Section: US & Canada
Russian support gives rebels in Ukraine critical edge
The U.S. policy of providing Ukraine only non-lethal aid is being tested. …read more Source: USA...
Russia: McDonald’s food has ‘too many calories’
Last year, as tensions heated up over Ukraine’s desire to sign a trade pact with the European Union, Russia banned imports of chocolates made by the company of Petro Poroshenko, a tycoon who supported the EU deal and is now Ukraine’s president. According to the statement, some food was found with microbial contamination and several...
Russia finds friend in China as world focuses on blame for Ukraine crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin may feel increasingly isolated after the downing last week of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, but on the world stage he knows he has at least one reliable friend: China’s leader, Xi Jinping. …read more Source: Miami...
Ukrainian president: Confidence vote Thursday
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says the government of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk will face a vote of confidence in a special session of Parliament next week. …read more Source: Miami...
Ukrainian president says government to face vote of confidence in parliament Thursday
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says the government of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk will face a vote of confidence in a special session of Parliament next week. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukrainian president: Confidence vote Thursday
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says the government of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk will face a vote of confidence in a special session of Parliament next week. […] Poroshenko seemed to indicate Yatsenyuk could stay on at least for a while, saying the collapse of the coalition “is not a basis...
Tight-fitting bearing aboard Canadian warship costs taxpayers $685,000
A tight-fitting bearing on one of Canada’s warships ended up costing taxpayers $685,000. In October 2012, Royal Canadian Navy officers trying to deal with excessive noise generated by HMCS Toronto at first thought the source was a device called a stern flap, the Citizen reported earlier this week. But the Department of National Defence now...
What Happened? The Day Flight 17 Was Downed
SNIZHNE, Ukraine—It was lunchtime when a tracked launcher with four SA-11 surface-to-air missiles rolled into town and parked on Karapetyan Street. Fifteen hundred miles (2,400 kilometers) to the west, passengers were checking in for Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. It had been a noisy day in this eastern Ukrainian town, residents recounted....
Hillary Clinton: Putin ‘Bears Responsibility’ For Malaysia Plane Crash
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Russian President Vladimir Putin “bears responsibility” for the crash of a Malaysian airliner that was downed last week in eastern Ukraine. “I think if there were any doubt it should be gone by now, that Vladimir Putin, certainly indirectly — through his support of the...
Jewish deputy PM Groysman to serve as Ukraine’s acting prime minister
(JTA) — Volodymyr Groysman, a deputy prime minister who is Jewish, was appointed acting prime minister of Ukraine following the resignation of Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Groysman was tapped at a special Cabinet meeting on Thursday, according to the RIA Novosti news site. He joined the government in February as deputy prime minister for regional...
