Ukraine

Presidents and not Congress should direct foreign policy, and that’s true for President Barack Obama even after the walloping he and his party suffered in the midterm elections. Nevertheless, the end of the campaign and the change in the leadership of the Senate create opportunities...

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO — U.S. wheat futures advanced on Tuesday on concerns about reduced supplies from Ukraine, a major exporter, while new-crop soybeans slipped as a widely watched crop tour projected bumper U.S. harvests. Traders focused on Ukraine, expected to be the...

MOSCOW/VIENNA (Reuters) — President Vladimir Putin asked Russia’s upper house on Tuesday to revoke the right it had granted him to order a military intervention in Ukraine in defense of Russian-speakers there. Minutes before he spoke, Kiev said pro-Russian rebels in east...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee said Tuesday that instability in Ukraine makes the case for building the Keystone XL oil pipeline in the United States. "Progress has been too slow," said Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. She said the...

By Phil Stewart and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is sending about 600 soldiers to Poland and the three Baltic states for infantry exercises, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, one of its highest-profile steps yet to reassure NATO allies after Russia's seizure...

By The Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald Why has Vladimir Putin succeeded? In part, because he understands the virtue of decisiveness. He acted: He assessed the risks of intervening in Ukraine, judged them acceptable, and gave the orders. Mind you, these were not rash decisions on Putin’s...

What is it about Western leaders from Neville Chamberlain to George W. Bush who want to find good in men of bad character? Acting as if he were endowed by special insight bestowed upon no one else, President George W. Bush declared in 2001 that he had looked Vladimir Putin in the...

CHICAGO — Wheat futures, off to the best start to a year since 2008, entered a bull market Wednesday as shipping delays in Canada and Argentina and turmoil in Ukraine boost prospects for U.S. exports

SIMFEROPOL/KIEV -- Russian state media said Crimeans voted overwhelmingly to break with Ukraine and join Russia on Sunday, as Kiev accused Moscow of pouring forces into the peninsula and warned separatist leaders "the ground will burn under their feet". With over half the votes counted,...