Section: US & Canada
Report: Pro-Russian separatists put Army on alert, Moldova says an attempt to destabilize
A news agency says pro-Russian separatists in a breakaway region of Moldova have put their army on alert, claiming they fear military action from their neighbors, Ukraine and Moldova. …read more Source: FOX...
Russia Bans Wide Array of Food Imports from the U.S., EU
Russia banned a wide array of food imports from Western countries Thursday in a spiraling sanction war amid the worst ties between Russia and the West since the Cold War. A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the additional restrictions, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he signed a decree banning for one year the import of foods...
Mortar hits hospital in eastern Ukraine; 1 killed
Air strike injures 2 in key rebel stronghold in east Ukraine …read more Source:...
Russia’s food-import ban targeting the West takes shape
Russia has rolled out a sweeping embargo on food imports from the U.S., the European Union and some other Western countries in response to sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
ECB leaves rates on hold as Ukraine crisis looms
The European Central Bank has left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low of 0.15 percent as the crisis in Ukraine casts a shadow over Europe’s modest economic recovery. …read more Source: Miami...
Reports: Snowden Granted 3 More Years in Russia
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden received permission to stay in Russia for an additional three years, his lawyer told local media Thursday, amid the worst U.S.-Russian relations since the Cold War. Snowden revealed troves of classified information on the American government’s surveillance activities before fleeing...
German Interest Rates Go Negative
Investing.comThe German bond market is considered one of the safe havens for investors looking to get out of riskier asset classes like stocks. As tensions remain high on the Ukraine-Russia border, German bond prices have been rallying, pushing yields lower and lower. Earlier Thursday, the yield on Germany’s two-year bond actually went...
Fighting, Fires On Kyiv’s Independence Square
Demonstrators clashed with city employees and armed guards in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on August 7 as the workers tried to clear barricades and tents from Independence Square. Protesters set fire to piles of tires and threw bottles and bricks at the municipal workers, who eventually withdrew. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read...
Russia Imposes One-Year Ban on Food Imports from West
The Russian government has imposed a ban on most food imports from the United States, the European Union and other Western nations in apparent retaliation for their sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced the sanctions Thursday in Moscow. The import ban includes meat, fruit, vegetables and milk...
Ukraine crisis: Shelling at major hospital in Donetsk kills 1
A mortar hit a large hospital in the troubled Ukrainian city of Donetsk Thursday, killing at least one person, as government forces tighten their grip on the pro-Russian rebel stronghold. …read more Source: CTV...
