Section: US & Canada
Republicans and Democrats push Obama to provide lethal aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner and a group of top Democrats and Republicans stepped up the pressure on President Barack Obama to provide lethal, defensive weapons to Ukraine in its fight against Russian-backed separatists. In a letter to the president on Thursday, the 11 lawmakers wrote that Russia’s actions are more than an attack...
Boehner, bipartisan group pressure Obama on Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner and a group of top Democrats and Republicans stepped up the pressure on President Barack Obama to… …read more Source:...
NATO, Russia Exchange Barbs Reminiscent of Cold War Days
RIGA, Latvia—NATO and Russia exchanged heated language reminiscent of Cold War days on Thursday with accusations of sinister geopolitical plotting and human rights abuses flying across an increasingly deep divide. NATO’s top U.S. civilian official, Alexander Vershbow, said Thursday that “an angry, revisionist Russia” was stopping at little...
Death Toll in East Ukraine Mine Blast Reaches 33
DONETSK, Ukraine—Officials in a separatist rebel-held city in east Ukraine say the death toll from an accidental explosion at a coal mine has risen to 33. Alexei Kostrubitsky, head of the emergencies ministry for the rebel government, said late Thursday the last missing miner had been found dead. The blast occurred before dawn Wednesday more than...
Death toll in east Ukraine mine blast reaches 33
DONETSK, Ukraine – Officials in a separatist rebel-held city in east Ukraine say the death toll from an accidental explosion at a coal mine has risen to 33. Alexei Kostrubitsky, head of the emergencies ministry for the rebel government, said late Thursday the last missing miner had been found dead. The blast occurred before dawn Wednesday more...
In Odessa, anxiety over Russia’s next move
Ukrainians fear more trouble. …read more Source: USA...
Scribbled note shows Nemtsov on trail of Russian deaths in Ukraine
It may have been the last note Boris Nemtsov ever wrote, a hurried scrawl in blue pen on a plain white sheet of A4 paper. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Celebrity Politicians Offer Development Aid for the Ukraine
When the Iron Curtain fell, Poland and the Ukraine were in the same boat. The Polish set to work, adopted reforms and became the poster child for success in the former Eastern bloc. The Ukraine continued to stumble. The powerful became rich and quarreled heavily amongst each other. The situation was and remained hazy. Most people were only even...
At key Ukraine flashpoint, both rebels and loyalists wait and worry
Government forces in the key port of Mariupol and rebels just a few miles away each fear attack. But similarities abound between the two sides. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Ukraine-Russia Border Traffic: Ceasefire Causing More Ukrainians To Return Than Flee, OSCE Says
The trend of border traffic flowing from Ukraine and into Russia has reversed, with more people flowing into Russia from Ukraine over the past two weeks, according to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which monitors border traffic there. The reversal may be attributed to the ceasefire between the Ukrainian government and...
