Section: US & Canada
Ukraine president points to Russian hand in conflict
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukraine’s president is courting European support against what he says are 9,000 Russian troops occupying 7 percent of his nation’s territory. …read more Source: U.S....
You Say Crimea, They Say Taurida
For some Russian officials, annexing Crimea wasn’t enough. Now some want to change its name. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The 2015 State of the Union, by Google Autocomplete
What do Americans really want, and did the president give it to them? Each year, the State of the Union address offers a field day to pundits and pollsters. They get paid to offer predictions, reviews and analyses, but why not cut out the middlemen? If you want to put your finger right on the beating heart of America, go straight to Google...
Russia’s response to SOTU: ‘U.S. intends to dominate the world’
MOSCOW — President Obama briefly, but pointedly, addressed a year of tense relations with Russia over Ukraine during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, saying the United States was “upholding the principle that bigger nations can’t bully the small.” Today Russia replied: Who are you calling a bully? Russian Foreign Minister...
Lavrov Says U.S. Wants To Dominate, West Cannot Isolate Russia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the West of trying to isolate Russia and warned that such efforts would fail. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Says Obama Speech Shows U.S. Wants to Dominate the World
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia hit back on Wednesday at U.S. President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech, saying it showed the United States believes it is “number one” and seeks world domination. Obama said his country was upholding “the principle that bigger nations can’t bully the small” by opposing...
Ukraine president points to Russian hand in conflict
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukraine’s president is courting European support against what he says are 9,000 Russian troops occupying 7 percent of his nation’s territory. Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, President Petro Poroshenko held up a piece of a bullet-riddled bus as evidence of shelling last week by...
The President Of Ukraine Is Carrying A Jagged Piece Of Yellow Metal Around Davos To Demonstrate Russian ‘Terrorism’
President Poroschenko of Ukraine held up a jagged piece of yellow metal riddled with shrapnel holes at the World Economic Forum in Davos today and said it was a piece of a civilian bus that had been hit by a Russian missile earlier this month, killing 14 people. He alleged that the attack demonstrated Russian intervention in Ukraine was akin to...
Russian FM says Ukraine talks should focus on frontline
MOSCOW — Moscow proposed Wednesday that both Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels pull heavy weapons back to a previously agreed-upon division line to help reduce hostilities, but said nothing about the rebels surrendering any territory they gained by violating the peace deal.On the ground, fighting between Ukraine and the rebels appeared to be...
Moscow backs withdrawing heavy weaponry from Ukraine front line
Moscow proposed Wednesday that both Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels pull heavy weapons back to a previously agreed-upon division line to help reduce hostilities, but said nothing about the rebels surrendering any territory they gained by violating the peace deal. …read more Source: CTV...
