Section: US & Canada
Millions Face Food Insecurity, TB Outbreak in Eastern Ukraine Fighting
Nearly 3.5 million people caught up in the conflict in eastern Ukraine urgently need humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations, which says its assistance program has received a fraction of the funding it needs. Populations live under the constant threat of artillery and gun fire, mines and unexploded ordinance, and now face growing food...
Millions Face Food Insecurity and TB Outbreak In Eastern Ukraine
Close to 3.5 million people caught up in the conflict in eastern Ukraine urgently need humanitarian aid according to the United Nations. Populations caught in the crossfire now face growing food insecurity and outbreaks of diseases like tuberculosis. For VOA, Henry Ridgwell visited the front line earlier this week. …read more Source: Voice...
Did Mostik the cat beat Vladimir Putin across the controversial bridge linking Russia to Crimea?
The contentious bridge linking Russia to Crimea has prompted another controversy, this one over whether Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ceremonial first crossing actually came in second — to a cat. Putin proudly drove a bright orange, Russian-built truck across the Kerch Strait Bridge Tuesday. …read more Source: USA...
Jailed Ukrainian Filmmaker Determined To Carry Hunger Strike ‘To The End’
A lawyer for Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who opposed Moscow’s 2014 annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea and is now in prison in Russia, says his client is “serious” about a strict hunger strike he began on May 14 and that he “plans to see it to the end.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe /...
Inside Mueller’s FBI team
President Donald Trump has repeatedly hurled insults at the FBI agents working on special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the 2016 campaign. Rudy Giuliani, a former U.S. attorney who’s now Trump’s lawyer, has attacked them as “stormtroopers.”The vitriol is unsurprising. The agents are powering an investigation that...
Incarcerated Ukrainian filmmaker goes on hunger strike
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Incarcerated Ukrainian filmmaker goes on hunger strike
Russian officials say an incarcerated Ukrainian filmmaker has gone on hunger strike to demand the release of Ukrainian prisoners in Russia. Oleg Sentsov, a vocal opponent of Russia’s annexation of … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Canadian government comes to the defence of Nazi SS and Nazi collaborators but why?
In late April more than 50 members of the U.S. Congress condemned the government of Ukraine’s ongoing efforts to glorify “Nazi collaborators.” The letter, signed by both Republicans and Democrats, outlined concerns about ongoing ceremonies to glorify leaders of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army as well as 14th SS Galizien Division (aka...
North Korea Threatens to Cancel Trump-Kim Summit
The nuclear summit between North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump, scheduled to take place on June 12th in Singapore, may not happen after all. The North Korean regime has objected to the ongoing ‘Max Thunder’ joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea. Its state-run news agency KCNA...
Famous cat crosses $4 billion bridge before Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to be the first to walk over the newly built $4 billion dollar bridge linking Russia to Crimea. However, a cat beat him to it! Veuer’s Sam Berman has the full story. …read more Source: USA...
