Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
Jewish war veterans bemoan stalling of Israel’s WWII museum
LATRUN, Israel (AP) — Two years after Israel’s prime minister vowed to complete the establishment of a museum honoring Jewish World War II veterans, funds have dried up and an abandoned construction site is all that remains of the grand project. “The picture is not complete if we don’t understand that together with the 6 million...
American monitor killed in Ukraine when mine hits vehicle
Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, earlier said on social media the man who was killed was a British citizen, but later deleted the post. Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, who holds the rotating chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, called for an investigation into the...
Tight, tense French presidential vote echoes around world
PARIS (AP) — As French voters cast ballots for president Sunday, they’re making a choice that will resonate far beyond France’s borders, from Syrian battlefields to Hong Kong trading floors and the halls of the U.N. Security Council. Financial markets are already jittery over a possible Frexit, fearing controls on money transfers,...
UN court rejects Ukraine request to block rebel funding
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Court of Justice has rejected Ukraine’s request for measures aimed at blocking Russian support for rebels in eastern Ukraine, but imposed measures to rein in discrimination by Moscow against ethnic Tatars and other minorities in Crimea. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Cargo ship with 12 crew capsizes in Black Sea
MOSCOW (AP) — A cargo ship carrying grain from southern Russia to Turkey capsized Wednesday during a storm in the Black Sea and one of the 12 crew members on board has been rescued, Russian emergency services said. The Russian marine transport agency said that the crew of the Turkish-owned Heroes of Arsenal included nine Ukrainians, two Russians...
Germany, Russia, Ukraine, France discuss Ukraine peace deal
A 2015 peace deal brokered by France and Germany has helped reduce the scale of fighting, but violence has continued and attempts at a political settlement have failed. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Russia says it won’t broadcast Eurovision Song Contest
State-owned Channel Once, which is responsible for broadcasting the intensely popular TV song contest in Russia, said in a statement Thursday that it made the decision not to show the contest after it was told by the European Broadcasting Union that it had failed to settle the dispute with Ukraine. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Coppola, Kidman, virtual reality in Cannes Film Fest lineup
PARIS (AP) — A Civil War film by Sofia Coppola, a Ukrainian road movie and a drama about AIDS activism are among the 18 films competing for top prizes this year at the Cannes Film Festival , an international cinema extravaganza that organizers hope can help counter rising nationalist sentiment around the world. Festival director Thierry Fremaux...
The Latest: Tillerson says sanctions not discussed in Moscow
President Donald Trump’s repeated campaign calls for improving relations with Russia had led to speculation that Washington might remove or dilute sanctions imposed against Russia for its interference in Ukraine, including the annexation of Crimea. Lavrov cited the Western experience in Iraq and Libya to argue that the ouster of autocratic...
Putin meets Tillerson as US, Russia fiercely feud over Syria
MOSCOW (AP) — Fiercely feuding over Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin met the top American diplomat in Moscow on Wednesday to see if they could rescue relations between the world’s mightiest military powers. Russia’s alleged meddling in the U.S. presidential election also hovered over the first face-to-face encounter between...
