Section: US & Canada
Separatists Claim Three Civilians Killed In Donetsk Shelling
Pro-Russian separatists claim that shelling has killed three people in the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Rebel commander wages fight to the death for east Ukraine airport
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – From an empty flat overlooking the shattered remains of eastern Ukraine’s biggest airport, Givi is leading an all-out assault against the last government outpost in the main pro-Russian stronghold.The camouflage-clad guerrilla, a Russian tricolour on his arm, heads one of two units tasked with flushing out...
Russia’s Putin Addresses CIS Summit Overshadowed by Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin — embroiled in an a bitter standoff with Western governments over Ukraine — said his country does not oppose moves by ex-Soviet states to establish closer economic ties with the West. But he told leaders of 11 Commonwealth of Independent States on Friday that he faults member-states for not considering...
Czech, Polish Ministers Discuss Ukraine
The foreign ministers of the Czech Republic and Poland have expressed hope upcoming parliamentary election in Ukraine will help resolve the conflict there through diplomacy. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Tiger cubs training for release to wild
Ten Siberian tiger cubs born in captivity in Crimea are undergoing training to be released into the wild. Their handlers are teaching them to hunt their own prey before their release. (Oct. 10) …read more Source: USA...
Weekend Roundup: Ebola On The Loose
This week the world anxiously winced as Ebola spread out of Africa to the US and Spain. The traveling virus exposed some harsh new global realities: the hot zone incubator of Africa’s impoverished urbanization, persistent social inequality and decrepit public health infrastructure all linked to the rest of the planet by air travel. Nothing...
Russian Rock Stars Run Afoul of Kremlin Over Ukraine
After Russian rocker Andrei Makarevich played for refugees in Ukraine, he was denounced as a “traitor.” …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Russia backing separatists’ rival elections in eastern Ukraine
Russian officials are throwing their support behind Ukrainian separatist rebels’ planned elections for their own parliaments after warnings from Ukrainian leaders in Kiev that no power in the world will recognize the proclaimed independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics.” …read more Source: Los...
Canada nixes global health meeting over location
Canada withdraws from World Health Organization meeting because it’s in Moscow …read more Source:...
Inside The Donetsk People’s Republic
As an uneasy ceasefire continues to hold in eastern Ukraine, VICE News returns to Donetsk with an exclusive film that follows some of the characters involved in setting up the self-proclaimed state of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). …read more Source: The Huffington...
