Section: US & Canada
Kim Jong-un ‘Snubs China’ and Accepts Putin’s Invite to Moscow
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un has accepted an invitation from Russian president Vladimir Putin to attend a military march in Moscow this May, according to South Korean media, making his first ever foreign visit since coming to power in 2011. “It was confirmed that North Korea gave a positive response to the Russian invitation for Kim...
‘People Starving’ in Eastern Ukraine as Humanitarian Crisis Unfolds
Vulnerable people living in east Ukraine are in serious danger of starving if normal government services aren’t restored by the government in Kiev. In November 2014 the decision was made to stop social benefits being sent to east meaning, among other things, that elderly Ukranians in the region are no longer receiving their pensions....
Ominous signs in fight for eastern Ukraine
Truce in place since early December appears to be continually disregarded by both sides; Donetsk airport appears rocked by fighting …read more Source:...
At least six Ukraine civilians killed when rocket hits bus
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – At least six Ukrainian civilians were killed and more than a dozen wounded on Tuesday when a long-range Grad rocket apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents hit an intercity bus.Local police said the rocket appeared to have gone astray after being fired by the gunmen at a checkpoint set up by government soldiers...
CNN Gets Approval To Use Drones For News Reports
CNN has signed an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration to explore the use of drones in newsgathering and reporting. The network said Monday that it has officially “entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement” with the FAA over using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in an effort to improve storytelling....
Dozens with Polish descent evacuated from eastern Ukraine, with Warsaw’s aid
A group of Ukrainian citizens of Polish descent and their families have been evacuated from war-torn eastern Ukraine to Poland, with government aid. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine: 10 civilians die in rebel shelling of checkpoint
DONETSK, Ukraine – A bus driving near an army checkpoint in eastern Ukraine was hit by a rebel shell, killing at least 10 civilians and wounding a further 13, local officials said. The Donetsk regional administration, which answers to the central government in Kyiv, said in a statement that the rebels shelled the checkpoint near the town of...
Putin Not Invited To Auschwitz Event: Kremlin
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to a ceremony in Poland marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Auschwitz death camp, the Kremlin said Tuesday, a decision that reflects a chill in Russian ties with the West. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said on Ekho Moskvy radio that the president...
Ukraine: 10 civilians die in rebel shelling of checkpoint
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say 10 civilians have been killed and a further 13 wounded in rebel shelling of a military checkpoint in eastern Ukraine. The Donetsk regional administration answering to the central government in Kiev said in a statement that the rebels shelled the checkpoint near the town of Volnovakha in the Donetsk...
Ukraine: 10 civilians die in rebel shelling of checkpoint
DONETSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials say 10 civilians have been killed and a further 13 wounded in rebel shelling of a military checkpoint in eastern Ukraine.The Donetsk regional administration answering to the central government in Kiev said in a statement that the rebels shelled the checkpoint near the town of Volnovakha in the Donetsk region...
