Section: US & Canada
Bowler throws grenade instead of ball in Ukraine, 2 injured
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two people have been injured while bowling in a rebel-controlled area of east Ukraine after a player rolled a grenade instead of a ball.read more …read more Source: CNS...
Where the hell is Putin? Rumors swirl of botched Botox, cancer and death
KIEV, Ukraine — Where’s Putin? It’s been over a week since the Russian president made his last public appearance, prompting Muscovites and the world to wonder what’s become of him. Hashtags such as #WhereisPutin and #ПутинУмер, which translates to “Putin’s dead,” are trending. See also: Gaming out...
Bowler rolls grenade instead of ball in Ukraine, two injured
KIEV, Ukraine – Two people have been injured while bowling in a rebel-controlled area of east Ukraine after a player rolled a grenade instead of a ball. A separatist-run news agency cited emergency services official Sergei Ivanushkin as saying Friday that the separatist-held parts of Luhansk region have seen a spate of accidents recently because...
Bowler throws grenade instead of ball in Ukraine, 2 injured
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two people have been injured while bowling in a rebel-controlled area of east Ukraine after a player rolled a grenade instead of a ball. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukrainians in Eastern Village Endure Harsh Conditions as Truce Holds
The fighting in Ukraine nearly razed the town of Debaltseve… but a fragile ceasefire has brought an uneasy calm to these rebel positions in the east. Each side — pro-Russian rebels and the government forces they fought for ten months — expect the other to break the truce with fresh fighting. So fresh rebel fighters do military...
Bowler throws grenade instead of ball in Ukraine, 2 injured
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two people have been injured while bowling in a rebel-controlled area of east Ukraine after a player rolled a grenade instead… …read more Source:...
Op-Ed Contributor: Ending Ukraine’s Other War
The struggle to develop a functional state and robust economy is crucial. The West must do all it can to support Kiev. …read more Source: The New York...
Russian Central Bank Cuts Key Interest Rate to Help Economy
MOSCOW— Russia’s central bank cut its key interest rate on Friday by one percentage point to 14 percent in an attempt to support the economy, which is sliding into a brutal recession. It is the second interest rate cut in as many months as the Central Bank reverses some of the sharp rate increases it made in December — when it hiked them...
Journalists In Annexed Crimea Under Pressure
Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers on the annexed Crimean Peninsula have detained an investigative journalist in the regional capital, Simferopol. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin reportedly reappears!
Amid rumors that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s health has deteriorated, Russian state television released footage of the 62-year-old leader meeting with Supreme Court chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev on Friday. The latest Kremlin statement and footage comes after Putin’s rare absence from the public eye for more than a week....
