Section: US & Canada
Ebola Quarantine, Beijing Ice Bucket Challenge And Greasy Pole Climbing: Week In Photos, Aug. 17 – 24
Nothing quite compares to the power of a photograph to communicate the goings on in the world. Ranging from the serious to the silly, these photos offer peeks into what happened around the globe this week.1. On Aug. 21, 2014, Pakistan Awami Tehreek supporters protest against the government in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency/Getty...
Russian aid convoy completes mission, leaves Ukraine
A huge convoy of Russian trucks left Ukraine on Saturday, concluding a controversial mission to deliver aid to civilians in cities caught up in fighting between pro-Russia separatists and Ukrainian security forces. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Latvia’s Tensions With Russians at Home Persist in Shadow of Ukraine
A persistent rift between Latvians and ethnic Russians who live there as residents, but not as citizens, continues to be divisive in a year of conflict between Russia and Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...
Bitterly Disputed Russia Aid Vehicles Have Left Ukraine
The 227 vehicles from Russia had crossed into Ukraine this week, setting off controversy as Ukrainian officials said it was akin to invasion. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Crisis: German Chancellor Angela Merkel Looks For Peace In First Visit Since Start Of Conflict
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev Saturday to show support for the country in its four-month-old conflict with pro-Russian separatists and to push for peace between Ukraine and Russia, Reuters reported. Merkel said better border control and a cease-fire are necessary before peace can be...
Russian trucks return empty from eastern Ukraine
Hundreds of trucks from a bitterly disputed Russian aid convoy to rebel-held eastern Ukraine rolled back across the border Saturday into Russia but questions about alleged Russian artillery in Ukraine still remained. …read more Source: CTV...
Aid convoy returns to Russia; Merkel calls for cease-fire
Merkel called for an agreement that would allow the border to be monitored by the OSCE. …read more Source: USA...
Merkel Calls For Cease-Fire In Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for all parties involved in the hostilities in eastern Ukraine to agree to a cease-fire during a visit to Kyiv on August 23. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
First Trucks from Aid Convoy to Ukraine Cross Back Into Russia
The first trucks from a Russian aid convoy started crossing back into Russia on Saturday (August 23) after igniting a storm of anger in Western capitals a day earlier by driving into Ukraine without the permission of the government in Kiev. The return of the trucks may help ease the tension to some extent in time for the arrival of...
Letter: The modern face of ALS: #icebucketchallenge
Re: Why dump on the Ice Bucket Challenge?, Aug. 19. On Remembrance Day, Sunday, November 11, 2012, my sister, Suzanna Chudczak, passed away from ALS in Toronto shortly after 10 a.m. She was 46 years old. Beautiful, talented, feisty and independent. 46 years old. Beautiful, talented, feisty and independentI was at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on...
