Section: US & Canada
Ex-porn star dragged into Russia-Ukraine propaganda war
Sasha Grey is very much alive and is not taking part in the Ukrainian conflict. …read more Source: USA...
Ukraine finance chief: West, IMF won’t flag in bailout aid
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s finance minister rejects the idea that international bailout lenders’ efforts to help Greece might restrict their ability to support Ukraine in coming years. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine calls for peacekeepers after rebels take key town
Ukrainian President Poroshenko calls for European peacekeepers to enforce a shattered ceasefire deal in east Ukraine after a flashpoint strategic town fell to a fierce assault by pro-Russian rebels. Video provided by AFP …read more Source: USA...
Explosive Court Case Puts Ukraine’s Chocolate King in Dock
The West believes it can do business with multi-millionaire president Poroshenko – but a British firm of architects begs to differ. …read more Source:...
Facebook bought WhatsApp one year ago today. Here are 11 quotes from its billionaire cofounders
Exactly a year ago today WhatsApp cofounders Jan Koum and Brian Acton became filthy rich when they sold the company to Facebook for $19 billion five years after the app’s launch. Koum and Acton met while working as Yahoo engineers. They are both part of the “Facebook reject club.” They hate advertising, and they feel strongly...
Ukrainian call for U.N. peacekeepers runs into trouble
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine — A Ukrainian appeal for international peacekeepers to calm its war-ravaged east ran into quick trouble Thursday after pro-Moscow rebels and Russian officials said any such mission would violate a peace deal reached last week. Read full article >> …read more Source: The Washington...
Ukraine crisis: Timeline
CNBC’s Phil Han revisits the crisis in Ukraine that first began in 2013. …read more Source:...
Ukraine forces and EU diplomacy take heavy blow as rebels seize key town
A newly forged cease-fire all but collapsed as government troops withdrew from the transit hub of Debaltseve in what appears to be another implicit victory for Russia’s Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Lukashenka Says Belarus Ready For Dialogue With NATO
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka says his country is ready for a “constructive dialogue” with NATO. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Crisis: Russia Says Calls For UN Peacekeepers Will ‘Destroy’ Minsk Accords
The Ukrainian government’s call on Thursday for United Nations peacekeepers to deploy in eastern Ukraine is a move to “destroy the Minsk accords,” said Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s Ambassador to the UN, according to BBC. Eastern separatists, allegedly backed by the Russian military, ignored a ceasefire agreed upon in Minsk last week in...
