Section: US & Canada
Ukraine announces halt of delivery of all goods to Crimea, peninsula annexed by Russia
Ukraine’s government has ordered a halt to all delivery of goods to Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russia last year. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine Announces Halt in Delivery of Goods to Crimea
Ukraine announces halt of delivery of all goods to Crimea, peninsula annexed by Russia …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine announces halt in delivery of goods to Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s government has ordered a halt to all delivery of goods to Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russia last year.A statement by… …read more Source:...
Will Chess, Not Battleship, Be the Game of the Future in Eurasia?
Silk Roads, Night Trains, and the Third Industrial Revolution in ChinaCross-posted with TomDispatch.comThe U.S. is transfixed by its multibillion-dollar electoral circus. The European Union is paralyzed by austerity, fear of refugees, and now all-out jihad in the streets of Paris. So the West might be excused if it’s barely caught the...
Pro-Ukraine activists block repair of sabotaged power lines to Crimea
By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Ukrainian activists prevented repairs to sabotaged power lines leading to Crimea… …read more Source:...
Ukraine will respond in kind to any Russian trade bans: PM Yatseniuk
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Monday Ukraine would respond in kind to any trade bans by Russia, which… …read more Source:...
Allies with benefits: The cost of a coalition with Russia
A handout frame grab from video footage published on the official website of the Russian Defence Ministry 18 November 2015 shows Russian TU-22M3 long-range strategic bomber dropping OFAB-250-270 bombs at targets in Syria. (Russian Defence Ministry Press/EPA) Terrorism can forge strange alliances. Among the many repercussions stemming from the...
Clashes In Ukraine After Crimea Electricity Sabotaged
Ukrainian activists fought with security forces, preventing repairs being made to electricity transmission towers which were blown up at the weekend. Russian-annexed Crimea has been cut off from Ukrainian electricity supplies as a result of the damage. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
It looks like France’s growth didn’t accelerate in November
It’s flash PMI day for the eurozone economy. Markit’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) results offer a very early indication of how an economy is performing, long before any hard official data comes out. On Monday morning, it’s the turn of the eurozone countries, with early services and manufacturing PMIs for November...
Most Of Crimea Still Without Electricity
About three-quarters of Crimea’s population remained without power on November 23 after four electricity transmission towers were blown up in Ukraine’s Kherson region just north of the peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
