Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s Poroshenko Seeks Support for Pro-Europe Course on Eve of Election
President Petro Poroshenko called on Ukrainians on Saturday to elect a majority on Sunday that would see through a pro-Europe, reform agenda and break with the Soviet past. Poroshenko, who is expecting a big win for his political bloc in the first parliamentary election since the overthrow of the Moscow-backed leader Viktor Yanukovich, said he...
Ukraine pauses before decisive vote
Ukraine pauses before decisive parliamentary vote soured by spectre of separatist conflict …read more Source:...
Ukraine prepares for decisive parliamentary vote amid ongoing unrest
Ukraine braced for decisive parliamentary elections Saturday against the backdrop of unrest in eastern regions roiled by conflict between government troops and pro-Russian separatist forces. …read more Source: CTV...
Talks to Resume on Winter Gas for Ukraine
Ukrainian and Russian officials will meet again next week in an effort to settle their dispute over natural gas supplies that threatens to leave Ukraine short of heating fuel for the coming winter. VOA’s Al Pessin reports from London the dispute is complex, and has both economic and geopolitical dimensions. …read more Source: Voice of...
Putin blasts U.S. in speech ‘reminiscent of the Cold War’: ‘The bear … will not surrender’
Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed the U.S. for the crisis in Ukraine and radical Islamic terrorism and claimed there is “no true democracy” in America during a speech on Friday. Mr. Putin said during a meeting with foreign journalists and Russian experts that the U.S. has failed to use its … …read more Source: The...
Ukraine prepares for decisive parliamentary vote amid unrest
Ukraine braced for decisive parliamentary elections Saturday against the backdrop of unrest in eastern regions roiled by conflict between government troops and pro-Russian separatist forces. …read more Source: CTV...
Battle-Scarred Ukraine Prepares for Election
Ukraine’s pro-Western president called Sunday’s snap vote to secure increased legitimacy for Kiev’s leadership in the face of pressure from Russia. …read more Source:...
On Eve of Poll, Ukraine Leader Seeks Support for Pro-Europe Course
President Petro Poroshenko called on Ukrainians on Saturday to elect a majority on Sunday that would see through a pro-Europe, reform agenda and break with the Soviet past. Poroshenko, who is expecting a big win for his political bloc in the first parliamentary election since the overthrow of the Moscow-backed leader Viktor Yanukovich, said he...
Ukraine’s Uncertain Future
Elizabeth Pond, the respected American author who has reported on Eastern Europe for three decades, recently wrote a eulogy for Ukraine. The seizure of Crimea, Russia’s military rout of the Ukrainians in the east, and the humiliating ceasefire imposed on President Petro Poroshenko, she wrote, meant that Ukraine was again “a borderland...
Washington Must Recognize India as another Great Power to Be
Before becoming prime minister India’s Narendra Modi was barred from receiving a visa to visit the U.S. A rising leader in the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he was tied to deadly sectarian violence. But now, backed by an overwhelming parliamentary majority, he leads one of Asia’s most important powers. The Obama...
