Section: US & Canada
EU member countries endorse visa-free entry for Ukrainians
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union member countries have backed a proposal to allow Ukrainian citizens into the bloc for short stays without visas. …read more Source: CNS...
EU Ambassadors Agree To Prolong Sanctions On Yanukovych, Associates
European Union ambassadors have decided to prolong asset freezes imposed by Brussels against Ukraine’s former President Viktor Yanukovych and 14 of his associates. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU member countries endorse visa-free entry for Ukrainians
European Union member countries have backed a proposal to allow Ukrainian citizens into the bloc for short stays without visas. Ambassadors of EU member states on Thursday endorsed an agreement … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
This News Network Could Shake Up the Media Scene in Putin’s Russia
Russian propaganda and influence operations have escalated over the past decade, and have especially intensified after the invasion of Ukraine. Plain and simple, the Kremlin has declared war on the concept of objective news reporting—on the airwaves as well as on the Internet. Years in the making and with a modest budget of $10 million, the U.S....
Ukraine ‘Blockaders’ Cut Off Rail Traffic From Rebel Areas
Armed with hunting rifles and clubs, members of the new movement aim to choke off coal supplies that provide income for Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: The New York...
Coal mine explosion in Ukraine kills 8
A methane explosion killed at least eight coal miners and injured six others about 1,600 feet underground in western Ukraine’s Lviv region. …read more Source: United Press...
The Latest: Schumer says attorney general should resign
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ talks with the Soviet ambassador (all times local): 10:25 a.m. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign. Several Republicans and Democrats have called for Sessions to recuse himself from an investigation into Russian...
Jeff Sessions Controversy Could Impact U.S.-Russia Relations, Kremlin Says
(MOSCOW) — The intense attention being given to the new U.S. attorney general’s meetings with Russia’s ambassador could obstruct improved Washington-Moscow relations, the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. The spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters he did not know about the meetings last year between...
With volunteers and U.S. tanks, Estonia tells Russia it’s “ready to fight”
Many in tiny nation on Russia’s western border see Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as a warning, and they aren’t taking it laying down …read more Source:...
At least 8 killed in Ukraine coal mine blast; 20 missing
The Ukrainian emergencies service says an explosion at a coal mine in western Ukraine has left at least eight people dead. …read more Source: FOX...
