Section: US & Canada
The Daily Vertical: Truth In Trouble
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that will appear Monday through Friday. Viewers can submit suggested topics to address on Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook page. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
3 killed in shelling in rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine
At least three people were killed in shelling in Donetsk overnight, local officials said Thursday, as fierce fighting continues in rebel-held areas in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: WAVE 3...
Mayday call issued just moments before deadly Taiwan plane crash
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Moments before the TransAsia Airways propjet banked sharply and crashed into a river, one of its pilots said, “Mayday, mayday, engine flameout,” according to a Taiwanese aviation official. “Engine flameout” refers to flames being extinguished in the combustion chamber of the engine, so that it shuts down and no longer drives the...
John Kerry visits Ukraine as U.S. considers sending weapons
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Ukraine to show support for the embattled government as the Obama administration weighs sending arms to Kyiv to help it fight Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: CTV...
Diplomacy on Ukraine ‘cannot go on indefinitely’: Hollande
Paris (AFP) – President Francois Hollande said Thursday that while France and Berlin had chosen diplomacy rather than arming Kiev troops against the pro-Russian separatists, negotiations could not drag on forever.Other than arming Ukraine “there is another option, it is not certain it will succeed but if we don’t try we will...
Hollande and Merkel head to Ukraine with new peace plan
Hollande said the two will go to Kiev and Moscow with a proposal “based on the territorial integrity of Ukraine.” …read more Source: USA...
Hollande, Merkel to visit Kiev, Moscow in push for Ukraine peace
Paris (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande said he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel would visit Kiev later Thursday, before heading to Moscow, in a fresh push to find a solution to the raging conflict in eastern Ukraine.”Ukraine is at war. Heavy weapons are being used and civilians are being killed daily,” Hollande told...
NATO to beef up response force on Russian actions in Ukraine
NATO’s is set to more than double the size of its Response Force in response to Russian actions in Ukraine and the challenge of Islamic extremism, the head of the military alliance announced Thursday. …read more Source: Global...
French, German leaders head to Ukraine with new peace initiative
The leaders of France and Germany were carrying a new peace initiative to the Ukrainian and Russian capitals Thursday, amid a flurry of high-level diplomacy to end what French President Francois Hollande called a war on Europe’s edge. …read more Source: FOX...
French, German leaders head to Ukraine with peace initiative
PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande says he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are heading to Ukraine with a new peace initiative. …read more Source: U.S....
