Section: US & Canada
4 McD’s closed in Moscow for alleged sanitary violations
The charges follow an exchange of economic sanctions between Russia and the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: USA...
Ukraine claims gains in Luhansk; 52 reported killed near Donetsk
After days of street battles and weeks of shelling, Ukrainian troops made significant gains Wednesday into rebel-held territory, capturing a large part of the city of Luhansk and nearly encircling Donetsk, the largest rebel-held city, in fighting that left at least 52 dead. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine Troops Seize Much of Luhansk From Rebels
DONETSK, Ukraine— After days of constant street battles, Ukrainian troops took control Wednesday of a large part of the rebel stronghold in Luhansk, a government spokesman announced, while battles around the rebel’s largest city of Donetsk left at least 43 people dead. Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s National Security...
Here Are The Dramatic And Bizarre Headlines About Ferguson, Missouri From All Over The World
From Northern Ireland to North Korea, the protests in Ferguson, Missouri — and the military-grade response from local police — have made headlines around the world. …read more Source: Business...
Are Ukraine’s Leaders in League With Satanists? On Russian TV, Yes
What do Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchynov have in common with members of a satanic religious sect based in central Ukraine? They are all part of a broad movement to destroy the Russian Orthodox Church, according to Russia’s leading state-run broadcaster. The August 17 report on Rossia 24...
Ukrainian govt troops take over much of Luhansk
An alpinist paints yellow over the blue at one of Moscow’s Stalin-era skyscrapers with a star on top, which was painted in the colors of the Ukrainian national flag in Moscow, Russia, Wednesda… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Four arrested for flying Ukranian flag on Moscow skyscraper
Four people who climbed a Moscow skyscraper on Wednesday and attached a Ukrainian flag to its spire have been charged with vandalism by Russian police and may face three years in jail. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Protesters plant Ukraine flag on Moscow skyscraper
MOSCOW — Protesters on Wednesday scaled one of Moscow’s famed Stalin-era skyscrapers and painted the Soviet star on its spire in the national colors of Ukraine. The dangerous prank, which set Russian social networking sites abuzz, drew a harsh response from the police.The protesters also attached a yellow and blue Ukrainian flag to the top...
Ukraine: Large parts of Luhansk are now under government control
A Ukrainian official says government troops have taken control of a large part of Luhansk — a besieged rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine — after days of street battles. …read more Source: CTV...
Activists Paint Moscow Skyscraper Colors Of Ukraine’s Flag
Muscovites awoke to a surprise –- and highly unauthorized — paint job on the crown of the 32-floor Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building Wednesday morning. Someone or some group climbed to very top of the building’s spire, painted the hammer-and-sickle emblem blue and yellow, then planted a Ukrainian flag squarely atop the 577-foot-tall...
