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US leaders condemn killing of Russian opposition figure
People gather at the site where Boris Nemtsov was murdered in central Moscow on Feb. 28. Credit: REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday condemned the killing of prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov. Obama said in a statement that Nemtsov was brutally murdered. He called on...
U.S. and Britain consider new sanctions against Russia
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) deliver a statement at a press conference in London on Feb. 21. The U.S. and Great Britain discussed imposing new sanctions on Russia as Ukraine’s military and Russia-backed separatists blamed each other for the continued attacks despite a...
Linguists link English, Hindi to single ancestor language spoken 6,500 years ago
New research suggests that Indo-European languages emerged from a single common ancestor language spoken on the Russian steppes more than 5,500 years ago. Photo by Johan Klovsjö/Flickr Linguists have traced the roots of English, Hindi, Greek and all Indo-European languages to a common ancestor tongue first spoken on the Russian steppes as much as...
Ban Ki-moon on preventing terrorism by protecting human rights
RELATED LINKSObama: Nations have ‘responsibility’ to deny that extremism represents Islam What’s driving European Muslims to extremism? Obama to call for joint efforts against violent extremism at summit JUDY WOODRUFF: Private meetings among the ministers were held throughout the day, as they search for a full-spectrum response to a...
What the defeat at Debaltseve means for Ukraine
RELATED LINKSSanctions ‘only pressure point the West has’ in Ukraine-Russia crisis Minsk deal offers ‘glimmer of hope’ amid major obstacles for Ukraine, Russia Will the Ukraine-Russia deal stick? GWEN IFILL: To help us better understand the latest stumbling block for the Ukraine government, and the international reaction, I’m...
Ukraine loses key town to separatists despite cease-fire
RELATED LINKSFighting continues in eastern Ukraine despite truce (Some) quiet on the eastern front as Ukraine’s cease-fire goes into effect Minsk deal offers ‘glimmer of hope’ amid major obstacles for Ukraine, Russia GWEN IFILL: As we reported earlier, thousands of Ukrainian troops withdrew today from Debaltseve in Eastern Ukraine...
Fighting continues in eastern Ukraine despite truce
Destroyed Ukrainian military armored vehicles are seen on the northern outskirts of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Feb. 17. Despite a ceasefire, which began on Sunday, artillery shelling was heard in the nearby town of Debaltseve. Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images A ceasefire imposed Saturday night on Ukrainian and Russian-backed separatists was...
Photos: (Some) quiet on the Eastern Front: photos from Ukraine’s cease-fire
The cannonade ceased and guns fell suddenly silent across eastern Ukraine at midnight Saturday as a cease-fire between government forces and pro-Russian rebels took effect. As of Sunday afternoon, the truce held in much of the country, but rebels had already launched new attacks against the town of Debaltseve, which sits astride a strategically...
Obama meets with world leaders to discuss Ukrainian cease-fire
President Obama meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (second from right), Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (second from left) and NATO leaders in Newport, Wales September 4, 2014. President Obama, Merkel and Poroshenko discussed the Ukraine cease-fire agreement yesterday. Photo by Alain Jocard/Reuters RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — President...
News Wrap: Greece agrees to bailout talks with EU officials
JUDY WOODRUFF: As the peace plan was announced, Ukraine also got good news from the International Monetary Fund. It agreed to finance a new bailout deal worth $17.5 billion to shore up the country’s battered finances. GWEN IFILL: The United States Senate has confirmed Ashton Carter to be the next secretary of defense. The vote today was...
