Section: US & Canada
German investor morale hit hard by Ukraine woes
The German ZEW indicator of economic sentiment saw a steep drop in August, missing analysts’ expectations and sending the euro lower. …read more Source:...
Will Russia bring down the global system
12. August 2014. Topic: Will Russia bring down the global system? By: Joergen Oerstroem Moeller The crisis about the future of Ukraine is nowhere near a solution. It will get worse without any certainty that ultimately it will turn to the better – maybe with luck, but do not count on it. The major fallout may be a Russian assault on the...
Russian Aid Convoy Sets Off For Ukraine
A Russian convoy of 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid left for Ukraine on August 12. Russia said the aid consisted of food, medicine, medical equipment, sleeping bags, and portable power generators. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Wary Over Russian Convoy Bound for Ukraine
A Russian convoy of 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine set off on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Russian aid trucks leave for eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian government soldiers from battalion “Donbass” rest at their positions in village Mariinka near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. The Red Cross will lead an internationa… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
280 Russian aid trucks leave Moscow for eastern Ukraine
A convoy of 280 Russian trucks headed for eastern Ukraine early Tuesday, one day after agreement was reached on an international humanitarian relief mission. …read more Source:...
Russian trucks with humanitarian aid leave for war-torn regions of Ukraine
The international Red Cross, which is due to co-ordinate the operation, said it had no information on what the trucks were carrying or where they were going …read more Source: The Globe and...
280 Russian aid trucks leave for Ukraine
Some fear the aid shipment may be a pretext for sending in Russian troops …read more Source: USA...
US sees hope for easing of Ukraine tensions
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the Obama administration is hopeful diplomacy can ease tensions between Ukraine and Russia over Moscow’s insistence on sending humanitarian aid to pro-Russian areas of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
NATO Chief: ‘High Probability’ of Russian Military Intervention in Ukraine
NATO is warning that a Russian intervention in Ukraine is likely, fearing that a convoy of humanitarian aid dispatched by the Kremlin to the separatist-held city of Luhansk, in eastern Ukraine, is being used as cover for a military buildup. Russian aid, which is being delivered as part of a Red Cross–administered program, comes in response...
