Section: US & Canada
China state media seen stepping-up anti-Western rhetoric
BEIJING (AP) — Western values are a “ticket to hell,” a newspaper published by China’s Communist Party said in a recent editorial that held up Ukraine and some Arab countries as examples of outside ideas causing turmoil. Last week, the party tabloid Global Times laid into well-known blogger Ren Zhiqiang for questioning official...
China state media seen stepping-up anti-Western rhetoric
BEIJING (AP) — Western values are a “ticket to hell,” a newspaper published by China’s Communist Party said in a recent editorial that held up Ukraine and some Arab countries as examples of outside ideas causing turmoil. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine Gas Deal: Russia Violates Agreement, Says Naftogaz
Ukraine’s gas and oil firm Naftogaz accused Russia’s Gazprom Monday of failing to uphold an agreement signed last year to supply Ukraine with gas over the winter months ahead of a planned meeting between the countries’ energy ministers in Brussels to work out a compromise over deliveries. Last week, Gazprom threatened to cut off...
Under Xi, Chinese state media step-up anti-West rhetoric with attacks on Western values
Western values are a “ticket to hell,” a newspaper published by China’s Communist Party said in a recent editorial that held up Ukraine and some Arab countries as examples of outside ideas causing turmoil. …read more Source: FOX...
Nemtsov’s girlfriend on murder: ‘I didn’t see anything’
KIEV, Ukraine — The girlfriend of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, shot to death in the shadow of the Kremlin Friday night, said in her first interview since the killing that everything happened so quickly and she recalls very little. See also: Somber Russians fear for their country’s future after Boris Nemtsov’s murder...
Boris Nemtsov Killing Captured On Video?
MOSCOW (AP) — The investigation into the killing of Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin who was gunned down not far from the Kremlin, faced conflicting reports Monday about possible surveillance footage of his slaying. No suspects have been arrested since Nemtsov was shot dead Friday night on a Moscow bridge, a...
Ukraine’s Leader Urges Peacekeeping Mission For The East
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president signed a decree Monday opening the way to a formal request for international peacekeepers to be stationed in eastern regions where government forces are battling Russian-backed separatists. President Petro Poroshenko’s office said the appeal for a contingent of peacekeepers will be addressed to...
China state media seen stepping-up anti-Western rhetoric
BEIJING (AP) — Western values are a “ticket to hell,” a newspaper published by China’s Communist Party said in a recent editorial that held up Ukraine and some Arab countries as examples of outside ideas causing turmoil…. …read more Source: Associated...
Kerry, Russian FM meet in Geneva as Ukraine tensions simmer
Kerry, Russian FM meet in Geneva amid Ukraine rancour, talk of new sanctions …read more Source:...
Germany’s RWE Completes Oil and Gas Sale to Russian Investor
BERLIN— German energy company RWE says it has completed the 5.1 billion euro ($5.7 billion) sale of its oil and gas exploration and production division to a Russian-linked investment company. RWE AG announced the planned sale of its Dea unit to LetterOne Group, an international investment arm of Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s Alfa...
