Section: US & Canada
Canada should help Ukraine by encouraging constitutional reform: Russian ambassador
While Ukrainians were asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper for help with visas and weapons this weekend, Russia’s ambassador to Canada offered starkly different advice for the role Canada should play in the European conflict. “I think what the West could do, and Canada could do in particular, is to urge President [Petro] Poroshenko to enter...
Canada should help Ukraine by encouraging constitutional reform: Russian ambassador
While Ukrainians were asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper for help with visas and weapons this weekend, Russia’s ambassador to Canada offered starkly different advice for the role Canada should play in the European conflict. …read more Source: Global...
THE LATEST: Crises darken G-7 horizon, but venue idyllic
Crises in Ukraine and Syria and debates over the global economy and climate change are overshadowing the Group of Seven summit in Germany — but the immediate outlook for the leaders there is idyllic. The White House says President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed Ukraine — and both agree that economic sanctions...
G7 Summit Starts in Germany
The leaders of the world’s seven leading industralized nations meet in the Bavarian Alps, with continued fighting in Ukraine and the Greek debt crisis weighing heavily on the annual summit. …read more Source: Voice of...
THE LATEST: Crises darken G-7 horizon, but venue idyllic
ELMAU, Germany (AP) — 4:20 p.m. (1420 GMT; 10:20 a.m. EDT)Crises in Ukraine and Syria and debates over the global economy and climate change are… …read more Source:...
Ukrainian coast guard cutter explodes off Mariupol
Ukraine’s border guards service says one of its cutters exploded while on patrol off the shore of the strategic port city of Mariupol.Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukraine coast guard cutter explodes off strategic port city Mariupol, injuring at least 2
Ukraine’s border guards service says one of its cutters exploded while on patrol off the shore of the strategic port city of Mariupol. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukrainian coast guard cutter explodes off Mariupol
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s border guards service says one of its cutters exploded while on patrol off the shore of the strategic port city of… …read more Source:...
G7 leaders urge tough line on Russia
Leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations backed a tough line towards Moscow at the start of a summit in the Bavarian Alps, with U.S. President Barack Obama urging the gathering to stand up to Russian aggression in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Obama Begins G7 Trip With Lighthearted Meeting
KRUEN, Germany (Reuters) – Joking that he wanted to buy a pair of lederhosen leather shorts, U.S. President Barack Obama drank beer and mixed with Bavarians in a light-hearted start to his trip to Germany, before turning to more serious talks on the conflict in Ukraine. Introduced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Obama spoke warmly to a...
