Section: US & Canada
‘Ambiguous Warfare’ Provides NATO With New Challenge
Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March, NATO has been publicly refocusing on its old Cold War foe Moscow. The threats it now believes it faces, however, are distinctly different to those of the latter half of the 20th century. The West then was defending against the risk of Soviet armor pouring across the North German plain. Now,...
Businesses Wonder Who’s Next After Russia Targets McDonald’s
Russia said on Thursday it was investigating dozens of McDonald’s restaurants, in what many businessmen said was retaliation for Western sanctions over Ukraine they fear could spread to other symbols of Western capitalism. Russia’s food safety watchdog said it was looking at possible breaches of sanitary rules at McDonald’s, but...
Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine as Russian aid trucks approach
Fierce fighting raged in eastern Ukraine on Thursday in what appeared to be a last-gasp attempt by government troops to snatch back territory from pro-Russian separatists before the arrival of a Russian aid convoy overseen by the Red Cross. …read more Source: CTV...
Moscow McDonald’s Branches Shuttered in Sanctions Tit-for-Tat
Russian authorities have closed four McDonald’s restaurants over “health violations.” But western analysts see the move as a purely political response to sanctions imposed upon Russia in response to the Russian annexation of Crimea and the Russian military support being given to separatist rebels in Ukraine. The flagship Pushkin Square...
We need Russian influence: Ukrainian minister
The Ukrainian government needs “Russian influence” to deal with the problems within its borders, one of its most senior members said. …read more Source:...
Dozens die in Ukraine in street battles, Donetsk shelling
Heavy shelling hit residential neighbourhoods in Ukraine’s rebel stronghold of Donetsk and government forces fought street battles in other towns on Wednesday as they sought to crush a four-month-old separatist rebellion. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukraine’s president poised to dissolve parliament
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko may announce the dissolution of parliament as early as Sunday, his spokesman said. …read more Source:...
Russian Aid Trucks Poised At Border As Ukraine Toll Mounts
The first trucks in what Russia says is a humanitarian aid convoy are poised to cross into eastern Ukraine after days of delays, as more than 10 people were killed in persistent fighting. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
What’s Behind Russia’s McDonald’s Probe?
Four branches in Moscow are closed and others elsewhere in Russia are being inspected. What’s going on at McDonalds? The country’s food safety watchdog says the closures are linked to “numerous” breaches of sanitary rules. Others see a link to the current poor relationship between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine....
Some Russian Aid Trucks Clearing Ukraine Customs
KIEV, Ukraine—Some Russian trucks in a massive aid convoy have begun to clear customs at a rebel-held border crossing in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian border guard service said Thursday. Russia has been trying to send in over 200 trucks carrying what it says is humanitarian aid to help civilians in the hard-hit city of Luhansk, but Ukraine fears...
