Section: US & Canada
MH17: Malaysian victims’ remains come home on national day of mourning
All 298 people onboard the Malaysia Airlines flight died when the jet was shot down over an area of Ukraine controlled by pro-Russia separatists on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur …read more Source: The Globe and...
Russia sends aid trucks into Ukraine without Kyiv’s approval
Russia sent dozens of aid trucks into rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Friday without Kyiv’s approval, saying its patience had worn out with the Ukrainian government’s stalling tactics. Ukraine called the move a “direct invasion.” …read more Source: CTV...
Russian Aid Convoy Moves Into Ukrainian Territory, Citing ‘Intolerable’ Delays
A Russian aid convoy destined for rebel-held eastern Ukraine has crossed the border and entered the country, seemingly without the permission of authorities in Kiev. The Associated Press quoted a statement from the Russian foreign ministry as saying, “The Russian side has decided to act. Our column with humanitarian aid is starting to move...
Russia Convoy Enters Ukraine
Ukraine said 34 Russian trucks carrying humanitarian aid crossed into Ukrainian rebel-held territory without being accompanied by the Red Cross in violation of an agreement between Kiev and Moscow. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Russian Convoy Begins Rolling Into Ukraine; Kyiv Decries ‘Invasion’
A senior Ukrainian security official has accused Russia of invading Ukraine after a humanitarian aid convoy entered the country without a Red Cross escort, but says Kyiv will not attack the trucks. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian aid convoy is a ‘direct invasion,’ Ukraine claims
Russia sent dozens of aid trucks into rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Friday without Kiev’s approval, saying its patience had worn out with the Ukrainian government’s stalling tactics. Ukraine called the move a “direct invasion.” …read more Source: FOX...
Russian aid convoy drives into Ukraine
IZVARYNE, Ukraine (AP) — An Associated Press reporter has seen the first trucks in a Russian aid convoy crossing into eastern Ukraine after more than a week’s delay amid suspicions the mission was being used as a cover for an invasion by Moscow. Trucks loaded with water, generators and sleeping … …read more Source: The...
Stock markets slip as Russian convoy enters Ukraine
Global equity markets reacted to news that tensions between Russia and Ukraine had flared up once again. …read more Source:...
Interview: Economist Says Food Ban ‘Certainly Against Russian Economic Interests’
Sergei Guriyev, former dean of the prestigious New Economics School in Moscow who left Russia in 2013 amid a crackdown on critics of the Kremlin, discusses Russia’s ban on Western food imports and the dangers protectionist policies pose for the country’s economic growth. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia sends 34 trucks from aid convoy into Ukraine
A Russian aid convoy that had been stalled at the border for days was finally moving into disputed eastern Ukraine, headed for the city of Luhansk, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Friday. …read more Source:...
