Section: US & Canada
Russia bans food imports from West
Russia banned most food imports from the West on Thursday in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine, an unexpectedly sweeping move that will cost farmers in North America, Europe and Australia billions of dollars but will also likely lead to empty shelves in Russian cities. …read more Source: New York Daily...
As a Man-Made Famine Looms, Christmas Comes Early to South Sudan
The Limits of America’s African Experiment in Nation Building Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com[This story was reported in partnership with the Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. Additional funding was provided through the generosity of Adelaide Gomer.]Juba, South Sudan — The soft glow of the dancing white lights is a dead...
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...
