Section: South America
Russia forecasts economic slump as bailed-out bank gets more funds
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Slumping oil prices have put Russia’s economy on course for a sharp recession and double-digit inflation next year, government ministers said yesterday, as authorities scaled up a bailout for the first bank to succumb to this month’s rouble crisis. The economy is slowing sharply as Western sanctions over the...
Prisoner Exchange Goes Ahead Despite Ukrainian Blame Game
The Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists entrenched in the east of the country went ahead with a prisoner exchange on Friday, despite having called off a third round of peace talks set to take place in the Belarusian capital of Minsk. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Ukrainian Government, Rebels Swap Prisoners
The prisoner exchange comes as Germany announces a loan to help Kiev rebuild the east of the country. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Forces, Rebels Swap Prisoners
The prisoner exchange comes as Germany announces a loan to help Kiev rebuild the east of the country. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Peace Negotiations Canceled in Minsk
The latest phase of the Ukrainian peace talks has been suspended. …read more Source:...
Pope Francis: “Truly, There Are So Many Tears This Christmas”
Pope Francis said that “there are so many tears this Christmas,” recalling the prosecutions of Christians in Iraq and Syria, the Ukrainian conflict, the Ebola outbreak and the children all over the world suffering abuses. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
‘NATO turning Ukraine into front line of confrontation’
Russia has said NATO was turning Ukraine into a “frontline of confrontation” and threatened to sever remaining ties with the Atlantic military alliance if Ukraine’s hopes of joining it were realized. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
New Evidence of MH17 Crash Points at Ukraine
Fragments were found in victims’ bodies and a Ukrainian soldier claims he witnessed an air force jet being loaded, heading toward the plane crash area. …read more Source:...
New Evidence of MH17 Crash Points at Ukraine
Fragments were found in victims’ bodies and a Ukrainian soldier claims he witnessed an air force jet being loaded, heading toward the plane crash area. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Drops Its Non-Aligned Status
The Ukraine parliament voted to change the country’s status in the hope of eventually entering NATO. …read more Source:...
