Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus wins Nobel literature prize
By KARL RITTER and MALIN RISING Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works that the prize judges called “a monument to suffering and…
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Putin visits Italy, pope as US seeks more Vatican criticism
By TRISHA THOMAS and NICOLE WINFIELD Vladimir Putin won lavish praise from Italian Premier Matteo Renzi Wednesday as a crucial player in international anti-terrorism efforts, as Renzi sought the Russian…
Debaltseve under rebel control, Cossack fighters celebrate
By PETER LEONARD and DALTON BENNETT Rebel fighters, many of them Cossacks, roamed the streets of Debaltseve on Thursday, a day after Ukrainian forces began withdrawing from the besieged town.…
Ukraine cease-fire largely holding, Debaltseve still tense
By PETR JOSEK and PETER LEONARD A cease-fire that went into effect Sunday in eastern Ukraine appeared largely to be holding, although continued fighting over a bitterly contested railway hub…
Ukraine battles persist ahead of cease-fire deadline
By BALINT SZLANKO Fierce fighting surged in east Ukraine as Russian-backed separatists mounted a major and sustained new push Friday to capture a strategic railway hub ahead of a weekend…
Ukraine president presses for quick cease-fire
Ukraine’s president pushed Saturday for a quick cease-fire in his country’s troubled east, insisting that the conflict must be resolved and not “frozen,” and pressed Kiev’s case to be supplied…
URALKALI BLASTS PROSECUTION OF ITS CEO IN BELARUS
NATALIYA VASILYEVA In this photo made Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 Chief Executive of the world’s largest producer of potash Russia’s Uralkali and head of the supervisory board of the Belarus…