Section: US & Canada
World Food Program Launches Ukraine Operation
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has begun a food assistance program in eastern Ukraine. The WFP’s first program in Ukraine is distributing food in transportation centers and public shelters in Donetsk and Luhansk. The program, launched earlier this month, has already handed out 10,000 daily rations, enough to feed 2,000 people...
European Union Details Tightened Sanctions Against Russia
The measures, aimed at Russia’s financial, energy and defense sectors, could be revised swiftly if a cease-fire in Ukraine holds, Western officials said. …read more Source: The New York...
Putin Looks to Asia as EU Tightens Sanctions
DUSHANBE (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for new efforts to strengthen cooperation with China and ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia after the European Union tightened sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis. In comments at a meeting in Tajikistan, he made no direct reference to the sanctions but has been trying...
Ukraine Swaps Prisoners With Rebels
The transfer took place the same day the EU in Brussels imposed a new round of sanctions on Russia for its actions in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
The Dollar Is On A Tear
LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar headed for its ninth straight week of gains on Friday, some measure of how the economic fortunes of the United States and its major economic peers are diverging after six years of financial turmoil. Benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yields rose to their highest in over a month, while European stocks shrugged...
Poland resumes gas deliveries to Ukraine that were halted after input from Russia dropped
Poland’s state pipeline operator says it has resumed full deliveries of gas to Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
EU Imposes New Economic Sanctions On Russia Over Ukraine
(Reuters) – The European Union put into effect on Friday a new round of sanctions against Russia over its role in Ukraine, including restrictions on financing for some Russian state-owned companies and asset freezes on leading Russian politicians. …read more Source: International Business...
EU sanctions hit Russian oil majors, lawmakers
BRUSSELS (AP) — New European Union sanctions curbing access to western financial markets for some of Russia’s largest firms are targeting banks, arms manufacturers, the country’s leading oil company, Rosneft, as well as the crude subsidiary of its state-owned energy giant Gazprom. The sanctions curbing access to Europe’s...
Ukrainian Government, Separatists Exchange Prisoners
Ukraine government forces and pro-Russian separatists have exchanged dozens of prisoners captured during fighting in eastern Ukraine. The exchange took place early on September 12 outside the city of Donetsk. Reuters reports that a total of 74 prisoners were handed over as part of a cease-fire agreement signed earlier this month. (Reuters)...
EU Imposes New Sanctions on Russia
The European Union has imposed a new package of economic sanctions against Russia because of its actions in Ukraine. The new sanctions went into effect Friday and targeted Russian oil and defense firms. The latest EU restrictions also imposed sanctions on individuals, including Russian figures and Ukrainian rebels. European Council President...
