Section: US & Canada
Crises abound, from oil prices to Greece to Ukraine
It’s another day of high-stakes geopolitics today, so make sure you have a big breakfast. Finance ministers and central bankers are heading home after the G20 meeting wrapped up in Istanbul yesterday, during which officials expressed worry over how massive economic inequality has become, while Stephen Poloz denied he is talking down the...
Fighting in Ukraine continues overnight ahead of diplomatic push
Dmitry Lovetsky/AP DONETSK, Ukraine – Fighting continued to rage in eastern Ukraine Wednesday ahead of crucial peace talks later in the day. Shelling rocked a bus station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, where an Associated Press reporter saw one body and was told by rebel officials that another body had been recently removed from the scene....
Battle Rages in Ukraine Ahead of Talks
Heavy fighting continued in eastern Ukraine just hours before leaders were expected to gather for a high-stakes summit to negotiate a cease-fire in the 10-month-old conflict between pro-Russian separatists and Kiev. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
3 reasons why U.S. should not arm Ukraine
In Washington, there are growing bipartisan calls to arm Ukraine as it combats a resilient Russian-backed insurgency in the country’s east. The pro-Moscow separatists stepped up their offensives into government-held territory, adding impetus to the efforts of European diplomats who hoped to convene peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in...
Fighting in Ukraine continues ahead of peace talks
Shelling rocked a bus station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, where an Associated Press reporter saw one body and was told by rebel officials that another body had been recently removed from the scene. Poroshenko stopped in the city of Kramatorsk, some 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the nearest front line, where nevertheless Kiev says 16...
Fighting continues in Ukraine ahead of peace talks
Fighting continued to rage in eastern Ukraine Wednesday ahead of crucial peace talks later in the day. …read more Source: CTV...
Rebel attacks kill 19 Ukrainian soldiers near rail junction in east, military says
Nineteen Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 78 wounded in rebel attacks near the key railway town of Debaltseve …read more Source: The Globe and...
Fighting in Ukraine continues ahead of peace talks
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting continued to rage in eastern Ukraine Wednesday ahead of crucial peace talks later in the day. Shelling rocked a bus station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, where an Associated Press reporter saw one body and was told by rebel officials that another body had been recently removed from the scene. Donetsk city...
Leaders Set to Discuss Ukraine Peace Plan as Fighting Continues
Deadly fighting continued Wednesday in Ukraine, as the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany prepared to hold a summit on the conflict that has killed more than 5,300 people since last April. At least two people died in the rebel-held eastern city of Donetsk when a shell hit a bus station, according to rebel officials and emergency...
Fighting in Ukraine Continues Ahead of Peace Talks
Fighting in Ukraine continues overnight ahead of crucial diplomatic push …read more Source: ABC...
