Section: US & Canada
OSCE head says Sept. 1 cease-fire in east Ukraine holding
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says a renewed cease-fire in eastern Ukraine has held for more than 10 days, creating the possibility of progress on the political level to end the fighting. …read more Source: U.S....
OSCE Head Says Sept. 1 Cease-Fire in East Ukraine Holding
OSCE head Zannier says Sept. 1 cease-fire in eastern Ukraine still holding …read more Source: ABC...
OSCE head says Sept. 1 cease-fire in east Ukraine holding
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says a renewed cease-fire in eastern Ukraine has held for… …read more Source:...
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Landmines: Mariupol Schoolchildren Learn To Avoid Explosives
In Ukraine’s southern city of Mariupol, schoolchildren are learning what to do if they find landmines and unexploded bombs. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian cosmonaut back after record 879 days in space
Astana (Kazakhstan) (AFP) – Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka returned safely to Earth with two other astronauts from the International Space Station Saturday with the record for having spent the most time in space.Padalka — who has spent a total of 879 days in space over five separate trips — touched ground on the barren Kazakh...
Lack of Respect for Obama Emboldened Putin, Donald Trump Tells Ukrainians
Via video link, the Republican presidential candidate told Ukrainians at a conference that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia felt free to invade Crimea and eastern Ukraine because he lacks respect for President Obama. …read more Source: The New York...
Trump says US, Europe should be doing more to help Ukraine
Donald Trump, the billionaire businessman who is leading the Republican presidential field in the polls, told a gathering of the European elite in the Ukrainian capital that America and Europe should be doing more to support Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Putin’s Strong Move in Syria
When Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted that he was moving military assets to Syria last week, it appears that the Obama Administration was caught completely flat-footed.Secretary of State John Kerry spoke on the phone with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov twice in four days this week to express his concerns, but Lavrov apparently...
Weekend Roundup: Refugees Redefine Europe
America was once regarded as a welcoming immigrant nation where races and religions mingle freely, a geo-cultural therapy for history’s wounded masses who could leave their woes behind once they arrived on its shores. It is thus a jarring twist to witness the nativist rants of Donald Trump boosting his political fortunes at the same moment...
Ally of Slain Russian Politician Takes on Kremlin
Six months after opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was shot dead outside the Kremlin in an unsolved contract killing, one of his closest allies is trying to take on Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party in regional elections this Sunday. A veteran activist at just 32, Ilya Yashin, a prominent figure in the People’s Freedom Party or...
