Section: US & Canada
US to back $2B in loan guarantees for Ukraine
The U.S. plans to provide up to $2 billion in loan guarantees to Ukraine this year to help stave off bankruptcy. …read more Source:...
U.S. to guarantee $2 billion in Ukraine loans
Ed AdamczykWASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) — The United States’ $2 billion loan guarantee for Ukraine, announced Tuesday, is meant to keep Ukraine out of insolvency brought on by its separatist conflict. …read more Source: United Press...
Democracy Lab Weekly Brief, January 13, 2015
To keep up with Democracy Lab in real time, follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Berivan Orucoglu laments the politically motivated suppression of a major corruption probe that implicated Turkey’s ruling party and presidential family. Christian Caryl challenges Salman Rushdie’s assertion that “religion” is to blame for last week’s...
5 Global Risks You Should Care About Right Now
Ian Bremmer, the head of Eurasia Group, and Nouriel Roubini, the founder of Roubini Global Economics, are two of the world’s preeminent risk forecasters. They joined me Tuesday morning at the offices of Time Inc. for our yearly look ahead about what you should—and shouldn’t—worry about in the geopolitical and economic landscape for...
Ukrainian Pilot Savchenko Vows To Die In Prison If Not Freed
Nadia Savchenko, the Ukrainian Air Force pilot held in Russia, has been on hunger strike for four weeks. She has vowed to die in pretrial detention if Russia refuses to release her. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU Considers Improved Russia Ties
The European Union could significantly scale back sanctions and resume talks with Russia if Moscow moves to end the crisis in eastern Ukraine, according to an EU discussion paper. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Ukraine summit meeting canceled
Ed AdamczykBERLIN, Jan. 13 (UPI) — A planned summit on a peace plan for Ukraine was canceled after foreign ministers failed to make progress at a Berlin meeting. …read more Source: United Press...
Ukraine Says Rocket Hits Bus In East, Killing At Least Six
Ukrainian authorities say at least six civilians have been killed and more than a dozen wounded by a missile that hit a bus in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
10 dead after shell hits civilian bus in Ukraine
Andrew V. PestanoDONETSK, Ukraine, Jan. 13 (UPI) — A civilian bus was hit with a shell, killing 10 and injuring 13, near rebel-controlled Donetsk, according to Ukraine’s Interior Ministry. …read more Source: United Press...
Ukrainian officials: 10 civilians die in rebel shelling of military checkpoint
A bus driving near an army checkpoint in eastern Ukraine was hit by a rebel shell Tuesday, killing at least 10 civilians and wounding a further 13, local officials said. …read more Source: CTV...
