Section: US & Canada
Putin Inaugurates Final Power Link to Crimea
Russia’s president has flipped the switch to open the last of four electricity lines to Crimea aimed at allowing the Russia-annexed peninsula to end its reliance on Ukrainian power …read more Source: ABC...
Putin inaugurates final power link to Crimea
Russia’s president has flipped the switch to open the last of four electricity lines to Crimea aimed at allowing the Russia-annexed peninsula to end its reliance on Ukrainian power. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Foreign ministers seek to revive stalled Ukraine talks
Russia, Ukraine and France sent their top diplomats to Berlin on Wednesday to discuss how to move ahead with the peace agreement for eastern Ukraine amid a fragile cease-fire and little progress on political issues. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
U.S. To Unveil European Missile-Defense System
The United States is expected to formally announce its European missile-defense system operational on May 12, despite protests from Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
US gears up missile defense system in Europe to Russia’s ire
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A U.S. missile defense system aimed at protecting Europe from ballistic missile threats is moving into higher gear this week, with a site in Romania becoming operational on Thursday and officials breaking ground at another site in Poland a day later. The system has been under development for years and is, NATO and U.S....
Eurovision Song Contest struggles to enforce politics ban
STOCKHOLM (AP) — You can croon about unrequited love, dance with unbridled passion or dress up in drag. Just keep politics out of it. Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest say the annual kitsch-fest, which is watched by almost 200 million people in dozens of countries, is about having a good time, not making political statements. Yet it...
Foreign ministers seek to revive stalled Ukraine talks
BERLIN (AP) — Russia, Ukraine and France sent their top diplomats to Berlin on Wednesday to discuss ways of moving forward with the peace… …read more Source:...
Polanski producer and Holocaust survivor Gene Gutowski dies
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Gene Gutowski, a Polish-American Holocaust survivor who was the producer of three films by director Roman Polanski in the 1960s and reunited with him decades later for the Oscar-winning Holocaust drama, “The Pianist,” has died. He was 90. Gutowski’s son, Adam Bardach, told The Associated Press that his father died of...
Foreign Ministers Hold Ukraine Talks in Berlin
The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France are meeting in Berlin to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: ABC...
Foreign ministers hold Ukraine talks in Berlin
The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France are meeting in Berlin to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
