Section: US & Canada
Russian Military Vehicles Enter Ukraine as Row Over ‘Aid’ Convoy Worsens
MoreRussians Start Paying the Price for Putin’s Ukraine AdventureNATO Chief: ‘High Probability’ of Russian Military Intervention in UkraineRussia Now Has 20,000 Troops on Ukraine Border, NATO WarnsRussian military vehicles reportedly crossed into Ukraine late Thursday. MoreNATO Faces a Familiar FoeRussian Prime Minister Dmitry...
The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Hello! Here’s what people will be chatting about on Friday. 1. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has agreed to step down from his post on Thursday, making way for potential successor Haider al-Abadi. The resignation marks the end of Maliki’s eight-year rule. 2. The World Health Organization said the number of deaths and reported cases...
12 Russian armored vehicles join aid convoy
Russian solders with their several military vehicle gather at the rail road crossing about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Ukrainian border at Rostov-on-Don region, Russia, early Friday, Aug. 15… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Moscow, Kiev closer to confrontation as aid convoy heads for rebel areas
MOSCOW — A Russian aid convoy struck a new course toward rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, apparently flouting Ukrainian demands that all humanitarian shipments be subject to government inspections and prompting Kiev to threaten a direct confrontation if the convoy tries to pass through. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Russians Start Paying the Price for Putin’s Ukraine Adventure
For most Russians, indeed nearly all of them, the crisis in Ukraine has had a distant, almost virtual quality. It has been something they watched on TV, or debated in their kitchens, rooting for the pro-Russian rebel militias and cursing the Ukrainian government as though the war between them was hardly more than a gruesome sporting match. The...
Pressure mounts as Russian convoy reaches Ukraine’s border
Raising the stakes in Ukraine’s conflict, a Russian aid convoy of more than 200 trucks pushed up to the border Thursday but then stopped, provocatively poised to cross into rebel-held territory. […] an inspection would ease concerns that Russia could use the aid shipment as cover for a military incursion in support of the separatists,...
Ferguson Police Look Like Forces In These Conflict-Filled Countries
One of the most striking realizations to come from the tense standoff in Ferguson, Missouri is just how closely the scene resembles images of crackdowns on protests in conflict-filled countries around the world. Seeing police officers in full military gear, firing teargas and rubber bullets at crowds of protesters, is something that western...
Putin Puts Wall Street in Buying Mood
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes a softer stance towards Ukraine and the bulls on Wall Street stand firm. Gains were modest across the board with strength in utilities, health and consumer discretionary stocks leading the way. …read more Source: The Boston...
Reports: Russian Military Convoy Enters Ukraine
Two British newspapers are reporting that a column of Russian military vehicles has crossed into Ukraine separately from a convoy of some 250 Russian trucks that Moscow says is carrying humanitarian aid. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Shelling in Eastern Ukraine Impacts Civilians
Lena, 62, clutches one of the pigeons that survived Wednesday’s attack on her inner-city district — a late-night barrage of rockets that killed 10 of her birds — as she condemns the damage to her one-story home. “There aren’t separatist fighters in the neighborhood,” she said, adding that the only people who live in the...
