Section: US & Canada
Clinton plots mop-up of Trump’s global mess
Hillary Clinton’s campaign is already looking past Nov. 8 and is plotting out what she will do on the international front to reassure allies, deter enemies and otherwise repair the damage to America’s reputation caused by Donald Trump.The biggest challenge? Deciding where on earth the new president should start. “Everybody wants to be...
Merkel to host Putin, Poroshenko for Ukrainian peace summit in Berlin
Amid increasingly murky relations between Russia and the West, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is hosting a summit in Berlin to try to bring peace to the conflict between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russia separatists. …read more Source: Christian Science...
OSCE Monitor Says 70 Percent Of Restrictions In Ukraine Are In Separatist-Controlled East
A senior member of the monitoring mission in Ukraine from the OSCE says 70 percent of the restrictions imposed on the free movement of monitors since May has been in areas outside of the control of Ukraine’s government. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Bomb in Ukrainian apartment building kills pro-Russian rebel commander known as Motorola
KIEV, Ukraine — A prominent commander of the Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine has been killed by a bomb, rebel leaders and Russian news reports said on Monday. Arsen Pavlov, the commander, who went by the nom de guerre Motorola after the brand of walkie-talkie he preferred, was blown up as he rode the elevator in his apartment...
Ukrainian Anticorruption Activists Dare ‘Sissy Pants’ Officials To Declare Assets
With the aim of reminding bureaucrats that they are now legally required to file electronic asset declarations, anticorruption activists played off the word “trusi,” which means both underwear and cowards in Ukrainian, to taunt them in Kyiv. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU leaders to debate stance on Russia at Brussels summit
Putin has proven to be a master at dividing the Europeans, and no geopolitical challenge has proven more difficult for the EU than the increasingly unpredictable and threatening neighbor to its east. […] a Dutch-led investigation naming Russia as the source of a mobile missile launcher that shot down a Malaysian jetliner over eastern...
Red Underwear For Poroshenko At Kyiv Demo
Activists had an outsized pair of red underpants ready for the Ukrainian president, in an effort to encourage him to submit a declaration of interests. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU leaders to debate stance on Russia at Brussels summit
BRUSSELS (AP) — Just as European Union leaders get ready to consider a tougher approach toward Russia, Vladimir Putin may have outfoxed them. On Tuesday, Russian warplanes halted their airstrikes on Syria’s besieged city of Aleppo in preparation for a temporary truce that Moscow has announced. On Wednesday, Putin is due in Berlin to discuss...
Russia’s Friends Form New ‘Cossack Army’ In Balkans
In a church last month on the coast of Montenegro, uniformed Cossacks from across the Balkans gathered to form a new “Balkan Cossack Army.” The movement is directed by Russia and concerns have been raised about its intentions. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Germany to host Ukraine peace summit in Berlin
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday announced her first summit in over a year with the Russian, Ukrainian and French… …read more Source:...
