Section: US & Canada
Putin puts Crimean archaeological site under federal control
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Saturday placed a major archaeological site in Crimea, which he has hailed as the country’s… …read more Source:...
Putin puts Crimean archaeological site under federal control
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Saturday placed a major archaeological site in Crimea, which he has hailed as the country’s most sacred spiritual symbol, under federal control following turmoil over the appointment of its director…. …read more Source: Associated...
Putin Puts Crimean Archaeological Site Under Federal Control
Putin places major archaeological site in Crimea under federal control following controversy …read more Source: ABC...
Putin places archaeological site in Crimea under federal control
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has placed a major archaeological site in Crimea under federal control following turmoil over the appointment of its director. …read more Source: Global...
France Refuses To Sell Two Warships To Russia
The dispute follows Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The 1.6 billion euro helicopter carriers are sitting in French dockyards.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
Russia Vows Retaliation For Expanded U.S. Sanctions
Russia’s Foreign Ministry vowed retaliation against the United States for expanded sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
IMF Gives Ukraine $1.7 Billion Loan After ‘Strong Start’ On Reforms
The International Monetary Fund approved a second installment of loans for Ukraine despite uncertainties raised by the country’s heavy debts and conflict with Russian-backed separatist forces. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Canada’s $4B week: Tories make flurry of spending announcements before election call
With the clock counting down to an election call expected this weekend, the Conservative government embarked on a campaign of dozens of taxpayer-funded photo ops and press conferences this week to highlight hundreds of government projects, before the tap gets turned off. According to a Citizen analysis, Conservative MPs announced — or in some...
Weekend Roundup: Turkey Enters the Syrian Quagmire to Fight ISIS — And the Kurds
The Syrian quagmire, in which both the Islamic State and the Kurds have been fighting for territory, has now sucked in Turkey. Last week’s ISIS attack on Turkish soil, Kurdish gains along the Syrian border and the surprise advance of the secular and liberal pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party, the HDP, in recent elections —...
Miners are down, but they’re nowhere near out
TORONTO – “This is the worst I’ve seen in 30 years.” The scene was the recent Sprott-Stansberry Natural Resource Symposium in Vancouver. The subject was mining equities. And the opinion was becoming familiar… The price of gold is down by about 8% over the last five years. Precious metals miners, as measured by the Market Vectors Gold...
