Section: US & Canada
Report: Russia Building Major Military Base Near Ukraine Border
Russia has started to build a huge military base housing ammunition depots and barracks for several thousand soldiers near the Ukrainian border, a project that suggests the Kremlin is digging in for a prolonged stand-off with Kyiv. The base, when completed, will even have its own swimming pool, skating rink and barber shop, according to public...
Ukrainian, Slovak PMs Criticize Nord Stream Expansion
The prime ministers of Ukraine and Slovakia have condemned a recent deal to expand the current Nord Stream pipeline that delivers natural gas directly from Russia to Western Europe. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Court Sentences One In Pro-Ukraine Stunt Case
A Moscow court on September 10 acquitted four people and found one guilty of hooliganism and vandalism for taking part in a pro-Ukraine stunt. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine, Slovakia premiers condemn Nord Stream 2 project
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The prime ministers of Slovakia and Ukraine are condemning a recent deal to expand a pipeline that delivers natural gas directly from Russia to Germany. …read more Source: CNS...
PMs of Slovakia, Ukraine condemn deal to expand direct pipeline for Russian gas to Germany
The prime ministers of Slovakia and Ukraine are condemning a recent deal to expand a pipeline that delivers natural gas directly from Russia to Germany. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine, Slovakia premiers condemn Nord Stream 2 project
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The prime ministers of Slovakia and Ukraine are condemning a recent deal to expand a pipeline that delivers natural gas directly from Russia to Germany. …read more Source: U.S....
Clinton Tacks to the Right of President Obama on Foreign Policy
Hillary Clinton unveiled her foreign policy in a speech at the Brookings Institution yesterday, laying out positions that are more activist than the Obama Administration’s stances, despite putting her shoulder behind the Iran deal. The NYT reports: [M]ost of her speech and discussion afterward was an effort to navigate a careful line...
Ukraine, Slovakia Premiers Condemn Nord Stream 2 Project
PMs of Slovakia, Ukraine condemn deal to expand direct pipeline for Russian gas to Germany …read more Source: ABC...
Nemtsov, Savchenko Nominated For Sakharov Prize
Russia’s slain opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and imprisoned Ukrainian military pilot and parliament member Nadiya Savchenko are among the nominees for the 2015 Sakharov Prize. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Double standards rule on the NDP campaign rail, and other reasons to fear for humanity
1. Shawn Dearn, the NDP and double standards Sean Kilpatrick / Canadian PressNDP Leader Thomas Mulcair’s director of communications Shawn Dearn (right) If Stephen Harper’s top communications aide had tweeted that the Pope should go Eff himself, there’d have been a mammoth outcry and demands he be fired within the hour. Can you...
