Section: US & Canada
NATO Diplomats Give Russians Geography Lessons on Twitter
Once upon a time, wars were fought solely on battlefields, with soldiers fighting face to face. Nowadays war is waged through social media, too, and the latest battleground is Twitter, where western powers have been trading carefully calibrated insults with Russia over who is winning the war in Ukraine. After satellite imagery released by NATO...
Obama Stops Short Of Calling Russia’s Advance Into Ukraine An ‘Invasion’
President Barack Obama Thursday stopped short of calling the Russian incursion in Ukraine an “invasion,” and said there would be no U.S. military intervention. He vowed to continue supporting Ukraine through diplomatic and financial assistance, however. …read more Source: International Business...
NATO struggles with how to contain Russia
As the situation in Ukraine rapidly deteriorates, NATO’s senior military officers will be looking to the leaders of alliance countries, including Prime Minister Stephen Harper, to back further action on Russia. NATO believes at least 1,000 Russian soldiers have entered Ukraine. The escalation comes as Harper and other leaders prepare for...
U.S. Government Bonds Rise
U.S. Treasury bonds strengthened Thursday as a resurgence of tensions between Ukraine and Russia boosted the demand for haven bonds. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Putin Keeps Pushing West Over Ukraine
Moscow’s moves this week to send hundreds of its own troops into eastern Ukraine to fight alongside pro-Russia separatists represent a risky new escalation. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Ukraine Concerns Overshadow Econ Data
U.S. markets took a step back- after Ukraine’s president said Russian forces had been brought into his country- that overshadowed new and encouraging economic data. …read more Source: The Boston...
Russia has ‘well over 1,000 troops’ in Ukraine
Russia has “well over 1,000 troops” operating inside Ukraine, Nato warned. The Financial Times reports. …read more Source:...
Hackers sponsored by Russian government attacked JP Morgan Chase: FBI
The FBI is investigating sophisticated hacker attacks on JP Morgan Chase and at least four other banks that they believe are payback for U.S.-imposed economic sanctions on Russia. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Cyber attacks on US businesses, banks mounting
New York (AFP) – Investigators were digging Thursday to find who initiated and what was taken in an apparent intense hacker effort this month to penetrate the systems of US banks including JPMorgan Chase.The Federal Bureau of Investigation acknowledged that it and the US Secret Service were “working to determine the scope of recently...
Few Americans Think The U.S. Has An Obligation To Defend Ukraine
Amid increasingly hostile Russian actions, less than one-third of Americans think the United States should defend Ukraine against actual Russian troops, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll shows. According to the survey, only 29 percent of Americans think the U.S. has a responsibility to defend Ukraine in the case of a Russian invasion, while 38 percent...
