Section: US & Canada
Russia’s Media Machine Looks West
In 2014, Russian propaganda outlets ramped up beyond Russia’s borders. If the Kremlin’s aim at home is to convince a captive audience, the goal abroad may be to confuse. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s draft budget far from perfect
Daniel J. GraeberKIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 29 (UPI) — Though debt obligations to Russian energy company Gazprom were cleared, Ukraine’s prime minister said Monday the budget for next year will be tight. …read more Source: United Press...
Russia’s ruble down 7 per cent after release of economic report
MOSCOW – The Russian currency extended its losses on Monday after a report showed the economy has started shrinking in annual terms for the first time since 2009 as the country is buffeted by falling oil prices and Western sanctions. Meanwhile, the government, which has been scrambling to support the ruble and the economy, announced fresh steps...
Russian ruble drops 7 percent as economy shrinks
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian currency extended its losses on Monday after a report showed the economy has started shrinking in annual terms for the first time since 2009 as the country is buffeted by falling oil prices and Western sanctions. Meanwhile, the government, which has been scrambling to support the ruble and the economy, announced fresh...
Everything We Know About the Missing AirAsia Flight QZ 8501
In the third Malaysian-linked aviation disaster this year, an AirAsia plane traveling from Indonesia to Singapore disappeared early Sunday over the Java Sea. Officials indicate that it probably crashed into the ocean, and although possible wreckage has already been spotted, nothing has yet been confirmed. What happened? AirAsia Flight QZ 8501...
7 awful conflicts that were under-reported in 2014
2014 has been a brutal year. The death toll of Syria’s ongoing civil war likely eclipsed 200,000, while the hideous rise of the Islamic State spurred a U.S.-led bombing campaign. A separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine led to thousands of deaths and clouded relations between the West and Moscow, which is believed to be aiding the rebels....
Everything We Know About the Missing AirAsia Flight QZ 5801
In the third Malaysian-linked aviation disaster this year, an AirAsia plane traveling from Indonesia to Singapore disappeared early Sunday over the Java Sea. Officials indicate that it probably crashed into the ocean, and although possible wreckage has already been spotted, nothing has yet been confirmed. What happened? AirAsia Flight QZ 5801...
Search team discovers ‘oily spots’ where AirAsia jet may have crashed
WATCH: Air-Asia airbus 320 vanished from radar off the coast of Indonesia SURABAYA, Indonesia – An Indonesian helicopter searching for the missing AirAsia jetliner saw two oily spots in the water Monday, and an Australian search plane spotted objects elsewhere in the Java Sea, but it was too early to know whether either was connected to the...
AirAsia Once Bragged In An In-Flight Magazine That Its Pilots Would Never Lose A Plane
AirAsia’s in-flight magazine bragging about its pilots’ superior training earlier this year is looking especially tasteless in light of the airline’s own recent tragedy. The airline pulled the magazine and apologized after an AirAsia passenger posted a photograph of the article on Twitter. The article talked up AirAsia’s...
Kiev targets oligarchs with budget bill
Recession-battered and war-torn Ukraine overhauled its business-choking tax system early on Monday, the FT reports. …read more Source:...
