Section: US & Canada
Flight 17 bodies returned as Malaysia battles fallout
Carried by soldiers and draped in the national flag, coffins carrying Malaysian victims of Flight MH17 returned home Friday to a country still searching for those onboard another doomed jet and a government battling the political fallout of both tragedies. The bodies and ashes of 20 victims from the Malaysia Airlines jet that was shot down over...
West condemns Russia over truck convoy
Tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalated sharply on Friday as Moscow sent more than 130 trucks rolling across the border in what it said was a mission to deliver humanitarian aid. In another ominous turn in the crisis, NATO said it has mounting evidence that Russian forces are operating inside Ukraine and launching artillery attacks from...
Obama, Merkel Alarmed By Russian Actions In Ukraine
U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have expressed alarm at Russian moves inside Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Administration condemns Russian move into Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration on Friday denounced the movement of a Russian convoy into Ukraine, citing it as the latest provocation by Moscow along the highly volatile eastern border of the former Soviet republic. “We very much condemn the violation – flagrant violation – of Ukraine’s …...
West condemns Russia over convoy to Ukraine
The first trucks of the aid convoy pass the border post at Izvaryne, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 22, 2014. The first trucks in a Russian aid convoy crossed into eastern Ukraine on Friday, se… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Weekend Roundup: Subversive Pope Takes Aim at Global Consumer Society
Following in the footsteps of Jesus Christ who overturned the money-changer’s table in Biblical times, Pope Francis has regularly hurled the gospel against the “idolatrous economies” of contemporary global capitalism “that sacrifice man at the feet of the idol of money.” This week in South Korea, he took aim at the...
Ukrainian athlete scales Russian skyscraper, paints it Ukrainian colours
A renowned Ukrainian extreme sportsman said he scaled a landmark Moscow skyscraper and painted a star at the top of the building in the blue-and-yellow colours of the Ukrainian national flag in a burst of patriotic feeling. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Russian convoy arrives in Ukraine amid shelling reports
NATO chief condemns unauthorized aid transport and accuses Moscow of shelling Ukrainian troops. …read more Source: USA...
Russian Convoy Crosses Ukrainian Border, Prompting Outcry From West
Russia has sent a large number of trucks into eastern Ukraine without the authorization of the Ukrainian government or Red Cross supervision. Moscow says the trucks are carrying aid for civilians, but the Ukrainians — together with NATO, U.S. and European leaders — say the move is a violation of Ukrainian sovereignty.» E-Mail This …read...
West Condemns Russia Over Convoy to Ukraine
LUHANSK, Ukraine— Tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalated sharply on Friday as Moscow sent more than 130 trucks rolling across the border in what it said was a mission to deliver humanitarian aid. Ukraine called it a “direct invasion,” and the U.S. and NATO condemned it as well. The trucks, part of a convoy of 260 vehicles, entered Ukraine...
