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News on the go: April 21, 2014

Elaina Sauber April 20, 2014

Marking Christianity's largest celebration of faith, Pope Francis made an Easter Sunday prayer for peace and discussion in Ukraine and Syria, for an end to terrorist attacks against Christians in Nigeria...

Deal reached on calming Ukraine tensions…for now 


John Heilprin, AP & Lara Jakes April 17, 2014

In a surprise accord, Ukraine and Russia agreed Thursday on tentative steps to halt violence and calm tensions along their shared border after more than a month of Cold War-style military posturing triggered...

Guest column: Foreign Support in Ukraine

Olena Kagui April 14, 2014

Since the peaceful protests that began on Nov. 21, 2013 turned violent three months later, the whole world has been watching Ukraine. There have been talks between European Union member states, NATO, the...

News on the go: April 14, 2014

Tyler Kieslich April 13, 2014

Ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych accused the CIA of orchestrating the new Ukrainian government’s armed response to an emboldening pro-Russian insurgency in an interview with Russian state...

News on the go: April 9, 2014

Celia Fernandez April 8, 2014

A virus has killed millions of baby pigs in less than year by a virus that has never been seen before in the U.S. Little is known about how to stop it or how it spreads, but it is putting pork production...

News on the go: April 2, 2014

Carrie Blazina April 1, 2014

President Barack Obama said Tuesday the health-care enrollment period had had an unexpected comeback and 7.1 million people had signed up so far under the Affordable Care Act. Obama insisted the act was...

The President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves meets with Kent State students in a closed-door conference about Ukraine, the Estonian language patrol, "ethnic" Russians in Estonia and a variety of other topics at the presidential palace on Monday, March 24, 2014.

Estonia worries about ties to Russia, officials tell KSU students

Laura Mills & Vladimir Isachenkov: Associated Press March 31, 2014

Russia pulled back a battalion from along the Ukrainian border on Monday and sent its prime minister to shower promises on Crimea, pledging quick funds to improve power supplies, water lines and education...

News on the go: March 31, 2014

Elaina Sauber March 30, 2014

Residents living in the path of a devastating Washington state landslide had virtually no warning before a wave of mud, trees and other debris swept through the area. Some homeowners had no idea the hillside...

Ukrainian Ambassador to Estonia Viktor Kryzhanivsky addresses an international relations class at Tallinn University of Technology on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 in Tallinn, Estonia.

Ukrainian Ambassador: ‘We’re ready for a full-scale war with Russia’

Madeleine Winer March 18, 2014

Kent State students sat front row as Ukrainian ambassador to Estonia Viktor Kryzhanivsky told students at Tallinn University of Technology that Ukraine is preparing for a full-scale war with Russia.Students...

Putin signs treaty to add Crimea to map of Russia

Vladimir Isachenkov, AP March 18, 2014

MOSCOW (AP) In a gilded Kremlin hall used by czars, Vladimir Putin redrew Russia’s borders Tuesday by declaring the Crimean Peninsula part of the motherland provoking a surge of emotion among Russians...

Haoran Li is a junior communications studies major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. He can be reached at hli28@kent.edu.

Opinion: The incompetence of Obama or America?

Haoran Li March 17, 2014

The crisis in Ukraine has been ongoing for the past few months since the protest of pro-western supporters ousting the legal president Viktor Yanukovych. During that time, Secretary of State John Kerry...

Our View: A New Cold War?

DKS Editors March 16, 2014

In what appears to be an increasingly muddled and unclear situation following the recent events in Ukraine, the autonomous republic of Crimea held a vote yesterday in which 95 percent of the ballots were...