Section: US & Canada
Putin: Russia won’t allow a rebel defeat in Ukraine
Ukraine’s president warns of ‘total war’ in the rebel stronghold of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: USA...
Russia Oil Czar to Meet With OPEC in Vienna
Top Russian oil producer Rosneft said Chief Executive Igor Sechin would fly to Vienna on Nov. 25 for an energy market conference, just two days before OPEC meets in the city to debate the plunge in oil prices. The state-backed company declined further comment on Monday, but the surprise announcement raised speculation in oil markets that Sechin,...
PUTIN: Ukraine Is Great But It’s Missing One Thing…
Ukraine is a country “with a future” but it’s missing just one thing, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the German TV news station ARD. “It lacks, it seems to me, the understanding that to be successful, stable, prosperous, it’s necessary that all people who live in that territory, regardless of which language...
Putin vows to protect Ukraine separatists from defeat
Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to prevent the defeat of allied separatists in eastern Ukraine while clinging to his insistence that Russia hasn’t been involved in the deadly, 7-month-old conflict. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Fearing Ebola surge, Mali widens virus watch
Bamako (AFP) – Fearful of a surge of Ebola cases, Mali placed more than 440 people under surveillance, as a US hospital said Monday it had been unable to save the life of a doctor airlifted from Sierra Leone.Officials in Mali met to consider increasing security at its border following two confirmed cases of Ebola due to infection in...
E.U. to Toughen Sanctions on Ukrainian Separatists, but Not Russia
The bloc decided to widen sanctions on individuals in Ukraine while pushing for a diplomatic solution to Russia’s involvement there. …read more Source: The New York...
Nine awkward political moments
Politics is serious business that can sometimes get seriously awkward …read more Source:...
All Is Not Well on Ukraine’s Eastern Front
What is Vladimir Putin’s game in eastern Ukraine? NATO reports that long convoys of unmarked military vehicles transporting heavy artillery and tanks, along with armored personnel carriers and trucks bearing rocket launchers manned by troops dressed in camouflage without identifying livery, have reinforced the pro-Russian separatist...
Nuclear War? Russia-US Isolation Could Lead to ‘Nuclear Catastrophe,’ Professor Says
An editorial from Stanford University professor Siegfried S. Hecker said in a recent NY Times editorial that a “nuclear catastrophe” could take place if the US and Russia continue to be at odds with one another. He wrote: “My Russian colleagues and I believe that in nuclear matters, collaboration is essential, whereas isolation can lead to...
EU: no new sanctions on Russia
Ed AdamczykBRUSSELS, Nov. 17 (UPI) — Foreign ministers of the European Union agreed Monday to sanction certain Ukrainian separatists but imposed no new economic sanctions on Russia. …read more Source: United Press...
