Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
News of the Day From Across the Globe, Sept. 13
1 Ukraine cease-fire: A renewed cease-fire in eastern Ukraine has held for more than 10 days, creating the possibility that political talks can move forward to resolve the conflict, the head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said Saturday. Despite a cease-fire declared in February, both Ukrainian troops and the...
News of the day from across the globe, Sept. 11
The United Nations envoy for Yemen says the warring parties in Yemen have agreed to take part in peace talks in the region next week. Special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed welcomed the commitment of the government, Shiite Houthi rebels and the General People’s Congress to attend the talks. After the central government rejected efforts by...
Ukraine’s parliament shows cracks over devolving powers
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s parliament majority showed cracks Tuesday after a right-wing party said it was leaving the coalition over a measure to give more power to Ukraine’s regions, including the rebel-held east. The announcement from the Radical Party, which came in fifth in last year’s election, came as two more National...
Grenade explodes during Ukraine clashes; 1 officer killed
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — As lawmakers took up a measure to give greater powers to separatists in eastern Ukraine, nationalist protesters clashed with police outside parliament on Monday, and the Interior Ministry said one officer was killed in a grenade blast and more than 100 were wounded. The decentralization of power was a condition demanded by...
News of the Day From Across the Globe, Sept. 1
The so-called rumors were related to China’s continuing stock market uncertainty, the recent industrial explosions in Tianjin and the military parade scheduled for Thursday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the ministry said. Xinhua, the state-run news agency, said Monday that the ministry’s actions were...
News of the Day From Across the Globe, Aug. 29
Boko Haram extremists killed 28 people during attacks on remote farming and fishing villages in northeast Nigeria, members of a civilian defense group said on Friday. Iraq’s top Shiite cleric said Friday that the government must show it is seeking genuine change to combat corruption and improve services and not just introduce temporary...
Ukraine reaches debt relief deal with creditors
MOSCOW (AP) — The Ukrainian government said Thursday it has reached a deal with its international bondholders to lighten its public debt burden, a crucial move that will help the country avoid default as it tries to cope with the devastating costs of war. Earlier this month, the IMF gave Ukraine a passing grade on its efforts to reform its...
News of the day from across the globe, Aug. 27
on Wednesday raised the political stakes ahead of next month’s early national election, saying he will not enter a coalition with the main center-right and centrist opposition parties even if he needs their backing to govern. Alexis Tsipras resigned last week, barely seven months into his four-year mandate, when his bailout-dependent...
Ukrainian filmmaker sentenced to 20 years by Russian court
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) — A Russian military court convicted a prominent Ukrainian filmmaker on Tuesday of conspiring to commit terror attacks and sentenced him to 20 years in prison in what critics called a politically motivated show trial. The court in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don said Oleg Sentsov had set up a terror cell in the...
Ukraine vows to increase troops to fend off rebel attacks
Ukraine vows to increase troops to fend off rebel attacks KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president vowed to increase troop numbers to fend off attacks by Russia-backed separatist rebels and warned his countrymen that there is still the threat of a “large-scale invasion,” in an impassioned speech to mark Independence Day on Monday. Poroshenko...
