Section: CNS News (USA)
2 cases of polio found in Ukraine, caused by mutated virus
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says officials have found two children stricken by polio in Ukraine, the country’s first cases of the paralytic disease in nine years. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine’s parliament shows cracks over devolving powers
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament majority showed cracks Tuesday after a right-wing party said it was leaving the coalition over a measure to give more power to Ukraine’s regions, including the rebel-held east. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukrainian govt, rebels: much-anticipated cease-fire holds
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian government and Russia-backed rebels say a much-anticipated cease-fire is holding. …read more Source: CNS...
Death toll from violent protest in Ukraine rises to 2
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll from violent protests in Ukraine rose to two on Tuesday when another National Guard officer died from injuries suffered in a grenade explosion, the interior minister said. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukrainian kids go to military camp
STARE, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100 Ukrainian schoolchildren will have unusual tales to tell their mates when classes resume, after spending part of their summer vacations undergoing training by the National Guard. …read more Source: CNS...
Germany open to new 4-way Ukraine summit
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she’s open to holding a new summit with the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and France but that there would have to be hope of progress for it to make sense. …read more Source: CNS...
Grenade explodes during Ukraine clashes; 1 officer killed
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A grenade exploded outside Ukraine’s parliament during a nationalist protest against a vote to give greater powers to separatist regions in the east, killing one police officer, the interior ministry said. About 100 other officers were injured in the clashes, 10 of them seriously. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine police officer killed, 100 others injured in clashes
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov says one law enforcement officer has been killed and about 100 others injured in clashes outside parliament. …read more Source: CNS...
Protests break out in Ukraine over giving regions more power
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Clashes have broken out between police and protesters outside the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev after a controversial vote to give greater powers to separatist regions in the east. …read more Source: CNS...
Biden, Ukraine leader condemn attacks by pro-Russian forces
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is criticizing pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine for threatening to take more territory and hold their own elections. …read more Source: CNS...
