Section: US & Canada
Rights Violations Rampant in Parts of Ukraine, UN Report Says
The United Nations reports widespread human rights violations are rampant in both government- and rebel-controlled areas of Ukraine, as well as in the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula.The report by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has been submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council.There is immediate concern about the...
Battling Wildfire and Pandemic, Ukraine Faces a New Foe: Landmines
The blaze is setting off mines and other ordnance littering the war zone in eastern Ukraine, hampering already dangerous firefighting and evacuation efforts. …read more Source:: The New York...
Canada forms own probe into Iran downing of Ukraine plane
Canada is forming its own forensic examination and assessment team to examine evidence and information after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shot down a Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing all 176 people on board …read more Source:: ABC...
Canada forms own probe into Iran downing of Ukraine plane
TORONTO (AP) — Canada is forming its own forensic examination and assessment team to examine evidence and information after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shot down a Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing all 176 people on board. The office of Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne told The Associated Press the team will collect,...
Belarus, Russia announce retaliatory sanctions against EU
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Friday announced they were imposing sanctions against the European Union, and threatened to revise the country’s diplomatic relations with the bloc, in response to EU sanctions on several dozen Belarus officials accused of falsifying presidential election results and leading a crackdown on...
Belarus announces retaliatory sanctions against the EU
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Belarusian authorities on Friday announced they were imposing sanctions against the European Union, and threatened to revise the country’s diplomatic relations with the bloc, in response to EU sanctions on several dozen Belarus officials accused of falsifying presidential election results and leading a crackdown...
Deadly Forest Fires Hit Ukraine’s East Region
Massive forest fires have killed at least 10 people and ravaged several villages in Ukraine’s eastern region of Luhansk. The fires started on September 30 and hit the area close to the line of contact between Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists in the Luhansk region. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Forest Fires In Eastern Ukraine Kill At Least Nine People
Ukrainian officials say massive forest fires in the eastern region of Luhansk have killed at least nine people. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
L’état C’est Trump
Although arrogant men have often occupied the Oval Office, the nation has never suffered a presidential ego quite so expansive as Donald Trump’s. In his mind, he is the state, his interests indistinguishable from those of the nation. When Trump looks at the federal bureaucracy, he sees hired help.Endless examples capture this selfish view...
Ukraine investigates death of U.S. woman found near train tracks
Police said the woman, who was wearing sports clothes and headphones, may have been assaulted …read more Source::...
