Section: US & Canada
Ukraine negotiators call for school-start truce
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The warring sides in the eastern Ukraine conflict have called for a cease-fire on Sept. 1, the day that the new school year is to begin. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine Negotiators Call For Truce From September 1
The warring sides in the conflict in eastern Ukraine have agreed to strive for an end to all truce violations from September 1 — the day the new school year is to begin. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine negotiators call for ceasefire when school year starts
The warring sides in the eastern Ukraine conflict have called for a ceasefire on Sept. 1, the day that the new school year is to begin. …read more Source: CTV...
Report With Tally of ‘Russian War Casualties’ Causes Stir
A Russian-language website has caused a stir with a report asserting that more than 2,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
PM: Ukraine Storing Natural Gas at Slower Rate
Ukraine’s efforts to store natural gas for winter are running 1 billion cubic meters behind their pace last year, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said Wednesday. Ukraine has 14.1 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas in underground storage, he said. The country aims to store 18 to 19 bcm of gas before the winter heating season begins in...
Ukraine Negotiators Call for School-Start Truce
Ukraine negotiators call for cease-fire when school year starts …read more Source: ABC...
Canceled Mistral Sale To Russia Will Cost France Less Than $1.14 Billion
The controversy over France’s sale and then canceled delivery of two Mistral-class warships to Russia has cost the French government less than $1.14 billion, Bloomberg reported. France’s intended sale of the Mistrals to Russia was postponed over Russia’s involvement in Ukraine. …read more Source: International Business...
Arctic Draws International Competition for Oil
A new geopolitical “Great Game” is underway in earth’s northernmost region, the Arctic, where Russia has claimed a large area for resource development and President Barack Obama recently approved Shell Oil Company’s test-drilling project in an area under U.S. control. Energy is a big part — but not the only part — of the North Pole...
Ukraine Pushes for New Sanctions in Retaliation for Russian Detentions
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has called for a blacklist of the officials behind Savchenko and Sentsov trials. …read more Source:...
Berlin and Paris Versus Kiev
Stephen F. CohenAnd Henry Kissinger versus US orthodoxy on Ukraine; and Putin versus Stalin on Russia’s past. …read more Source: The...
