Section: US & Canada
Carlsberg warns on profits over Russia hit
Carlsberg, the Danish brewer, became one of the first major European companies to warn over the impact of the Ukrainian crisis. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko to attend crisis talks with Putin
Russia and Ukraine presidents would meet with top European Union officials in Minsk on August 26 to discuss their confrontation over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
As Ukrainian forces advance, president plans to meet with Putin
Ukrainian forces pushed deeper into territory controlled by pro-Russian rebels Tuesday, fighting street battles in the besieged city of Luhansk and pressuring the outer defenses of Donetsk in a further blow to the separatists’ crumbling virtual state. While continuing its offensive, the Ukrainian government said it saw a real chance for a...
German Leader Emerges as Key Figure in Ukraine Talks
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany is emerging more and more as a pivotal leader on the Ukraine conflict as she dances delicately between opposing forces. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko to attend EU crisis talks with Putin
The meeting will put the leaders in the same room for the first time since a passing encounter in France in June …read more Source: The Globe and...
Plenty of Room at the Top of Ukraine’s Fading Rebellion
In what separatist officials call the “Ukrainianization” of the leadership, almost all the original Russian leaders of the rebellion have resigned and gone home, replaced by Ukrainians of dubious qualifications. …read more Source: The New York...
In Ukraine, Fear and Distrust Remain Where Fighting has Stopped
As the Ukrainian military reclaims control of eastern cities from pro-Russian separatists, residents are getting a chance to rebuild their lives. In the town of Kramatorsk in Donetsk province, a sense of fear is still in the air, and distrust of the government in Kyiv still runs deep. In a leafy neighborhood of Kramatorsk, residents are cleaning...
Maternity Ward Protects Newborns in the Midst of Ukraine’s Battle
The babies are blissfully unaware…but the basement of this maternity hospital, in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, is now a bomb shelter for the newborns. The hospital’s converted the conference room to make space for incubators. Twice last week, staff, mothers and babies went into the cellar to escape the shelling on this...
Ukraine may have an energy problem besides nat gas
Ukraine is running low on coal because of violence in the country, according to two firms with energy operations there. …read more Source:...
Crimean egg dispute threatens to boil over into London
The Ukraine-Russia dispute has caused consternation for many of the region’s oligarchs already – but a Ukrainian egg tycoon may be the first to crack. …read more Source:...
