Section: US & Canada
Kyiv Renames Street in Honor of Late US Senator McCain
Kyiv on Thursday renamed one of its streets after John McCain, in a gesture of honor to the late U.S. senator who supported Ukraine’s pro-Western leadership in the standoff with Russia. McCain, who died last year at age 81, backed Kyiv’s popular uprising which in 2014 ousted Ukraine’s pro-Kremlin president as well as supported...
Media Circus as Ukraine’s Poroshenko, Zelenskiy Mull Stadium Debate, Drug Tests
Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko agreed on Thursday to go head-to-head with comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a debate at the country’s biggest stadium, as flamboyant media spectacle and social media drive the race for the presidency. Zelenskiy, a 41-year-old actor best known in the country for playing the president in a television show, is...
Ukraine presidential candidate wants debate with drug tests
The debate about a presidential runoff debate in Ukraine is escalating …read more Source: ABC...
Family of American Killed in MH17 Crash Sues Russia Banks, Money-Transfer Firms
The family of an American killed when a Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 filed a lawsuit on Thursday against U.S.-based money transfer companies and two Russian banks they accuse of providing services to the group they blame for striking Flight MH17. MH17 was brought down over territory held by pro-Russian separatist...
Poll: Almost Half of Young Russians Want to Emigrate
Forty-four percent of Russians aged 15-29 want to emigrate as their economy stagnates, according to a survey by the pollster Gallup. The poll, based on 2,000 face-to-face interviews conducted in 2018, indicated that 20 percent of all Russians wanted to move abroad, the highest share since 2007, when it stood at 17 percent. Young people of working...
Head Of Russian News Agency’s Office In Ukraine Goes On Trial For Treason
Prosecutors have accused Kirill Vyshinsky, the head of Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti’s office in Ukraine, of publishing “anti-Ukrainian” articles and materials at the beginning of his treason trial in a Kyiv court. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Online misinformation stoking fear of vaccines: OMA
TORONTO — Doctors in Ontario are warning that misinformation being spread online is undermining public trust in vaccines. The Ontario Medical Association, which represents about 31,500 doctors in the province, has launched a public awareness campaign through Twitter, Facebook and traditional media in a bid to combat myths around vaccines. The...
In Ukraine’s Election, Pro-Russian Candidates Can’t Win
By occupying the regions of the country that most favor it, Moscow has undermined its own position in Ukrainian politics. Here’s why it still won’t leave. …read more Source: Foreign...
Glaring US Absences Raise Questions About Relevance of G-7
Foreign and interior ministers from the Group of Seven countries are gathering in France this week to try to find ambitious solutions to world security challenges. Putting a dampener on that are two glaring American absences: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. The fact that ranking U.S. officials...
In Dueling Videos, Zelenskiy And Poroshenko Debate A Debate. Can They Fill A 70,000-Seat Stadium?
Volodymyr Zelenskiy and incumbent Petro Poroshenko have egged each other on since they advanced to a presidential runoff. But in upping the stakes to an Olympic-sized event, they both may have bitten off more than the country can chew. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
