Section: US & Canada
Ukraine: Fighting in rebel-held region kills 34 people in last 24 hours
A Ukrainian official says nine troops were killed in overnight fighting in the streets of the town of Ilovaysk, which lies just east of the rebel stronghold Donetsk. …read more Source: CTV...
Protesters plant Ukraine flag on Moscow skyscraper
Protesters have scaled one of Moscow’s famed Stalin-era skyscrapers and painted the Soviet star on its spire in the national colors of Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
Fighting outside key Ukrainian city kills 9 troops
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Nine troops were killed in overnight fighting in the streets of a town neighboring the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, a Ukrainian official said Wednesday, as the government battled to gain control of a major railroad and highway linking the area to Russia. The Kiev government also has pursued diplomatic efforts to resolve the...
Protesters plant Ukraine flag on Moscow skyscraper
Russian authorities were not amused by the prank in support of Ukraine, where government troops are battling pro-Russian separatists. The LifeNews media site posted a video it says shows one of the protesters parachuting off of the building and landing in an inner courtyard. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Protesters plant Ukrainian flag and paint over Soviet star on famed Moscow skyscraper
Protesters have scaled one of Moscow’s famed Stalin-era skyscrapers and painted the Soviet star on its spire in the national colors of Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Fighting outside rebel-held Ukrainian city kills 9 troops
A Ukrainian official says nine troops were killed in overnight fighting in the streets of the town of Ilovaysk, which lies just east of the rebel stronghold Donetsk. …read more Source: CTV...
Protesters plant Ukraine flag on Moscow skyscraper
MOSCOW (AP) — Protesters have scaled one of Moscow’s famed Stalin-era skyscrapers and painted the Soviet star on its spire in the national colors of Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...
Stalin Tower Painted In Ukrainian Blue And Yellow
Audacious vandals added a Ukrainian flair to one of Stalin’s “seven sisters” in Moscow’s skyline. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Chinese, Russian Media Turn Criticisms Back on U.S.
(BEIJING) — Chinese and Russian state media have seized on the U.S. police shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old and ensuing protests to fire back at Washington’s criticisms of their own governments, portraying the United States as a land of inequality and brutal police tactics. MoreRebels in Besieged Ukrainian City Reportedly Being...
Europe’s Economic Woes Require a Japanese Solution
No policymaker, anywhere in the world, wants his or her national economy to be compared to Japan’s. That’s because the Japanese economy, though still the world’s third-largest, has become a sad case-study in the long-term damage that can be inflicted by a financial crisis. It’s more than two decades since Japan’s...
