Section: US & Canada
Coal miners stuck in the middle of Ukraine’s war
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Glistening black sweat rolls down the spine of a beefy miner as he jackhammers bedrock along the shaft at the Chelyuskintsev coal mine in Donetsk, Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland. Vitaly Khristich is one of hundreds of miners who each day brave the artillery fire that flares … …read more Source:...
More Human Remains Recovered From MH17 Site
A Dutch team took advantage of a pause in fighting in eastern Ukraine on Friday to recover human remains from the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash site. …read more Source:...
Russian Actor Is Fires at Ukrainian Forces, Wearing Press Helmet
A Russian film star’s “surprise” visit to Ukrainian, pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east has caused a backlash from local media and authorities, after video footage posted online on Friday appeared to show him firing a mounted machine gun at the Kiev-held Donetsk airport and mocking the “ceasefire” agreed by pro-Kiev and...
Remains recovered from Ukraine plane disaster site
The Dutch prime minister says investigators have recovered an unspecified number of human remains from the site in eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Coal miners stuck in the middle of Ukraine’s war
In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, miner Vitaly Khristich uses a jackhammer at the Chelyuskintsev coal mine in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Khristich is one of hundreds of m… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Charles Krauthammer: U.S. midterms represent a referendum on White House competence
WASHINGTON — Are the U.S. mid-term elections really about nothing? Democrats might like to think so, but they’re not. First, like all U.S. elections, this one is about the economy. The effect of the weakest recovery in two generations is reflected in President Obama’s 13-point underwater ratings for his handling of the economy....
China And Russia Block International Plan To Create Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary
PERTH, Australia, Oct 31 – China and Russia have thwarted an international attempt to create the world’s largest ocean sanctuary in Antarctica as both nations eye the region’s rich reserves of fish and krill. The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) wound up a 10-day meeting in Hobart,...
Merkel Tells Putin Europe Won’t Recognize E. Ukraine Vote
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone that Sunday’s planned elections in eastern Ukraine were illegitimate and would not be recognized by European leaders, a Berlin government spokesman said on Friday. Merkel and Putin held a joint telephone conversation with French President Francois Hollande...
Deep in the mine, months without pay: Coal miners struggle amid the war in eastern Ukraine
Glistening black sweat rolls down the spine of a beefy miner as he jackhammers bedrock along the shaft at the Chelyuskintsev coal mine in Donetsk, Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland. …read more Source: FOX...
Can Lviv Mayor Change Ukrainian Politics Once And For All?
The big surprise of the Ukraine’s parliamentary elections was the third-place finish of the relatively unknown Samopomich, or Self-Reliance, party. RFE/RL’s Ukraine Service spoke to Samopomich leader Andriy Sadovyy — the highly successful mayor of Lviv — about his plans for building a functioning Ukrainian government, from...
