Section: US & Canada
Poroshenko’s Office Announces Receipt Of Shokin Resignation
Ukraine’s embattled prosecutor-general has officially submitted his resignation, a spokesman for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko wrote on Twitter. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Conflict in Ukraine has affected 580,000 children, UN says
The conflict in Ukraine has “deeply affected” 580,000 children close to the front lines and in areas in the volatile east not under government control, the UN children’s agency said late Thursday. …read more Source: CTV...
Biden Commends Poroshenko For Anti-Corruption Efforts
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and commended him for passing anti-corruption legislation sought by the International Monetary Fund, the White House said. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
UN says conflict in Ukraine has affected 580,000 children
The United Nations children’s agency says the conflict in Ukraine has deeply affected 580,000 children close to the front lines and in areas not under government control in the volatile east. …read more Source: Global...
A US Army vet is suing a gun range for declaring itself ‘Muslim-free’
Getty ImagesA US Army veteran and reservist is suing a gun range in Oklahoma that declared itself “Muslim-free” last summer, after the owners refused to allow him to use the facility and accused him of planning to murder them as an act of “jihad,” according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The news of the lawsuit against Save...
Another faction quits Ukraine’s governing coalition
The move by Samopomich leaves the governing coalition with 217 of 450 seats in parliament. The failure to create a new majority coalition may lead to early elections. …read more Source: Christian Science...
World Briefing: Ukraine: Governing Coalition Splinters
The governing coalition lost its majority in Parliament after a second faction bailed out. …read more Source: The New York...
A US Army vet is suing a gun range for declaring itself ‘Muslim-free’
Getty ImagesA US Army veteran and reservist is suing a gun range in Oklahoma that declared itself “Muslim-free” last summer, after the owners refused to allow him to use the facility and accused him of planning to murder them as an act of “jihad,” according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The news of the lawsuit against Save...
World Briefing: Ukraine: Unicef Warns of Conflict’s Toll on Children
More than 500,000 children in eastern Ukraine have been “deeply affected” by the trauma of living through the violence between government forces and insurgents that began two years ago, Unicef said. …read more Source: The New York...
UN says conflict in Ukraine has affected 580,000 children
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations children’s agency says the conflict in Ukraine has deeply affected 580,000 children close to the front lines and in areas not under government control in the volatile east. UNICEF said in a statement released late Thursday that 200,000 youngsters — more than a third — need psycho-social support....
