Section: US & Canada
Plane brings human remains from MH17 crash to Netherlands
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — A military transport plane has flown a coffin carrying human remains recovered from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 back to the Netherlands. The remains were recovered in recent days from eastern Ukraine along with parts of the wreckage of the Boeing 777 that was downed July 17.read more …read...
Ukraine president presses for quick cease-fire
MUNICH (AP) — A flurry of diplomacy aimed at calming the conflict in Ukraine will bring German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and other players together at a conference in Germany.read more …read more Source: CNS...
Biden blasts Putin
Vice President Biden offered strong words Saturday against Russia’s moves in Ukraine, suggesting Russian President Vladimir Putin would buck any peace proposal and accusing the leader of “using psychiatric institutions to quell dissent.””We all… …read more Source: The...
Russia’s Putin Suggests U.S. Bent On World Domination
President Vladimir Putin says Russia is facing Cold War-style containment efforts at the hands of the West and will oppose world domination by a single country. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Opera house in Ukrainian rebel city raises spirits
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Death and drama play out on the streets in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk almost daily…. …read more Source: Associated...
Opera house in Ukrainian rebel city raises spirits
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Death and drama play out on the streets in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk almost daily.Inside the city’s opera… …read more Source:...
Biden to Ukraine President: Tiger Woods Got Tooth Knocked Out By Camera
Vice President Joe Biden had an interesting exchange with the president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko. The two were speaking in front of reporters at the Munich Security Conference. The exchange was captured by the on-site pool reporter: As the pool came in, Mr. Biden and Mr. Poroshenko made small talk over the press pool and their handlers....
Ukraine president presses for quick cease-fire
Ukraine’s president is pushing for a quick cease-fire in his country’s troubled east and insists that the conflict there must be resolved, not frozen. …read more Source: WAVE 3...
Garry Kasparov, Master Chess Player, Speaks Out on the Cold War and the West’s Shameful Appeasement of Putin
Initially posted December 8, 2014. Original text below: “I think we’ve forgotten many important lessons of the Cold war,” says human-rights activist and former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov. Especially when it comes to dealing with Russian leader Vladimir Putin: “You cannot project weakness….Putin’s game is [not chess but]...
Europe and the US clash over how to confront Putin over Ukraine
MUNICH (Reuters) – Germany’s Angela Merkel warned on Saturday that sending arms to help Ukraine fight pro-Russian separatists would not solve the crisis there, drawing a sharp rebuke from a leading U.S. senator who accused Berlin of turning its back on an ally in distress. This while US Vice President Joe Biden pulled no punches about...
