in the country’s east have claimed the life of one of its soldiers, raising to four the number of Ukrainian troops reported killed this week. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Pope to meet Putin before Vatican Ukraine meeting
Pope Francis will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 4, a day before Catholic leaders from Ukraine meet at the Vatican to discuss the fallout from the schism between the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches …read more Source: The Washington...
Pope to meet Putin before Vatican Ukraine meeting
Pope Francis will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month. …read more Source: FOX...
Pope to meet Putin before Vatican Ukraine meeting
Pope Francis will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 4, a day before Catholic leaders from Ukraine meet at the Vatican to discuss the fallout from the schism between the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches …read more Source: ABC...
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine president, pushes for NATO, pledges public vote
Recently elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Wednesday his new government is pushing ahead with plans to join NATO despite Russia’s disapproval, and said he would hold a national referendum on whether to join the Western military alliance. “First of all, we have an independent country, and this is our …...
Russian, Chinese Leaders Hail Burgeoning Ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for Kremlin talks that reflected increasingly close ties between the two countries that were communist rivals during the Cold War. Xi called Putin his “close friend,” noting that they have met nearly 30 times over the last six years. The trip marked...
