Section: US & Canada
Obama meets with world leaders to discuss Ukrainian cease-fire
President Obama meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (second from right), Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (second from left) and NATO leaders in Newport, Wales September 4, 2014. President Obama, Merkel and Poroshenko discussed the Ukraine cease-fire agreement yesterday. Photo by Alain Jocard/Reuters RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — President...
Ceasefire in Ukraine largely holding amid limited exceptions
Andrew V. PestanoKIEV, Ukraine, Feb. 15 (UPI) — The ceasefire that came into effect after midnight on Sunday is holding in Ukraine, but hasn’t stopped fighting completely. …read more Source: United Press...
Ukraine cease-fire largely holding, Debaltseve still tense
Woman looks out from a window of her apartment that was damaged in recent shelling between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian government forces in the town of Svitlodarsk, Ukraine, Sunda… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Russia’s aggression in Ukraine is part of a broader, and more dangerous, confrontation with the West
THE pens were on the table in Minsk, Belarus’s capital, for the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine to sign a deal to end a year-long war fuelled by Russia and fought by its proxies. But on February 12th, after all-night talks, they were put away. “No good news,” said Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s president....
Travel company wants to organize trips to war-torn Ukraine
A Russian travel company wants to organize vacations to war-torn eastern Ukraine, reports the pro-Kremlin Izvestiya newspaper. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Israeli Cabinet approves plan to encourage Jewish immigration
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli Cabinet has approved a $46 million plan to encourage Jewish immigration from France, Belgium and Ukraine, countries where large numbers of Jews have expressed interest in moving to Israel. A government statement says the plan aims to bring about a “significant increase” in the number of immigrants by boosting Hebrew...
Shelling in most of Ukraine has stopped amid cease-fire
Eighteen hours into a new cease-fire between Ukrainian government troops and Russian-backed separatists, shelling has continued in the strategic transit hub of Debaltseve, but gone quiet in the rest of the country. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Ukraine ceasefire largely holding; shelling heard from railway hub
A cease-fire that went into effect Sunday in eastern Ukraine appeared largely to be holding, officials said, except for around the strategic railway hub of Debaltseve. …read more Source: CTV...
Denmark chief rabbi rejects Netanyahu call to make aliyah
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Denmark’s chief rabbi rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for European Jews to move to Israel in the wake of a terror attack on a Copenhagen synagogue. “Terror is not a reason to move to Israel,” said Denmark Chief Rabbi Jair Melchior said Sunday. His remarks came in response to a statement...
Ukraine ceasefire mostly in effect but shelling reported around Debaltseve
A ceasefire that went into effect Sunday in eastern Ukraine appeared largely to be holding, officials said, except for around the strategic railway hub of Debaltseve. …read more Source:...
