Section: US & Canada
3 People Killed in Eastern Ukraine Amid Renewed Fighting
The Ukrainian government says three troops have been killed in the volatile eastern Ukraine over the past 24 hours …read more Source: ABC...
Obama, Merkel to Discuss Trade, Terrorism, Refugees in Two-Day Visit
U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the global economy, terrorism, transatlantic security and many other issues during his two-day visit to Germany. Obama will hold talks with Merkel shortly after he arrives in Hanover on Sunday. After addressing reporters, the two leaders will officially open the Hanover...
Why Obama loves the queen more than her country
LONDON – At their Friday press conference here, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron together used the phrase “special relationship” more than a dozen times. At times they cast it in almost romantic terms: Obama professed his “love” for Winston Churchill. Cameron declared his “passion” for the Anglo-American...
Chernobyl’s Silent Exclusion Zone (Except for the Logging)
Thirty years later, there are signs of commercial clear-cutting in supposedly off-limits forests around the site of the nuclear disaster in Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...
Inside Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone
Some young Ukrainians have made a hobby of going to the zone, set aside in perpetuity after the nuclear plant catastrophe 30 years ago. …read more Source: The New York...
Russia, In Bow To Kyiv’s New Leader, Suspends Debt Demands
Russia said it temporarily suspended its demand for full repayment of a $3-billion loan to Ukraine to give the new government in Kyiv time to decide what to do about it. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Panama Raids Mossack Fonseca Office
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panamanian investigators on Friday raided a property used by Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the center of a massive leak of offshore financial data, an official from the local prosecutor’s office said. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a statement with more details would be sent in due...
Brain-Dead Mom Gives Birth to Baby Boy 55 Days After Passing Away
A brain-dead Polish woman gives birth to a baby boy—55 days after her death. The premature baby showed no signs of serious complications, a hospital official said on April 19. According to Al Jazeera, the 41-year-old mother was already brain-dead when she was rushed to the hospital in Wroclaw in November. The hospital concluded that she had brain...
Ukraine children eat food tainted by Chornobyl radiation
After the Ukrainian government cancels a local school lunch program, rural families must resort to contaminated food. …read more Source: Toronto...
NATO-Russia Talks Fail, but Raise Hopes
NATO and Russia held their first dialogue in two years this week. The meeting among ambassadors of the alliance and Russia in Brussels Wednesday failed to produce agreements, but analysts say it has raised hope that Russia may be making a new effort to emerge from isolation following its annexation of Crimea and support for separatist rebels in...
