Section: US & Canada
A ‘perfect demographic storm’ is crippling Russia
Like Japan, Russia is in a demographic crisis. The men are dying too young; the women aren’t having enough kids; the country has more immigrants than it knows what to do with; and it’s running out of working-age people to support everybody else. Plus: vodka. According to World Health Organization data cited by Quartz’s Matt...
Russia-Japan Relations Cool as Putin Visits China for WWII Anniversary
Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Beijing for commemorations of the 70th anniversary of China’s WWII victory over Japan. Putin is expected to visit Japan later this year, but tensions between Tokyo and Moscow over islands disputed since the war, and sanctions over Ukraine, could pour cold water on the plan. VOA’s Daniel Schearf...
Ukraine: Sufficient Vaccine Coming to Block Polio Outbreak
One day after the World Health Organization confirmed two cases of polio in Ukrainian children, the country’s health minister says efforts are underway to import enough vaccine to prevent an outbreak.Health officials have warned for years that Ukraine was at risk of a polio… …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Russians Can’t Own Broadcasters
Ukraine bans Russians from owning broadcast operations …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine bans Russians from owning broadcast operations
Ukraine’s parliament has passed a measure banning Russians from establishing or being involved in the business of television and radio stations in the country. …read more Source: FOX...
Russia’s PM Halts Ban on Medical Imports
Russia’s Prime Minister, Dmitri Medvedev, announced a halt to a proposed ban on state-funding of imported medical goods. Medvedev told Russian journalists a suggested bill to restrict imported medical devices and supplies would not be supported by his government unless treatment quality for patients could be maintained. “I have...
Ukraine: Russians can’t own broadcasters
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament has passed a measure banning Russians from establishing or being involved in the business of television… …read more Source:...
Angry Stosur, Azarenka into US Open third round
New York (AFP) – Samantha Stosur, the last woman to beat Serena Williams at the US Open four years ago, and two-time runner-up Victoria Azarenka made the third round Thursday.Australian 22nd seed Stosur breezed past Russia’s Evgeniya Rodina — one of two mothers to have reached the second round — 6-1, 6-1.Stosur, 31, fired...
Schools Close In Kyiv Due To Smoke From Nearby Forest Fires
Authorities in Kyiv have closed schools after smoke reached the Ukrainian capital from nearby forest fires. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Russia Conflict: Russian Threat Will Last Decades, Ukrainian President Poroshenko Says
The threat to Ukraine from Russia will remain for decades, Ukraine’s president said Thursday, before adding that his country needed to increase the number of contract soldiers in its army, according to a presidential statement. …read more Source: International Business...
