Section: US & Canada
Free press advocate warns media freedom on decline in Europe
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A leading advocate for media freedom warned Tuesday that the climate for journalists in Europe is deteriorating as governments react to political crises with restrictions that include physical harassment, bans on freedom of movement and limits on freedom of expression. Dunja Mijatovic, media freedom representative for the...
IMF Urges Lenders To Join Ukraine Debt Deal
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged all of Ukraine’s creditors to support a debt restructuring deal. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia may launch ‘demonstrative’ strikes in support of Assad’s regime in Syria ahead of Putin’s UN appearance
‘All Russian policy in Syria is very clearly directed at overcoming international isolation because of Ukraine,’ one expert said of Putin’s increasing isolation …read more Source: Vancouver...
High Achievers: Shawville-born wrestler close to pinning down spot at Olympics
When Gen (Hardy) Morrison started high school in Bathurst, N. B., she entered with a personal assignment attached to her academic requirements. The Shawville-born athlete, who calls neighbouring Campbell’s Bay, Que., home, was looking to adopt a new sport. Being a competitive artistic gymnast had reached its best-before date and high school...
High-profile Trial of Ukrainian Officer Begins in Russia
A Russian court has begun hearing the high-profile case against Ukrainian officer Nadezhda Savchenko, who is charged in the deaths of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine.Russian investigators allege that Savchenko, who served in a volunteer battalion fighting with… …read more Source:...
Savchenko Trial Opens In Russia
The trial of Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko has begun in Russia. She is accused of involvement in the killing of Russian journalists, but many see the trial as simply another means for Russia to bring pressure to bear on Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Leader Expresses Wish to Join NATO
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday told the country’s security council that staying out of the NATO alliance was a “criminal” policy that his government is ready to reverse.More than 8,000 people have died in Ukraine’s fight against separatist rebels in the… …read more Source:...
NATO Chief Offers Ukraine Support But No Arms
The head of NATO pledged to help Ukraine defend itself against pro-Russian separatists on Tuesday but disappointed some in Kyiv who seek supplies of defensive weaponry that the West fears would threaten a fragile cease-fire with the rebels. In an opulent gilded state room in the presidential palace, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told...
Ukraine’s Richest Man Plays Both Sides of War’s Frontline
In this town deep in eastern Ukraine’s rebel heartland, about a quarter of the population works in the coal mines owned by billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine’s richest man. Here and elsewhere in territory controlled by the separatist insurgency, the tycoon keeps the lights on and people clothed and fed, with a mixture of jobs,...
Ukraine’s Richest Man Plays Both Sides of War’s Frontline
KRASNODON, Ukraine—In this town deep in eastern Ukraine’s rebel heartland, about a quarter of the population works in the coal mines owned by billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine’s richest man. Here and elsewhere in territory controlled by the separatist insurgency, the tycoon keeps the lights on and people clothed and fed, with a...
