Section: U.S. News (USA)
AP Interview: Polish leader: Sanctions on Russia must remain
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new foreign minister says he welcomes the new cooperation between Russia and the West in the fight against the Islamic State group, but insists that Ukraine’s interests cannot be sacrificed as a reward to Moscow for those efforts. …read more Source: U.S....
International observers: Eastern Ukraine fighting continues
MOSCOW (AP) — The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says its observers still witness fighting and the use of banned weapons in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
Dutch Golden Age art stolen from museum traced to Ukraine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A trove of Dutch Golden Age art stolen from a provincial Dutch museum nearly 11 years ago has been linked to a volunteer militia in Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
EU, Ukraine to introduce trade pact despite Russian threats
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and Ukraine say they will introduce a free trade pact next month as planned despite Russia’s threat to take retaliatory trade action if its concerns aren’t addressed. …read more Source: U.S....
Biden makes trip to Ukraine in sign of US support
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is coming to Ukraine’s capital for a two-day visit aimed at pushing the country toward making reforms and reassuring it that the crisis in Syria is not overshadowing Washington’s concerns about Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
Lawmakers in blacked-out Crimea: Name your boys Generator
Lawmakers in the Russia-occupied Crimea which is grappling with a nearly two-week long blackout suggest parents name their newborn boys Generator to mark the ordeal. …read more Source: U.S....
DoD official: US pursuing response to Russia treaty breach
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. defense official says the Obama administration is pursing ways to counter Russia’s violation of a key arms control treaty, but says actions will be rolled into a broader response to Kremlin aggression in Ukraine and other parts of the world. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukrainian president pardons Russian in prisoner exchange
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — President Petro Poroshenko has pardoned a Russian citizen arrested in eastern Ukraine and exchanged him for a Ukrainian serviceman held by Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: U.S....
Obama, Putin discuss Syria, Ukraine during climate talks
LE BOURGET, France (AP) — President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin (POO’-tihn) are meeting during global climate talks outside Paris. …read more Source: U.S....
Fury slightly heavier than Klitschko ahead of bout
ESSEN, Germany (AP) — Tyson Fury will hold a slight weight advantage over Wladimir Klitschko when he takes on the Ukrainian for his heavyweight titles in Duesseldorf on Saturday night. …read more Source: U.S....
