Section: US & Canada
Russia looking at possible transfer of Ukrainian convicts
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Justice Ministry says it is looking into a Kiev request to transfer filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and three other Ukrainian… …read more Source:...
NATO-Russia Council To Convene After Two-Year Break
NATO has announced it will hold a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at the ambassadorial level at NATO headquarters in Brussels in the next two weeks. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO-Russia Council to meet for 1st time since 2014
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO’s secretary-general says the NATO-Russia Council will meet for the first time since 2014 within the next two weeks. The announcement Friday from Jens Stoltenberg was a sign both sides might be seeking an improvement in relations, which have been in the deep freeze since Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine....
The Morning Vertical, April 8, 2016
Your daily roundup …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Widespread Problem of Domestic Abuse in the Former Soviet Union
Image: Domestic violence. Stock Photo. Pixabay.com Domestic violence makes life for many women in the former Soviet Union a nightmare. Preventing the problem from being resolved are a patriarchic attitude that looks down on women, most authorities’ contention that domestic violence is a private matter between a man and woman, few shelters...
Arson Attack Destroys Ukrainian Judge’s Office In Kyiv
An arson attack has destroyed the office of a Ukrainian judge presiding over the case of two Russian nationals charged with fighting alongside pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kerry’s visit to Hiroshima grabbing spotlight at G-7 meeting
TOKYO (AP) — Next week, Secretary of State John Kerry will become the highest-ranking American government official to visit Hiroshima, where 140,000 Japanese died from the first of two atomic bombs dropped by his country in the closing days of World War II more than 70 years ago. Kerry and the other Group of Seven foreign ministers are scheduled...
Why few Americans in Panama Papers? Lawyer doesn’t want them
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Rich and influential people around the globe have found themselves under siege since a major data leak revealed their ties to secretive financial accounts and shell companies in low-tax havens used to hide wealth. The uproar has brought down the prime minister of Iceland and raised questions about the presidents of Argentina...
EU threatens to put sanctions on Panama, other tax havens
BERLIN — A European Union official threatened Thursday to sanction Panama and other nations if they don’t cooperate fully to fight money laundering and tax evasion, after a leak of data showed the small country remains a key destination for people who want to hide money. The 11.5 million documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca...
For Ukraine’s Poroshenko, a growing crisis hits a critical juncture (+video)
Amid plunging public trust, the Panama Papers revealed this week that the struggling Ukrainian president holds offshore accounts, and the Dutch resoundingly voted against accepting Ukraine into the EU. …read more Source: Christian Science...
