Section: US & Canada
Svitolina beats Larsson to move into Connecticut Open final
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina beat Sweden’s Johanna Larsson 6-4, 6-2 Friday to move into the final of the Connecticut Open,… …read more Source:...
Putin orders snap military drills involving troops, airforce and navy as talks on Ukraine near
‘I, for one, couldn’t imagine that Russia would flout international law to the point of annexing Crimea’ …read more Source: Vancouver...
Putin orders snap military drills involving troops, airforce and navy as talks on Ukraine near
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered snap military drills as German Chancellor Angela Merkel accused him of breaking international law in Ukraine and said NATO will defend member states against attack. Combat readiness exercises are taking place “to defend the interests of the Russian Federation amid increasing threats to its security,”...
The Geopolitical Therapist
Recently I sat down with Vice President Joe Biden to explore whether his approach to foreign policy challenges, and his patterns of interaction with global leaders, constituted something distinctive enough to call “The Biden Doctrine,” which I wrote about here in The Atlantic. In a fascinating, wide-ranging discussion that touched on...
Ukraine Claims Rebels Heavy Vehicles Increase Tenfold
The number of tanks in rebel-held eastern Ukraine has increased 20 times in two years, while the number of armored fighting vehicles has spiked more than tenfold, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister on Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, announced on Friday. Ukraine has been fighting pro-Russian separatist groups in its...
UN panel decries rise of racist crimes in UK after EU vote
GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. panel has criticized “anti-immigrant and xenophobic rhetoric” that some British political figures used to foment prejudices ahead of the country’s vote to leave the European Union. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination expressed concerns about a “sharp increase in racist hate crimes,” particularly in...
Military parade in Kyiv marks 25th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence
KYIV – Perhaps the first Ukrainian city to hear the national anthem on Independence Day was Russia-occupied Donetsk. At about 6 a.m. hidden loud speakers started blaring the first words of the anthem, “Ukraine hasn’t perished yet.” The daring audio performance lasted about 30 minutes as startled passersby gazed in bewilderment at the...
Poroshenko greets Ukraine on 25th anniversary in Kyiv
Dear Ukrainians, Heroic Ukrainian troops, Your Holiness and Your Beatitude, Mister President Duda, highly-esteemed guests, “In view of the mortal danger surrounding Ukraine in connection with the state coup in the USSR on August 19, 1991; continuing the thousand-year tradition of state development in Ukraine; proceeding from the right of the...
Russia’s aggressive power is resurging, online and off
Frank J. Cilluffo and Sharon L. Cardash, George Washington University The Bear is back. It’s happening on the ground in and around Ukraine, inside the virtual inboxes of the Democratic National Committee and at American news organizations. Russian cyberattacks are yielding eye-popping headlines warning not only of a return to Cold War-style...
Death At Hands Of Police Sparks Public Anger, Reform Pledge In South Ukraine
Ukraine’s interior minister has vowed there won’t be any “whitewash” as authorities investigate the death this week of a 31-year-old man at the hands of a half-dozen policemen with the man’s family looking on. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
