Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s president says Putin supports his peace plan: report
The Interfax news agency is quoting Ukraine’s president as saying the leaders he met with in Minsk, which included Russian President Vladimir Putin, support his peace plan. …read more Source: CTV...
USA vs Slovenia: Final Score, Recap, Highlights for United States Basketball Game
LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands—Anthony Davis scored 18 points and teamed with forward Kenneth Faried to dominate the inside, leading the U.S. national team to a 101-71 victory overSlovenia on Tuesday in its final exhibition game before the FIBA World Cup of Basketball. Faried finished with 14 points for the Americans, who next head to Bilbao, Spain...
Dutch to commemorate Flight 17 victims on Nov. 10
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says a national commemoration event will be held on Nov. 10 for those who died when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
Putin, Poroshenko end bilateral talks over Ukraine
Russian, Ukrainian leaders met hours after Ukraine captures 10 Russian paratroopers. …read more Source: USA...
America’s Strategic Fatigue: Who Will Fill the Vacuum?
BERLIN — The chaotic consequences of the gradual disintegration of Pax Americana are becoming increasingly clear. For seven decades, the United States safeguarded a global framework, which — however imperfect, and regardless of how many mistakes the superpower made — generally guaranteed a minimum level of stability. At the very...
Prime minister: Dutch to hold national commemoration on Nov. 10 for Flight 17 victims
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says a national commemoration event will be held on Nov. 10 for those who died when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Editorial: Russia’s shame
Many of the images coming out of Eastern Ukraine of late are disturbing, but each is disturbing in its own unique way. There are the shots of burnt out vehicles and apartment buildings scarred by artillery fire, symptoms of otherwise normal lives turned upside-down by conflict. There are the photos of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 passengers...
Finding Security in Cooperation
Picture this: You get on a flight from the U.S. to China and once you arrive in Beijing your pilot is not allowed to land because your plane’s specifications do not comply with the Chinese airport’s safety standards. Now imagine this scenario repeating itself when your pilot attempts to land in any EU country, or in Japan, or India...
Heavily Armed ‘Men In Green’ Enter East Ukrainian Villages
By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Unidentified, heavily-armed strangers with Russian accents have appeared in an eastern Ukrainian village, arousing residents’ suspicions despite Moscow’s denials that its troops have deliberately infiltrated the frontier. Two witnesses told Reuters on Tuesday that the dozens of men,...
Presidents of Ukraine and Russia Meet
At a summit in Minsk, President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine shook hands with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and later said he is ready to discuss options to end the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...
