Section: US & Canada
New Polish president demands better NATO protection from Russia
New Polish President Andrzej Duda used his inauguration Thursday to call on NATO to better protect Eastern Europe from Russian aggression and pledged to make Poland a key force in resolving the conflict gripping neighboring Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine HIV Travel Ban: Kiev Lifts Restrictions For HIV-Positive People
Ukraine announced Wednesday it had lifted its ban on entry and foreign-travel for HIV-positive people, Agence France Presse reported. The former Soviet-ruled state hopes the policy change will help improve its relations with Europe. …read more Source: International Business...
Russian Parliament Speaker Calls for Tribunal Over Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings
An international tribunal should be set up to investigate the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, according to Sergey Naryshkin, speaker of Russia’s Duma, or lower house of parliament, Russian state news agency Itar-Tass reports. Speaking at an event in Moscow’s State Institute of International Relations,...
Russia Destroys Piles of Banned Western Food
Russian officials ramped up enforcement of a ban instituted a year ago in retaliation for Western sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...
Russia Destroys Smuggled Western Food, Prompting Public Outcry
Russian officials have used a steamroller to crush tons of cheese, fruit, and vegetables — defying public outrage to begin a controversial effort to destroy Western food that has been smuggled into the crisis-hit country. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Illegal Uranium Dirty Bomb: Ukrainian Security Forces Arrest Criminal Gang Trying To Sell Ore-Grade Uranium
Ukrainian security services have prevented a criminal gang in the west of the country from selling a small piece of ore-grade Uranium after conducting an armed raid Wednesday. A Kiev government spokesperson said that the confiscated piece of nuclear material could not have been used directly to cause an explosion. …read more Source:...
France, Russia Void Mistral Warship Deal
France’s defense minister announced Thursday that his government reached an agreement with Russia to cancel the contract for the sale of two Mistral-class warships. Jean-Yves Le Drian said France would fully reimburse what Russia had already paid for the contract, without mentioning the specific amount. As part of Western sanctions for...
Russia steamrollers Western cheese, fruit to enforce ban
Russia marks anniversary of its ban on Western food by destroying, burning contraband …read more Source:...
Malaysian officials collect more possible plane debris
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The latest on the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: 9:30 p.m. The Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, which is in line with the same currents as Reunion, is on the lookout for potential airplane debris from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Col. Philibert Ratovonirina, a spokesman for Madagascar’s...
Ukraine Famine Monument Erected In Washington
After years of work and some setbacks, a memorial to the millions who perished in the Ukraine famine of the 1930s, or Holodomor, has been erected in the U.S. capital. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
