Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
Russia’s Putin blames Ukraine for sabotaging peace accords
A conflict in eastern Ukraine between Russia-backed separatists and Ukrainian government troops has killed more than 9,500 people but 2015 peace accords signed in Minsk, Belarus, has helped to make the fighting less intense. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Ukraine details payments allegedly earmarked for Trump aide
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s anti-corruption body has released entries from once-secret accounting documents that purport to show payments from a pro-Russian political party earmarked for Donald Trump’s campaign chairman. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Trump advisers waged covert influence campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — A firm run by Donald Trump’s campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine’s ruling political party, attempting to sway American public opinion in favor of the country’s pro-Russian government, emails obtained by The Associated Press show. The lobbying...
3 government troops killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine
Separatist officials in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk also reported heavy shelling of their positions in Donetsk and Horlivka, where the shelling cut electricity supply to hundreds of homes and a coal mine. …read more Source: San Francisco...
The Latest: Ukrainian gymnast takes men’s parallel bars gold
Oleg Verniaiev of the Ukraine picked up his second medal in men’s gymnastics, taking gold in the parallel bars final on Tuesday. A bronze medalist in the all-around four years ago, Leyva was originally an alternate on the 2016 team before stepping in after John Orozco was injured during training in the weeks leading up to the games. Tom...
The Latest: Olympic diving pool open after cleaning closure
The Olympic diving pool has reopened for practice after it was closed for cleaning. The Americans went into the final match of the nine-bout semifinals ahead 40-39 and with top-ranked Alexander Massialas set up as the closer. The U.S. will face Italy in the bronze medal match in search of its fourth Olympic medal in men’s team foil....
Russia could break diplomatic ties with Ukraine, PM says
MOSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Russia could break diplomatic ties with Ukraine over reported security incidents in Crimea, something it did not do even after annexing Crimea or throwing its support behind separatist rebels in the east. …read more Source: San Francisco...
News of the day from across the globe, Aug. 12
Kadiza is believed to have been in a residential building in Raqqa, the Islamic State’s de facto capital in northeast Syria, when it was hit in May by a bomb thought to have been dropped by a Russian warplane, ITV said in an article on its website. “We don’t know who is responsible for the attacks,” Suthipong said, adding that local...
At least 6 die in bus crash in Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top investigative agency says that at least six people have died when a bus fell off a mountain road in Crimea. Investigators said that there were 19 passengers and a driver on the bus, and all survivors have remained in grave condition. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Tough talk between Russia, Ukraine heats up Crimea stalemate
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine put its troops on combat alert Thursday along the country’s de-facto borders with Crimea and separatist rebels in the east amid an escalating war of words with Russia over Crimea. Russia’s domestic security agency known by its Russian acronym FSB said in Wednesday’s statement that one of its officers was...
