Section: US & Canada
Negotiators vow to enforce cease-fire in eastern Ukraine
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Representatives of Russia and Ukraine have pledged to make a new effort to enforce a shaky cease-fire in eastern Ukraine and exchange prisoners. …read more Source: CNS...
Sides In Ukraine Conflict Vow To Abide By Truce
Negotiators at the Ukraine peace talks have vowed to make fresh efforts to enforce a shaky cease-fire in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Obama, Putin Discuss Crisis In Ukraine
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone on January 13, discussing the crises in Ukraine and Syria, the White House said. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
World Briefing: Avalanche in French Alps Leaves at Least 3 Dead
An avalanche at the Deux-Alpes ski resort swept away a group of 19 teenagers from Lyon and three supervisors, as well as a Ukrainian skier. …read more Source: The New York...
Avalanche in French Alps Hits High School Ski Group, Kills 3
PARIS — An avalanche in the French Alps struck a high school ski group Wednesday afternoon, killing at least three people, according to French officials. France’s National Gendarmerie said a search-and-rescue operation was launched in the Deux Alpes ski resort using sniffer dogs and a helicopter. French authorities in the Alps region...
Relatives Of MH17 Crash Victims Demand Release Of Key Data
Relatives of those killed in the MH17 air disaster are demanding the release of what they say is key evidence that could shed light on the tragedy over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine expands ban on Russian goods with meat, vodka embargo
Ukraine has expanded a list of Russian items banned from being brought into the country as sanctions imposed by the United States and western allies are reported to be having more of an impact on Moscow that previously predicted. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Monday unveiled a list containing 43 … …read more Source: The...
Deadly avalanche in French Alps sweeps away high school students, teacher
A dozen people, including a group of French high school students and their teacher, were swept away by an avalanche in the Vénosc ski resort in the Isere area of the French Alps on Wednesday, according to multiple French news reports. At least two of the students are dead and three others may be seriously injured, local radio station France Bleu...
Three dead, several injured as avalanche strikes in French Alps
The snow slide killed a 14-year-old, a 16-year-old and a Ukrainian adult skier …read more Source: The Globe and...
Obama, Putin confer by phone on Ukraine and Syria
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin have spoken about the situations in Ukraine and Syria. …read more Source: CTV...
