Section: US & Canada
How Russian State TV Tied Satanists To Ukraine’s Leadership
A satanic church has been founded in Ukraine. Combined with the parliamentary speaker’s Protestant faith and the prime minister’s alleged ties to Scientology, this may spell doom for Ukraine. Or so says Russian state television. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin’s Achilles’ Heel: Tighter Energy Sector Sanctions
The European Union, in coordination with the United States, finally decided to impose serious sanctions on Russia. In addition to measures against the financial sector, they include energy sector sanctions that bar export of highly sophisticated technologies needed in deep-sea drilling, Arctic exploration, and shale oil projects. These sanctions...
Russia Tests Surface-To-Air-Missiles
MOSCOW, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Russia on Tuesday tested surface-to-air missiles during army exercises in the southern Russian province of Astrakhan, a defense ministry spokesman was quoted as saying, in a move to show its military might as fighting rages in neighboring Ukraine. “Three armed regiments carried out test fires of S-400...
Here Are 10 Cities Where Living Standards Are Crumbling
Living standards in Russia’s two biggest cities are slipping. According to an Economist Intelligence Unit survey, Moscow and St. Petersburg have both seen their “liveability” rankings decline more than 3% in the past five years. The survey ranked global cities based on stability, healthcare, culture & environment, education...
Putin, Ukrainian President Poroshenko To Meet In Minsk Next Week
As fighting continued between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk, Kyiv and Moscow announced that the presidents of Russia and Ukraine will meeet in Minsk next week. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian troops inch closer to rebel city Donetsk
DONETSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian government troops were fighting pro-Russian rebels in the streets of Luhansk on Tuesday and captured most of a town near the eastern city of Donetsk, tightening the noose around that key rebel-held stronghold, Ukrainian officials said.As the fighting raged, the Kremlin announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin...
‘English Spider-Man’ climbs 325-foot high crane in India
Not content with back flipping on top of a Ukrainian bridge or scaling London’s iconic South Bank Tower, James Kingston has seriously upped the ante for his latest stunt. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Putin to Meet Ukraine’s Pres Poroshenko in Late August
MOSCOW—The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin will meet with his Ukrainian counterpart at an Aug. 26 meeting in Minsk, Belarus. In a statement published on its website Tuesday, the Kremlin said Putin would meet with the Ukrainian president, as well as officials from the European Commission and the Eurasian Customs Union, which is comprised of...
Photos August 19: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. A demonstrator reacts during a protest on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Missouri on August 19, 2014. Police fired tear gas in another night of unrest in a Missouri town where a white police officer...
Putin to meet Ukrainian president in Minsk
Government troops inch closer to rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine …read more Source:...
