Section: US & Canada
Pope decries world’s indifference to refugees, wishes Christmas hope and peace for Mideast
Pope Francis is focusing his attention on all those weeping in the world this Christmas, singling out the refugees, hostages and all those suffering in conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Pope wishes Christmas hope and peace for Mideast
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is focusing his attention on all those weeping in the world this Christmas, singling out the refugees, hostages and all those suffering in conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and Ukraine. On a day that brings joy to little ones in much of the world, Francis expressed anguish for children who are victims of...
Pope wishes Christmas hope and peace for Mideast
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is focusing his attention on all those weeping in the world this Christmas, singling out the refugees, hostages and all those suffering in conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...
Fleeing their country’s civil war, Ukrainian Jews head for Israel
KIEV — Yulia, Kostiantyn and their daughter Valerie don’t look like a typical refugee family. All well-dressed – even the Chihuahua, Micky, donning a chic doggy jacket – they might not seem out of place mingling with Kiev’s oligarchs. But the truth is that the family, Ukrainians of Jewish heritage who arrived here...
Pope to address world’s woes in Christmas message
Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis will offer his annual Christmas blessing on Thursday, traditionally an occasion to appeal for remedies to the world’s woes.In his second “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world) message, the popular Argentinian pontiff will address the globe’s 1.2 billion Catholics and millions of...
Ukraine cuts power to Crimea amid dispute with Russia
MOSCOW — Ukraine on Wednesday briefly severed electricity to the Crimean peninsula, nine months after it was annexed by Russia, in a pointed reminder of the territory’s reliance on Ukrainian energy sources. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Buffeted by Political Firestorm, Crimean Minorities Forced to Choose
As tensions are ratcheted up between Ukraine and the Kremlin, Jews have been forced to choose sides. In the Crimea, two small minority groups, the Karaites and Krymchaks, have been caught in the political crosshairs. Crimean Karaites, a Turkic-speaking ethnic group, have backed Russia’s annexation of Crimea, while the Krymchaks, a similarly...
Who hacked Sony becomes Internet’s new mystery
WATCH ABOVE: Sony has struck a deal with YouTube to offer digital rentals of “The Interview” beginning Thursday, a source with direct knowledge of the situation says. LOS ANGELES — Everyone has a theory about who really hacked Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Despite President Barack Obama’s conclusion that North Korea was the culprit, the...
Christmas under fire: Conditions increasingly dire for citizens of rebel-held Ukrainian town
‘It is worst for the elderly … who cannot leave the house to get to the soup kitchens or do not have family to help. They are the ones who will starve,’ one local says …read more Source: Vancouver...
Ukraine peace talks conclude in Minsk without agreement
MINSK, Belarus — Talks aimed at reaching a stable cease-fire in Ukraine between its government forces and pro-Russian armed groups ended Wednesday after more than five hours, with no indication of progress and questions about when the next round might take place. The opening session occurred in the Belarusian capital, one day after...
