Section: US & Canada
Trudeau, Pence to talk trade, China, abortion in final push to ratify new NAFTA
OTTAWA — The ratification of the new North American trade agreement will dominate a packed agenda when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence meet today in Ottawa. While Trudeau says he also wants to talk about what he calls the backsliding of women’s rights in the U.S. with Pence, a well-known opponent of...
Ukraine MPs Vote Against Cabinet Resignation
Ukrainian lawmakers have refused to accept the Cabinet’s resignation in a snub to the nation’s newly sworn-in president. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the comedian who won a landslide victory in last month’s presidential election, faces a hostile parliament dominated by supporters of former president Petro Poroshenko. Zelenskiy called...
Europeans offer support to Ukraine, urge further reforms
Top European diplomats have offered to support Ukraine’s newly elected president, while calling for further reforms in the corruption-plagued country …read more Source: The Washington...
Ukrainian Lawmakers Refuse To Dismiss PM Hroysman
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has rejected Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman’s resignation after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on May 20 called on the government to step down. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Chernobyl’s Reindeer
The Norwegian herders still living in the shadow of nuclear disaster. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Four Killed In Military Helicopter Crash In Western Ukraine
An Mi-8 military helicopter crashed late on May 29 during a training exercise in western Ukraine, killing three crew members and their commander, Ukraine’s military has said. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Enduring Horror of Chernobyl
From the beginning, viewers of HBO’s miniseries Chernobyl know more than the characters themselves about what’s to come—like Titanic, its very name is a spoiler. And so the opening scenes are shocking for what they don’t contain: no deafening boom, no crowds running screaming from a shower of glowing rubble. Instead the...
Five Killed In Military Helicopter Crash In Western Ukraine
A Soviet-designed Ukrainian Mi-8 military helicopter crashed late on May 29 during a training exercise in western Ukraine, killing four crew members and their commander, Ukraine’s military has said. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Germany offers to support Ukraine, urges further reforms
Germany’s foreign minister says his country wants to offer Ukraine’s newly elected president support, but is calling for further reforms in the corruption-plagued country. Speaking Thursday before traveling to Kiev … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Germany offers to support Ukraine, urges further reforms
Germany’s foreign minister says his country wants to offer Ukraine’s newly elected president support, but is calling for further reforms in the corruption-plagued country. Speaking Thursday before traveling to Kiev … Click to Continue » …read more Source: Miami...
