Section: US & Canada
Pentagon reveals US observation flight over Ukraine
The Pentagon says a U.S. Air Force plane flew a special observation flight over Ukraine in a show of solidarity with Ukraine after its naval confrontation with Russia …read more Source: The Boston...
Canada to send hundreds of observers to Ukraine presidential election
OTTAWA — Canada is planning to send hundreds of election observers to Ukraine to prevent Russian meddling in its March 2019 presidential elections, The Canadian Press has learned. Government officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, say as many as 500 monitors could be sent in missions run by the Organization for Security and...
Canada to send hundreds of observers to Ukraine presidential election
The Canadian Press has learned that Canada is planning to send hundreds of election observers to Ukraine to prevent Russian meddling in its March 2019 presidential elections. …read more Source: CTV...
Can the world recover from Trump, Putin and the collapse of optimism?
In a disorderly world, it only takes a small spark to ignite a conflict that can engulf entire nations. So it was last week that world leaders held their collective breaths after the Russian coastguard attacked and detained three Ukrainian navy vessels in the Kerch Strait separating Russia from Crimea. It was the first open conflict between...
At OSCE Meeting, Ukraine Pleads For Ramped-Up Russia Sanctions
Ukraine has used a gathering of foreign ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to call for increased sanctions against Russia, accusing Moscow of stepping up “aggression” against Kyiv and sowing “instability and insecurity” in the OSCE region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
In Show of Support, US Conducts Ukraine Fly-Over
The U.S. and its allies flew a military aircraft over Ukraine Thursday as a show of support after Russia attacked Ukrainian naval vessels in the Black Sea last month. “A U.S. Air Force OC-135 observation plane flew over Ukraine today with U.S., Canadian, German, French, United Kingdom, Romanian and Ukrainian observers aboard,”...
Pentagon Reveals US Observation Flight Over Ukraine
The Pentagon says a U.S. Air Force plane flew a special observation flight over Ukraine in a show of solidarity with Ukraine after its naval confrontation with Russia. …read more Source: U.S....
Pentagon reveals US observation flight over Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon says a U.S. Air Force plane flew a special observation flight over Ukraine in a show of solidarity after Ukraine’s naval confrontation with Russia. In a statement, the Pentagon called it an “extraordinary” flight Thursday under the Open Skies Treaty, which is an international accord …...
An Ancient Case of the Plague Could Rewrite History
The troublesome teeth belonged to a woman buried in Sweden. She lived 4,900 years ago, and she died young. Archaeologists found her at the turn of the last millennium, her bones jumbled up with dozens of others in a limestone tomb. Geneticists sequenced her DNA a few years ago, revealing her to be, unsurprisingly, one of the Neolithic farmers who...
U.S. carries out “extraordinary” flight over Ukraine, citing Russian attack
U.S. carries out flight after Russia seized three Ukrainian naval ships off Crimea …read more Source:...
