Section: US & Canada
Putin Pumps Iron, Internet Delivers Punch Lines
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev spent their Sunday on a thoroughly photographed man-date. Whatever the official goal might have been, the photo shoot sparked a wave of Internet memes. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Clashes erupt in Kiev
Clashes between protesters and police left dozens injured Monday in Ukraine after its parliament supported a measure to give more autonomy to separatist-controlled regions in the country. …read more Source:...
Germany open to new 4-way Ukraine summit
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she’s open to holding a new summit with the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and France but that there would have to be hope of progress for it to make sense. …read more Source: CNS...
Germany open to 4-way Ukraine summit if there’s hope of making progress
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she’s open to holding a new summit with the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and France but that there would have to be hope of progress for it to make sense. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukrainian soldier dies in clashes with protesters
Tomas MonzonKIEV, Ukraine, Aug. 31 (UPI) — A Ukrainian national guard soldier died Monday in clashes with protesters over reforms for independence of the eastern portion of the country. …read more Source: United Press...
Guardsman killed, dozens injured in Ukrainian protests
Protesters threw grenades outside Ukraine’s Parliament as deputies voted in favour of reforms for additional autonomy to rebel-held areas …read more Source: The Globe and...
Germany Open to New 4-Way Ukraine Summit
Germany open to 4-way Ukraine summit if there’s hope of making progress …read more Source: ABC...
Grenade explodes during Ukraine clashes; 1 officer killed
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A grenade exploded outside Ukraine’s parliament during a nationalist protest against a vote to give greater powers to separatist regions in the east, killing one police officer, the interior ministry said. About 100 other officers were injured in the clashes, 10 of them seriously. …read more Source: CNS...
1 dead and 100 injured in Ukraine clashes
One national guard member was killed and a further 100 were injured Monday after clashes broke out between police and nationalist protesters outside Ukraine’s parliament, the interior ministry said. …read more Source: USA...
Grenade explodes during Ukraine clashes; 1 officer killed, around 100 injured
A grenade exploded outside Ukraine’s parliament during a nationalist protest against a vote to give greater powers to separatist regions in the east, killing one police officer, the interior ministry said. About 100 other officers were injured in the clashes, 10 of them seriously. …read more Source: FOX...
