Section: US & Canada
Russia Says Has Right to Deploy Nuclear Weapons in Crimea
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has the right to deploy nuclear arms in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine last year, a Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday, adding he knew of no plans to do so. “I don’t know if there are nuclear weapons there now. I don’t know about any plans, but in principle...
Russia and Ukraine: Pressure points loom
The battle to shape Ukraine and Russia’s future is far from over, with further key events expected later this week. …read more Source:...
The greenback goes up – and global markets go down
Will today bring a turnaround for the world’s stock markets? That’s the question this morning, after a day of sharp losses in global equity yesterday. Major indexes in the US, Europe and Asia all fell, while the TSX/S&P Composite Index lost more than 200 points, and the Loonie was down more than half a cent at closing. The force...
FP’s Situation Report: Clinton says no to private email probe; The Islamic State executes an Israeli Arab; Corker says Obama is playing “footsie” with Putin; and much more from around the world.
By David Francis with Sabine Muscat Hillary Clinton pushes back against a probe of her private email. The Democrats’ 2016 presidential frontrunner said emails deleted from her private account when she was secretary of state are “personal and private” and that her home Internet server would remain off-limits to investigators. FP’s...
Merkel snubs Putin
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an official ceremony in Moscow on May 9 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two due to tensions of the Ukraine crisis, government officials said on Wednesday. “In light of the developments in Ukraine, it is impossible for Merkel to take part in the...
NATO chief: Ukraine cease-fire monitors must get full access
CASTEAU, Belgium (AP) — NATO’s secretary-general is insisting international observers be given the freedom of movement and the protection they need to monitor the cease-fire in Ukraine. Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that if monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe are not provided with what they need to work,...
NATO chief Stoltenberg insists cease-fire monitors must get full access in eastern Ukraine
NATO’s secretary-general is insisting international observers be given the freedom of movement and the protection they need to monitor the cease-fire in Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
NATO Chief: Ukraine Cease-Fire Monitors Must Get Full Access
NATO chief Stoltenberg insists cease-fire monitors must get full access in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: ABC...
NATO chief: Ukraine cease-fire monitors must get full access
CASTEAU, Belgium (AP) — NATO’s secretary-general is insisting international observers be given the freedom of movement and the protection they… …read more Source:...
Russia says has right to deploy nuclear weapons in Crimea: report
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has the right to deploy nuclear arms in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine last… …read more Source:...
