Section: US & Canada
John McCain, Lindsey Graham blast Obama administration’s waffling on arming Ukraine
Two influential Republican national security hawks in the Senate hammered the Obama administration’s failure to take a more aggressive posture toward the war in eastern Ukraine Tuesday, asserting that the White House should “immediately” authorize the shipment of U.S. weapons to the Ukrainian military. “The Chancellor of...
Full UN Security Council votes support on Ukraine cease-fire
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a Russian-drafted resolution that endorses the new cease-fire… …read more Source:...
Beyond Bribery
Last month Greeks delivered a sharp blow to the European Union by voting in the left-wing Syriza Party, which has vowed to end years of painful austerity policies. But Syriza owes much of its popularity for its opposition to something else: elite corruption. As one news report put it, “Many in Greece feel slashed public spending has hit the most...
Putin is really rubbing it in over Ukraine
Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday pro-Moscow rebels should allow Ukrainian government forces safe passage out of the encircled eastern town of Debaltseve but Kiev should not prevent its troops from giving up their weapons. The Russian president did not hold back when asserting how Russian-backed rebels were clearly winning near the crucial railway...
Putin suggests US is sending arms to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is suggesting that the United States is already delivering weapons to Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
Wozniacki and Kvitova get out of jail in Dubai
Dubai (AFP) – Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and former world number one Caroline Wozniacki both escaped from trouble when it seemed they might be on their way out of the Dubai Open on Tuesday.Kvitova was four times within a point of going a break down in the second set, having lost the first to an opponent who had beaten her six months...
Putin suggests US is sending arms to Ukraine, but says it won’t change conflict’s course
Russian President Vladimir Putin is suggesting that the United States is already delivering weapons to Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Putin suggests US is sending arms to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is suggesting that the United States is already delivering weapons to Ukraine. At a news conference Tuesday in Budapest with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Putin was asked how he assessed the possible consequences if the United States decides to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine in its fight...
Putin suggests US is sending arms to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is suggesting that the United States is already delivering weapons to Ukraine. At a news conference Tuesday in Budapest with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Putin was asked how he assessed the possible consequences if the United States decides to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine in its fight...
Putin suggests US is sending arms to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is suggesting that the United States is already delivering weapons to Ukraine.At a news conference… …read more Source:...
