Section: U.S. News (USA)
Chernobyl photographer Igor Kostin dies at age 78
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Igor Kostin, a Ukrainian photographer who took one of the first pictures of the ravaged Chernobyl nuclear plant after it exploded in 1986, has died. He was 78. …read more Source: U.S....
Bush supports more troops in Eastern Europe to stop Putin
BERLIN (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush says the U.S. and NATO should consider putting thousands more troops to Poland’s and the Baltic nations’ border with Russia to deter President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and elsewhere in Eastern Europe. …read more Source: U.S....
Putin visits Italy, pope after G-7 snub over Ukraine
MILAN (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Italy to meet with Italian officials and Pope Francis in a symbolic show of statesmanship after his latest snub by the Group of Seven advanced democracies, which reaffirmed sanctions over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
Poll: Americans and Europeans differ on aid to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — A new survey shows that Americans are less willing than Europeans to send economic aid to Ukraine, where the government is struggling to keep the economy afloat while battling Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: U.S....
Russia says closer ties with Latin America are not jab at US
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister has rejected allegations that Moscow was trying to develop closer ties with Latin American nations as a countermove to the United States amid the Ukrainian crisis. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine fuel depot fire kills 1, several injured near Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say that a major blaze has engulfed a fuel depot near the capital, leaving one man dead and injuring several others. …read more Source: U.S....
Climate change, terror on agenda for 2nd day of G-7 meeting
ELMAU, Germany (AP) — After spending much of the first day talking about Ukraine, leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies shifted their focus Monday to global issues including climate change, terrorism and the threat from diseases such as Ebola. …read more Source: U.S....
THE LATEST: Obama, Hollande agree on Ukraine, Iran nukes
ELMAU, Germany (AP) — 10:45 a.m. (0845 GMT; 4:45 a.m. EDT) …read more Source: U.S....
THE LATEST: Ukraine took up over half Merkel-Obama meeting
ELMAU, Germany (AP) — Protesters have blocked roads as the leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized democracies arrive in the Bavarian Alps to begin a two-day summit. …read more Source: U.S....
EU chief Tusk urges tough line on Russia sanctions
ELMAU, Germany (AP) — European Union President Donald Tusk is urging leaders at the Group of Seven summit to present a united front on maintaining sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
