Section: US & Canada
Obama ramps up pressure on Russia after deadly Ukraine blitz
Kiev (AFP) – US President Barack Obama vowed Sunday to ramp up pressure on Russia after a rocket barrage blamed on Kremlin-backed Ukrainian rebels killed 30 and threatened to open new front in the war.Saturday’s assault on Mariupol — the main city standing between separatist territory near the Russian border and the Black Sea...
Ukraine: Phone Calls Prove Rebels Attacked City, Killed 30
KIEV, Ukraine—Ukraine’s president said Sunday that intercepted radio and telephone conversations prove that Russia-backed separatists were responsible for firing the rockets that pounded the southeastern city of Mariupol and killed at least 30 people. The attack on Mariupol, a strategically situated port city that had been relatively quiet...
Six Months of Pain and a Passport: MH17 Dad’s Anguish
Hans de Borst’s daughter Elsemiek, her half-brother, mother, and stepfather were all on board Flight MH17 when it crashed in Ukraine on July 17. …read more Source:...
Canada talks free trade in Kyiv as fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine
Ed Fast is in Ukraine to talk free trade his counterpart, Aivaras Abromaviius, but also plans to announce four initiatives. …read more Source: Toronto...
Fast arrives to talk free trade in Ukraine
Fast talks free trade in Kyiv as fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine …read more Source:...
Fast arrives to talk free trade in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine – International Trade Minister Ed Fast will be in Kyiv for two days of meetings as fighting intensifies between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in the east of the embattled country.Fast, who arrived Sunday and has been to Ukraine twice is the last six months, is there to talk free trade his counterpart, Aivaras...
Ukraine: Phone calls prove rebels attacked city, killed 30
President Petro Poroshenko held an emergency meeting of his military officials and cut short a trip to Saudi Arabia. …read more Source: USA...
Ukraine says intercepted communications show Russian-backed rebels attacked city
KIEV, Ukraine – Intercepted radio and telephone conversations prove that Russian-backed separatists were responsible for firing the rockets that pounded Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol and killed at least 30 people, President Petro Poroshenko said Sunday during an emergency meeting of his Security Council. U.S. President Barack...
Obama: ‘Ratchet up pressure on Russia’
The military option is out, President Barack Obama said Sunday, but the U.S. will be looking at all other options to “ratchet up the pressure on Russia” on the issue of Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Obama and India’s Modi Declare ‘Breakthrough’ on Nuclear Deal
Seizing on their personal bond, President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday they had made progress on nuclear cooperation and climate change, with Obama declaring a “breakthrough understanding” in efforts to free U.S. investment in nuclear energy development in India. Obama and Modi expressed hope that a landmark...
