Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
Russian crooner sings in Ukraine with rebel leader
Wearing his trademark wig, Kobzon performed Monday in Donetsk to an ecstatic audience of elderly people and gun-wielding men, delighting them with patriotic songs such as the Cold War-era classic “Do the Russians Want a War?” …read more Source: San Francisco...
Pro-European parties lead Ukraine poll
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — With almost one-third of votes counted, two allied pro-European parties in Ukraine that ran on a platform to enact radical reforms have taken a joint lead in a parliamentary election. …read more Source: San Francisco...
News of the Day From Across the Globe, Oct. 27
Two exit polls indicated that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s party would secure a narrow victory in Sunday’s parliamentary election, falling substantially short of an outright majority. The Lebanese army moved tanks and commando forces into the northern city of Tripoli on Sunday, where fighting with Muslim militants has...
Ukraine votes to overhaul parliament
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Voters in Ukraine are heading to the polls to elect a new parliament, overhauling a legislature tainted by its association with ousted President Viktor Yanukovych. …read more Source: San Francisco...
News of the Day from Across the Globe, Oct. 26
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said Saturday that an assault on an army checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula that killed 31 troops was a “foreign-funded operation” and vowed to take drastic action against militants. Militants launched a complex assault on the checkpoint Friday that involved a car bomb, rocket-propelled grenades and roadside bombs...
Ukraine pauses before decisive vote
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is bracing for decisive parliamentary elections against the backdrop of unrest in regions roiled by conflict between government troops and pro-Russian separatist forces. Campaigning material was taken down across the country Saturday in line with election laws ahead of a vote that pollsters say will be dominated...
Putin accuses US of undermining global stability
In a speech to political experts in Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi Friday, Putin cited the wars in Iraq, Libya and Syria, to back up his claim. Putin has accused the U.S. of trying to cast Russia as a danger to the rest of the world and forcing its allies to impose sanctions against Moscow over the Ukrainian crisis. …read more...
Darth Vader hopes force with him in Ukraine polls
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — One candidate in Ukraine’s parliamentary elections hopes to bring voters to the dark side: Dressed in full Star Wars regalia, Vader prowls the streets of Kiev atop his black campaign van wooing voters with promises to turn Ukraine into a “galactic empire.” To the ominous backdrop of the Imperial March theme...
Ukraine’s key election fails to spark enthusiasm
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Gazing across the Maidan square, Evelina Martirosyan recalls how euphoric she was as she joined protests that changed Ukraine’s history. Since the revolution that toppled a despised president, her dreams of a better future have been blunted by war and near economic collapse. […] Bentleys, Porsches, Jaguars and...
Poland’s Tusk denies claim on partition offer
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s former prime minister, Donald Tusk, has denied that Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that Russia and Poland carve up Ukraine. Sikorski had said the offer was made in a one-on-one meeting between Tusk and Putin in Moscow in 2008. …read more Source: San Francisco...
