Section: US & Canada
Ukraine: ‘Frozen Conflict’ Could Destabilize Europe
Ukraine has urged the European Union not to accept pro-Russian rebels carving out a de facto state in the east of the country, warning it could destabilize Europe. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine conflict causes bitter family feuds
Fighting between Ukraine nationalists and pro-Russian separatists has dissolved marriages. …read more Source: USA...
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Hundreds of people have died in fighting in eastern Ukraine since a cease-fire was agreed to by the government and armed separatists last month, the United Nations reported Wednesday, saying it had also received reports of mass graves containing hundreds of bodies. The revision, the first since 1997, comes at a time of heightened Japan-China...
Russia to Compensate Its Elite Affected by Sanctions
MOSCOW—Russia’s parliament gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a bill that would grant compensation to individuals hit by Western sanctions, a move that the usually compliant opposition criticized as a Kremlin attempt to buy the loyalty of the elite. The bill, which also allows Moscow to seize the assets in Russia of foreign individuals...
Ukraine lobbies NATO, IMF as deaths mount
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine dispatched top envoys to Washington and Brussels on Wednesday to secure help in the face of a surge in clashes with pro-Russian insurgents that killed eight more civilians and troops.A one-month truce in Ukraine is teetering on the verge of collapse just weeks before a general election meant to reunify the...
Dovish Fed minutes reveal global slowdown worries
Washington (AFP) – Federal Reserve officials stressed “patience” in waiting to raise interest rates, worrying about weaker foreign economic growth and the stronger dollar, minutes of their September policy meeting showed Wednesday.Participants at the Federal Open Market Committee meeting discussed their concerns about the...
How I Quit My Job, Moved Out Of My Fancy NYC Apartment, Sold My Belongings, And Found Happiness
Fabrice Grinda is an internet entrepreneur, angel investor, student, and lover of life, aspiring Renaissance man and cofounder of OLX, one of the largest free classifieds sites in the world. When people successfully sell their company, they typically acquire stuff. Instead I gave up my house, apartment and car and gave most of my material...
Russian Parliament Moves Closer to Adopting Law on Compensation for Sanctions
The law would allow the Putin government to compensate the very insider businessmen who the West had hoped would convince the Russian leader to reverse course in Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...
US, UK Top Diplomats Reiterate Support for Ukraine’s Sovereignty
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his British counterpart, Philip Hammond, have met in Washington, expressing their commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and support for the Ukrainian government’s efforts to implement democratic reforms. Speaking Wednesday during a joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary Hammond,...
U.N. reports hundreds more deaths during eastern Ukraine cease-fire
At least 331 people have been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine since a Sept. 5 cease-fire was supposed to quell the armed conflict, the United Nations said Wednesday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
