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Ukrainian minister hopes resignation will speed up reforms
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian economy minister whose resignation plunged the country into yet another political crisis says he hopes the… …read more Source:...
A Historic Meeting in Cuba
Gregorio Borgia / APPope Francis will meet the head of the Russian Orthodox Church for the first time next week in Havana, both churches announced. The historic meeting is an attempt to heal the 1,000-year-old rift in Christianity. Francis will meet Patriarch Kirill on February 12 at Havana’s José Martí International Airport, a statement...
Pope, Russian Orthodox patriarch to meet in historic step
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis and the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church will meet in Cuba next week in a historic step to heal the 1,000-year-old schism that divided Christianity between East and West, both churches announced Friday. The two churches split during the Great Schism of 1054 and have remained estranged over a host of issues,...
NATO chief meets EU defense ministers to discuss cooperation
AMSTERDAM (AP) — NATO’s chief is meeting European Union defense ministers to discuss boosting cooperation between the military alliance and the 28-nation bloc to tackle looming threats to the region. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he will use Friday’s meeting in Amsterdam to talk about “how we can work more closely on...
The Latest: 1 member of panel disagreed with opinion
U.N. human rights office official Christophe Peschoux said the dissenter was Vladimir Tochilovsky, a Ukrainian member of the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Britain’s Foreign Office has rejected the United Nations panel’s finding that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a victim of arbitrary detention. “The opinion of...
Fighting flares up in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — The Ukrainian government has accused Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine of violating the shaky truce with large-caliber weapons. …read more Source: CNS...
Proof of cyberattack in Ukraine found
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Fighting flares up in eastern Ukraine
The Ukrainian government has accused Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine of violating the shaky truce with large-caliber weapons. …read more Source: FOX...
Fighting flares up in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — The Ukrainian government has accused Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine of violating the shaky truce with large-caliber weapons. The military conflict between government forces and separatist rebels in Ukraine’s industrial heartland has left more than 9,000 people dead since April 2014. Fighting subsided last year after a...
Fighting flares up in eastern Ukraine
The Ukrainian government has accused Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine of violating the shaky truce with large-caliber weapons. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
