Section: US & Canada
U.S., Russia speak of cooperation but no breakthroughs
Top U.S. and Russian officials said they hoped to work together on contentious issues such as the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria but offered no sign of concrete progress after more than eight hours of talks on Tuesday. …read more Source: The Toronto...
News Wrap: Kerry and Putin meet in Russia to discuss Ukraine, Syria
The post News Wrap: Kerry and Putin meet in Russia to discuss Ukraine, Syria appeared first on PBS NewsHour. …read more Source:...
Russia has thousands of troops fighting in Ukraine, report by murdered Putin critic says
The report, which Boris Nemtsov was working on at the time of his murder, seeks to counter official Russian accounts casting the Ukraine conflict as a local uprising …read more Source: Vancouver...
Kremlin Critic’s Posthumous Report Links Russian Soldiers to Ukraine
Members of Russia’s political opposition published the report by Boris Y. Nemtsov, who was killed in February. The report documents the deaths of 220 Russian soldiers in southeastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...
Russia has thousands of troops fighting in Ukraine, report by murdered Putin critic says
MOSCOW — Russia has up to 10,000 soldiers involved in the war in Ukraine and at least 220 have died in battles there in the past year, Russian opposition activists claimed in a report published Tuesday. The report, which prominent Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov was working on at the time of his murder in February, seeks to counter overwhelming...
Obama Mulls Sending Ships to South China Sea
The Obama Administration is set to make some bold moves in Asia, if the Wall Street Journal‘s sources prove to be reliable: The U.S. military is considering using aircraft and Navy ships to directly contest Chinese territorial claims to a chain of rapidly expanding artificial islands, U.S. officials said, in a move that would raise the stakes in...
No breakthrough as Kerry meets Russia’s Putin
The atmosphere was cordial and the tone was promising as Secretary of State John Kerry held eight hours of talks with President Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. The result appeared to be to the liking of Moscow, which had spoken of Kerry’s trip as a possibility for “normalizing” relations that have...
Nicholson keen to hear Kerry on Putin meeting
Nicholson keen to hear Kerry on his meeting with Putin in Russia …read more Source:...
Russian opposition: 220 Russian soldiers died in Ukraine
Opposition: Russia deeply involved in Ukraine war; at least 220 Russian soldiers killed …read more Source:...
Kerry, Putin tackle U.S.-Russia policy strains in marathon Sochi talks
Secretary of State John F. Kerry huddled with Russian leaders for hours Tuesday in wide-ranging talks on the world crises over which they have bitterly differed and pledged reinvigorated cooperation to resolve the disputes racking Ukraine, Syria and other violence-torn states. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
