Section: US & Canada
Ridings to watch in the 2015 federal election, according to Stephen Harper’s travels
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s travels inside Canada over the last six months are indicative of which ridings and regions the Conservatives believe will be critical to winning the 2015 election. About half of Harper’s stops outside Ottawa since last fall have been in the Greater Toronto Area, including a number of ridings he visited...
Kremlin says Ukraine moving too slowly to fulfill peace deal
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia accused Ukraine Thursday of dragging its feet on implementing last month’s peace deal, citing a wide range of areas in which Kiev is allegedly failing to meet its obligations. President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told The Associated Press that Ukraine was failing in its pledge to declare an amnesty...
Is Vladimir Putin Sick? Nope, He’s Just Stressed Out And Can Still ‘Break Hands’ with His Handshake
Russian President Vladimir Putin has canceled a few meetings and hasn’t been seen in public for a week, the government published old photos of him, and his spokesperson said everything is fine. But there’s still speculation that something’s wrong with his health. Dmitri Peskov, a spokesperson for Putin, 62, stressed that the...
Kremlin says Ukraine moving too slowly to fulfill peace deal
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman is accusing Ukraine of dragging its feet on implementing last month’s peace deal. …read more Source: U.S....
Kremlin Says Ukraine Moving Too Slowly to Fulfill Peace Deal
Kremlin accuses Ukraine of dragging its feet on implementing peace agreement …read more Source: ABC...
Kremlin accuses Ukraine of dragging its feet on implementing peace agreement
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman is accusing Ukraine of dragging its feet on implementing last month’s peace deal. …read more Source: FOX...
The US Navy’s combat dolphins are serious military assets
Canines aren’t the only animals who can land jobs in the military. The US has trained bottlenose dolphins to carry out a range of military tasks, from locating underwater mines to flagging the presence of enemy swimmers for harbor defense. The Navy Marine Mammal Program at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (or SPAWAR) in San...
Kremlin says Ukraine moving too slowly to fulfill peace deal
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman is accusing Ukraine of dragging its feet on implementing last month’s peace deal.Dmitry… …read more Source:...
Boris Nemtsov and the Convenient Chechen Connection
MOSCOW — A little more than a week after opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down in central Moscow just feet away from the Kremlin, Russian state investigators claim to have found the culprit, and it’s not who anyone expected: lone-wolf Islamist radicals. Nemtsov’s acquaintances, independent experts, and even one of...
Cash-strapped Ukraine launches crucial debt talks
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Thursday said it would begin negotiations with creditors on restructuring the conflict-torn country’s debt, a move called for in its high-stakes multibillion-dollar bailout from the International Monetary Fund.Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said she expected the first $5 billion tranche of the new $17.5...
