Section: US & Canada
Three Ukrainian Soldiers Killed In Country’s East
Ukraine says three of its soldiers have been killed in the country’s east — the heaviest toll reported in the region in nearly two months. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
30 Years After Blast, Desolation and Activity at Chernobyl
Thirty years after the world’s worst nuclear accident, the Chernobyl power plant is surrounded by both desolation and clangorous activity, the sense of a ruined past and a difficult future. The plant is derelict. After the No. 4 reactor exploded in the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, its other reactors were gradually taken out of...
Crackdown On RFE/RL’s Crimea Site Sparks International Condemnation
The latest clampdown on a Crimea news site run by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has drawn international condemnation, with the United States denouncing it as “the Russian government’s growing crackdown on independent voices” on the annexed peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Crackdown On RFE/RL’s Crimea Site Sparks International Condemnation
The latest clampdown on a Crimea news site run by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has drawn international condemnation, with the United States denouncing it as “the Russian government’s growing crackdown on independent voices” on the annexed peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU executive pushing for visa liberalization for Ukrainians
The European Union’s executive wants to grant Ukraine citizens visa-free travel for up to 90 days in the 28-nation bloc, rewarding the east European nation for judicial and security reform. …read more Source: FOX...
NATO, Russian Officials Meet For First Time in Two Years
The NATO-Russia Council has convened for the first time since 2014, with recent tensions between Russia and the United States high on the agenda. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Wednesday’s meeting is especially important because of last week’s incidents, when the United States accused Russian warplanes of flying within a...
EU executive pushing for visa liberalization for Ukrainians
The European Union’s executive wants to grant Ukraine citizens visa-free travel for up to 90 days in the 28-nation bloc, rewarding the east European nation for judicial and security reform. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
EU Executive Pushing for Visa Liberalization for Ukrainians
The European Union’s executive wants to grant Ukraine citizens visa-free travel for up to 90 days in the 28-nation bloc, rewarding the east European nation for judicial and security reform …read more Source: ABC...
Obama, EU leaders to meet over IS group, migration and Libya
PARIS (AP) — President Barack Obama will meet with French, British, Italian and German leaders in Hannover next week for discussions expected to touch on Syria, Libya, the Islamic State group and migration, European officials said Wednesday. Obama, French leader Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Britain’s David Cameron and...
Austrian president voices doubts over Russia sanctions
Austria’s president says he believes the sanctions imposed on Russia after its annexation of Crimea could be relaxed next year if there is progress in peace talks between Moscow and Kiev. …read more Source: FOX...
