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Ruble drops to all-time low amid decline in oil prices, Ukraine crisis
Dec01

Ruble drops to all-time low amid decline in oil prices, Ukraine crisis

WATCH ABOVE: Russian ruble drops to all-time low MOSCOW – Russia’s ruble hit a new all-time low on Moscow, dropping more than 3 per cent as declining oil prices and the conflict in eastern Ukraine are weighing in on the Russian economy. The Russian currency traded 52 rubles against the dollar at the opening on Monday after shedding 15 per...

War-hit Ukraine schools turns to Web for education
Dec01

War-hit Ukraine schools turns to Web for education

Children in war-hit eastern Ukraine turn to Internet for education …read more Source:...

Ukraine schools turns to the Internet for education during conflict
Dec01

Ukraine schools turns to the Internet for education during conflict

DONETSK, Ukraine – Like most children his age, Denis Akimov spends hours daily on his computer surfing the Internet. It isn’t just for fun. As schools are forced to limit operations in the conflict-battered eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, educators are turning to the Web to keep their charges learning. It is an ingenious solution, even...

MH17 wreckage to be reassembled in Netherlands for investigation
Dec01

MH17 wreckage to be reassembled in Netherlands for investigation

Wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 recovered from its crash site in eastern Ukraine will be reassembled for an investigation at a military base in the Netherlands, Dutch authorities said on Monday. …read more Source: The Toronto...

The new Cold War: Pro-Russian influence extends beyond Ukraine
Dec01

The new Cold War: Pro-Russian influence extends beyond Ukraine

Across Russia’s traditional sphere of influence, the chill of a new Cold War is advancing – in Moldova, Georgia and beyond. …read more Source: The Globe and...

Paul Wells in conversation with John McCain
Nov30

Paul Wells in conversation with John McCain

John McCain lost to Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, but the Arizona Republican Senator endures as Obama’s foreign-policy Cassandra, forever bemoaning what he regards as his rival’s inability to see trouble spots before they become disaster zones. Here McCain, in an interview at the Halifax International Security Forum,...

Unauthorized convoy enters east Ukraine from Russia: Ukrainian military
Nov30

Unauthorized convoy enters east Ukraine from Russia: Ukrainian military

Ukraine said on Sunday that a convoy of 106 vehicles had entered its eastern territory from Russia without Kiev’s permission. …read more Source: The Toronto...

Large, unauthorized convoy enters east Ukraine from Russia
Nov30

Large, unauthorized convoy enters east Ukraine from Russia

Fighting intensified at the local airport in Donetsk …read more Source: The Globe and...

Pope, patriarch seek peace, dialogue in Ukraine
Nov30

Pope, patriarch seek peace, dialogue in Ukraine

Pope Francis and the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians have called for peace in Ukraine and for all sides to pursue dialogue based on international law to resolve the conflict. …read more Source: CTV...

Russia will only get French Mistral ships if it can reach an agreement with Kiev
Nov29

Russia will only get French Mistral ships if it can reach an agreement with Kiev

France has suspended delivery of the first Mistral-class helicopter carrier to Russia, a move French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian personally conveyed to his Polish counterpart during a recent trip to boost relations with Warsaw, my Defense News colleague Pierre Tran reports. Here are some highlights of Pierre’s article: French...