Section: US & Canada
Economic sanctions spare Western-tied Russian fund
President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the economy, Iraq, and Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before conv… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Ukraine, Explained: What’s Behind Putin’s Latest Moves?
Pro-Moscow rebels, with Vladimir Putin’s backing, may be opening up a “third front” in the tumultuous Ukraine conflict. …read more Source:...
Seven NATO Allies Will Reportedly Create New Rapid Reaction Force
BRUSSELS, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Seven NATO allies plan to create a new rapid reaction force of at least 10,000 soldiers as part of plans to boost NATO defenses in response to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The aim is to create a division-sized joint expeditionary force for rapid deployment and...
NATO Meets On Ukraine Conflict, Postpones Any Response To Russia To Next Week
After an “extraordinary” meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Friday, it appears the U.S.-led alliance will wait until its meeting in Cardiff, Wales, next Thursday before taking any direct action regarding Russian troops entering Ukraine. …read more Source: International Business...
Hillary Clinton speaking in Ottawa Oct. 6
Hillary Clinton is coming to Ottawa. The consensus frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in 2016 – and perhaps the next president of the United States – will be in Ottawa Oct. 6 for a luncheon speech at the Ottawa Convention Centre, the Citizen has learned. Clinton will arrive in the nation’s capital at a time of what many observers say...
Morse: Putin’s plunder signals gloves are off in Ukraine
At least now we know what that “humanitarian truck convoy” that broke into Ukraine was really for — plunder. It turns out to have stripped a few defence-production factories in Luhansk and hauled their contents back to Russia. In all the speculation around the move, that had not occurred to anyone at all. But it is nothing new to the Russians,...
NATO chief needs resources to respond to ‘wake-up call’
On the eve of next week’s NATO Summit in Wales, the alliance’s outgoing Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen tells CBC News an ‘unstable security environment’ means member countries like Canada must increase defence spending and help the alliance adapt to ‘profound’ changes. …read more Source:...
Families of Russian Troops in Ukraine Want Answers
MOSCOW— The last time Valeria Sokolova saw her husband, the 25-year-old paratrooper told her that he and his fellow soldiers were heading for military exercises in southern Russia, near the Ukrainian border. “He was vague in a way that was very unusual, and it was hard for all of them to say goodbye,” Sokolova told The Associated Press,...
Poland Bars Russian Plane From Its Airspace
WARSAW, Poland—Poland has prevented a plane carrying Russia’s defense minister from traveling through its airspace, leading to a complaint from Moscow. The incident comes at a time of tension between the two countries because of Russia’s support for separatists fighting in Ukraine. The Russian Tu-154 plane was carrying Defense...
Rebels control key Ukraine town as EU ministers urge new Russia sanctions
Pro-Russia separatists in control of strategic coastal town; EU foreign ministers say Moscow should be punished for invading Ukraine …read more Source:...
