Section: US & Canada
Ukraine separatists claim victory in battle for airport
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine say they have captured the shattered remains of Donetsk airport, further dashing hopes for a lasting peace agreement. …read more Source: U.S....
European Union Parliament Names Russia ‘Potential Threat’
BRUSSELS—The EU parliament on Thursday condemned Russia as a “potential threat to the European Union itself” even as the EU foreign policy chief sought to resume dialogue with Moscow to help end the conflict in Ukraine. The legislature backed a resolution with a show of hands that called for a continuation of the sanctions against Moscow even...
The Age of Miracles
This is how I spent a few days at the end of last summer. At a meeting in Europe, I heard colleagues who work on humanitarian relief tell heartbreaking stories of suffering in the refugee camps and rubbled cityscapes of the Middle East. Back in the U.S. for Labor Day, with Ukraine in the headlines, I was at a dinner at which well-informed...
EU Parliament calls Russia potential threat to EU
BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU parliament on Thursday condemned Russia as a “potential threat to the European Union itself” even as the EU foreign policy chief sought to resume dialogue with Moscow to help end the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
EU Parliament calls Russia potential threat to EU but top official calls for improved ties
The EU parliament on Thursday condemned Russia as a “potential threat to the European Union itself” even as the EU foreign policy chief sought to resume dialogue with Moscow to help end the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine Steps Up Mobilization, Warns Of Renewed Russian ‘Aggression’
KIEV, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament voted on Thursday to refresh its front-line forces and resume partial conscription after a top security official warned that Russian forces backing separatist rebels had sharply increased military activity in the east. “Russian aggression is continuing. There has been a significant...
Russia’s Forests Overlooked In Climate Change Fight, Scientists Warn
By Angelina Davydova ST PETERSBURG, Russia, Jan 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – R ussia’s forests may lose their power to help curb global warming without stronger domestic protection and a place in a new global climate change deal, scientists have warned. Russia has 19 percent of world forest reserves by surface area. But experts...
HERE IT IS: SocGen’s Intense Chart With The Swans
Societe Generale is out with its latest quarterly chart of “swan” risks — and it’s looking pretty ominous. Technically speaking, “black swan” risks are by definition nearly impossible to predict — and when they come, it’s bad. But the point that SocGen’s swan chart is trying to show is there are economic...
Ukraine Mourns 13 Victims of Bus Blast Possibly Caused by Rebels
KIEV, Ukraine—Ukraine held a day of mourning Thursday after 13 people were killed two days ago when their bus was hit by what the government says was a shell fired by Russian-backed separatists. President Petro Poroshenko said respects would be paid for all people killed by rebel offensives in eastern Ukraine. The separatists deny responsibility...
BRIC? Bye, BRIC: Another shift in global economic power
Natalie Behring/Bloomberg/Getty Images In late November 2001, while fires still burned in the rubble of the Twin Towers, Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill put out a report reframing the global balance of power. Four countries, he said, would dominate economic growth—China, Russia, India and Brazil. Reaching for a name to call this new...
