Section: US & Canada
Russia Seizes Over 1,000 Tonnes of Western Food in Four Months
The Russian government has seized over a thousand tonnes of contraband Western food and drink imports since August, after they banned certain products from entering the country. The move came as a response to the EU and US trade sanctions imposed on the country due to Russia’s involvement in Ukraine, leading to Russia establishing their own...
Topless Salvini Woos Italy’s Voters From Bedroom
Matteo Salvini, the 41-year-old leader of the anti-euro Northern League party, chose a bare-chested, bedroom photoshoot in a weekly magazine on Wednesday to underline his status as the newest sensation in Italian politics. Despite the gimmick, Salvini, who took over his party last year after a financial scandal brought down its founder Umberto...
Landmine injuries down worldwide but Canada needs to boost support, says new report
The international treaty to ban landmines signed in Ottawa on Dec. 3, 1997, is slowly eradicating the production and use of the crippling weapons, according to a study released Wednesday. Landmine Monitor, an annual report by the Nobel-prize winning International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), says that fewer people were killed and injured by...
Western sanctions, ruble crash hit Russians hard
According to Vladimir Kantorovich, vice president of Russia’s Tour Operator Association, travel abroad for the winter holidays is down 30 percent, and trips to Europe have fallen about 50 percent. According to the Federal Statistics Service, chicken costs 27 percent more than it did last year, pork 25 percent, and the beloved staple of...
Ukraine minister: No danger after fault at nuclear plant cuts power production
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s energy minister said Wednesday that a technical fault at a nuclear power plant in the south of the country has cut power production but he insisted the incident poses no danger. Volodymyr Demchishin said that the fault at a power-generating unit No. 3 in the Zaporozhiya plant led to a drop in electricity...
Russia Seize Over 1,000 Tonnes of Western Food in Four Months
The Russian government has seized over a thousand tonnes of contraband Western food and drink imports since August, after they banned certain products from entering the country. The move came as a response to the EU and US trade sanctions imposed on the country due to Russia’s involvement in Ukraine, leading to Russia establishing their own...
Ukraine says nuclear plant fault cuts power
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s energy minister said Wednesday that a technical fault at a nuclear power plant in the south of the country has cut power production but he insisted the incident poses no danger. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine says nuclear power plant disruption poses no danger
Ukraine’s energy minister said Wednesday that a technical fault at a nuclear power plant in the south of the country has cut power production but he insisted it poses no danger. …read more Source: CTV...
Emergency repair underway at Ukraine nuclear power plant
JC FinleyKIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 3 (UPI) — Ukraine’s national energy company shut down the Zaporizhya nuclear power plant and 19 thermal power plant facilities on Tuesday to enable emergency repairs. …read more Source: United Press...
‘Emergency repair’ reported at Ukraine nuclear power plant
An emergency repair began this week on an energy unit at a nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, and the problem has led to electricity shortages, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said Wednesday. …read more Source:...
