Section: US & Canada
Corruption saps enthusiasm for east Ukraine rebels
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — As battle raged in rebellion-wracked eastern Ukraine, cargo trains piled high with coal thundered along rail tracks to keep heating and power going to households in rebel-held territory. …read more Source: U.S....
Corruption saps enthusiasm for east Ukraine rebellion, as coal scandal ensnares top officials
As battle raged in rebellion-wracked eastern Ukraine, cargo trains piled high with coal thundered along rail tracks to keep heating and power going to households in rebel-held territory. …read more Source: FOX...
Corruption saps enthusiasm for east Ukraine rebels
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — As battle raged in rebellion-wracked eastern Ukraine, cargo trains piled high with coal thundered along rail tracks to keep heating and power going to households in rebel-held territory…. …read more Source: Associated...
Fisher: New trade deals with China, India cement Australia’s status as key Indo-Pacific power player
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia is on the kind of diplomatic tear that Canada can only dream of. Brisbane got lots of global attention by hosting the G20 leaders’ summit last weekend because so many participants queued up behind Canada’s Stephen Harper to disparage Russian President Vladimir Putin for the Kremlin’s malignant...
UN: Deaths keep rising in Ukraine, now over 4,300
GENEVA (AP) — The fighting in eastern Ukraine has killed nearly 300 people in the past month despite a cease-fire and has violated people’s rights so much it could amount to war crimes, U.N. rights investigators said Thursday. …read more Source: U.S....
U.N. Says Nearly 1,000 Killed in Ukraine Since September Truce
Almost 1,000 people have been killed in Ukraine since a truce was signed in September between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists controlling parts of the restive eastern region, according to a United Nations report. An average of 13 people have been killed every day since the Sept. 5 cease-fire was brokered between Ukraine and...
UN: Rights Abuses on Rise in War-torn E. Ukraine
A new United Nations report found the presence of large numbers of sophisticated weapons as well as foreign fighters, including Russian soldiers, have led to a worsening of the human rights situation in eastern Ukraine. The report issued by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said serious human rights violations persist in...
Hundreds killed in Ukraine despite ceasefire, U.N. says
U.N. rights investigators says fighting has violated people’s rights so much it could amount to war crimes …read more Source:...
Hundreds killed since Ukraine truce, says UN
A new report from the UN team in Ukraine said at least 4,317 people have been killed in the conflict that began in mid-April. …read more Source: Toronto...
Putin Says Russia Must Prevent ‘Color Revolution’; Warns Against ‘Radical’ Internet Sites
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Moscow must prevent a “color revolution” in Russia and stop extremism, warning of the threat posed by illegal immigration and “radical” Internet sites that recruit youths. Putin’s comments at a meeting of his advisory Security Council on combating...
