Section: KXAN (USA)
Some 100 aircraft from 9 countries stage airshow in Romania
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Some 100 military and civilian airplanes and helicopters from nine countries have begun daring air exercises at an airshow in the Romanian capital. Thousands of spectators are expected to watch the Bucharest International Air Show Saturday at the Baneasa Airport in scorching temperatures. Organizers have promised air...
German FM: Trump victory could affect trans-Atlantic ties
BERLIN (AP) — A victory for Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election could affect trans-Atlantic ties, Germany’s foreign minister said Thursday. Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in an interview that if the Republican candidate wins the presidency it would mean “a lot of uncertainty for the trans-Atlantic relationship.” Trump’s...
Ukraine’s president calls for recognition of splinter church
MOSCOW (AP) — The Ukrainian president has called on an Orthodox Christian leader to recognize the independence of his country’s splinter church. Orthodox Christians in Ukraine are divided between one church that is part of the Russian Orthodox Church and a splinter church under a Ukrainian leader that neither Moscow nor other Orthodox...
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ____ July 27 The Philadelphia Inquirer on the Democratic National Convention: Paul Simon’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” was an obvious choice for a convention striving to be one – and much more apropos than his “America,” the adopted theme of the Bernie Sanders insurgency....
Thousands of Russian Orthodox gather in Kiev despite threats
MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of Russian Orthodox Christian pilgrims have reached the center of Ukraine’s capital to finish their procession to the city’s most revered monastery after their march was disrupted on Tuesday. The procession by Ukrainian adherents of Russian Orthodoxy was prevented from entering the city on Tuesday after...
The Latest: Summer Olympic sports see ‘politics’ in report
MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the Rio Games (all times local to Rio de Janeiro): 12:45 p.m. The umbrella body for summer Olympic sports says the Russian doping scandals have been misused for “media exposure and political influence” at the expense of the Rio Games. The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations criticizes what it calls...
Controversial religious procession barred from entering Kiev
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s interior minister has ordered police to bar a major religious procession from entering the capital, Kiev, after police found ammunition planted along the planned route. Arseniy Avakov said on Tuesday the procession would not be allowed in because of security concerns. Thousands have been marching in the Holy Cross...
Ukraine reports 6 soldiers killed in rebel east
MOSCOW (AP) — A spokesman for Ukraine’s military operation against separatist rebels in the country’s east says six soldiers have been killed over the past day. The statement by Oleksander Motuzyanik on Sunday comes amid increasing concern about a recent escalation in fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels. On...
Call for reconciliation over Ukraine conflict falls flat
MOSCOW (AP) — Nadiya Savchenko, the military pilot who became a national hero when she was jailed in Russia, faced a backlash Friday for saying reconciliation was the only solution to conflict in eastern Ukraine. Savchenko’s comments irked many Ukrainian politicians, with some calling her a traitor. “We are not going to ask occupying forces...
Hundreds come to bid farewell to slain journalist in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Hundreds of local residents and journalists have come to pay their respects to a prominent journalist who died in a car bombing in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev earlier this week. The gathering has seen journalists come from Ukraine and Russia to the memorial ceremony in Kiev on Friday. The 44-year old is to be buried in Belarus, in...
