Section: US & Canada
Despite Eastern Ukraine Cease-fire, 5 Killed
At least two civilians and three Ukrainian troops have been killed in eastern Ukraine despite the ongoing cease-fire, officials on both sides of the conflict said Monday. The hostilities have subsided since the September cease-fire, but fighting between Russia-backed separatists and government troops still continues across the front line. In a...
Evidence Grows of Russian Military Involvement in Ukraine
U.N. human rights monitors say there is growing evidence of Russian military involvement in the war in Ukraine. The U.N. human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine has just launched its 10th report on the situation in Ukraine, covering the period from February 16 to May 15. Russia denies its soldiers are fighting in eastern Ukraine, and it says...
Can an Exiled Georgian Rescue Ukraine?
Former Georgian President Saakashvili takes over a Ukrainian province. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Conflict Death Toll Surpasses 6,400 Amid New Evidence Of Russian Military Involvement
At least 6,400 people have now died in the conflict between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine, the United Nations’ human rights division said Monday. The U.N. report also found additional evidence of Russian involvement in the conflict, despite the Kremlin’s repeated denials that it has...
“We Bidens,” an American Family
At lunchtime on a spring day last year, Joe Biden was at his desk in the West Wing. When the door opened, the Vice-President stood up and stretched. He appeared to be in mid-thought. It was a busy week—I was there to talk to him about Iraq, Ukraine, and other dramas—but when I asked what he’d been thinking about at his desk, he beamed. “A...
At least 5 killed in eastern Ukraine despite ceasefire
At least two civilians and three Ukrainian troops have been killed in eastern Ukraine despite the ongoing ceasefire, officials on both sides of the conflict said Monday. …read more Source: CTV...
Mixed Feelings In Odesa Over Saakashvili As Governor
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has stunned his nation by appointing Georgia’s former leader to head Odesa Oblast. The move has sparked mixed reactions in the troubled Black Sea region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Whistle-Blowing Russian ‘Troll’ Gets Her Day In Court
A former Russian Internet “troll” who says she was hired to promote certain political views online goes to court in St Petersburg to shine a light on 21st-century information warfare. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Malaysia Airlines, ‘technically bankrupt,’ to terminate 6,000 jobs
Carrier, already hit ny stiff competion and years of losses, saw flight MH370 disappear in March last year and MH17 shot down over Ukraine …read more Source: Toronto...
Fighting in Ukraine Eases, but Abuses Continue on Both Sides, U.N. Says
Over 6,400 have been killed and 16,000 injured since fighting broke out between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists in 2014. …read more Source: The New York...
