Section: US & Canada
Poroshenko’s Photoshop Fun Unleashes Torrent Of Russian Memes
The Ukrainian president’s “joke” magazine cover takes aim at Putin, elicits Russian mockery. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine to Ban Array of Russian Food Imports
Ukraine says it will introduce a wide-ranging ban on food imports from Russia in a week, a response to Russia’s ban on food products from Ukraine.The decree published on Ukraine’s government website on Saturday said the imports will be banned as of Jan. 10. They include… …read more Source:...
MH17 Update: Dutch Investigators To Probe Claims Linking Russian Soldiers To Downed Plane
Dutch investigators said Monday that they will investigate the claims by a British-based group of citizen investigative journalists called Bellingcat, which said that it has identified the Russian soldiers allegedly involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine. …read more Source: International Business...
Serena Williams skips Hopman Cup opener with knee injury
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Serena Williams has withdrawn from her opening match at the Hopman Cup due to a knee problem, with Vicky Duval filling in for the U.S. team against Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Abe says summit with Putin needed to resolve territorial row
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that summit talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin must take place in order for the countries to forge a peace treaty. Japan and Russia never signed a peace treaty after World War II because of territorial disputes over islands north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, which Japan...
Defence dilemmas: 2016 holds hard choices for Canada’s military
By Murray Brewster THE CANADIAN PRESS Harjit Sajjan, Canada’s new defence minister, is uniquely qualified to know how Ottawa’s abstract policy decisions can be bent, twisted and mangled in the far-flung corners of the globe – sometimes to the detriment of those in uniform. He’ll need every ounce of that special understanding as...
Ukraine Ramps Up Trade War With Russia: Ukraine Bans Russian Food Imports In Tit-For-Tat Response
The trade war between Ukraine and Russia is heating up. …read more Source: International Business...
Russia has a ‘plan B’ for Syria that would allow it to ‘redefine the international order’
Mandel Ngan/Pool/Reuters Russia’s pattern of airstrikes in Syria indicate that it is preparing a “plan B” should the regime fail to restore a central Syrian state and be forced to retreat to a fragment of government-held territory along the Mediterranean. “A second option [for Russia] is to fall back to the defensible...
Slouching Toward Global Disaster
Photo by _Gavroche_ There are many disturbing signs that the West is creating conditions in the Middle East and Asia that could produce a wider war, most likely a new Cold War, containing, as well, menacing risks of World War III. The reckless confrontation with Russia along its borders, reinforced by provocative weapons deployments in several...
World briefs: Ukraine bans food imports from Russia
MOSCOW — Ukraine says it will introduce a wide-ranging ban on food imports from Russia in a week, a response to Russia’s ban on food products from Ukraine. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
