Section: US & Canada
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...
Ukrainians Urged To Save Energy As Russian Gas Shortage Bites
Residents in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities are having to cope without hot water, after the government switched off communal boilers in residential housing blocks to save energy. It comes amid growing fears about Ukraine’s ability to survive the coming winter following Russia’s decision in June to cut off gas supplies. But as Henry...
Shelling kills 1 at major hospital in Donetsk, Ukraine
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...
Russia bans food imports from Canada, other countries, in response to latest sanctions
OTTAWA — Russia is responding to fresh sanctions from Canada, the U.S. and other countries with a ban on food imports for a year. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says the ban covers meat, fish, milk and milk products and fruit and vegetables from Canada, the U.S., the European Union, Australia and Norway. The move announced Thursday...
Russia Bans Food Imports From U.S., EU, Australia, Canada, Norway
Russia says it is launching a “full embargo” on most food imports from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada, and Norway. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
German Economic Data Has Been Astonishingly Bad
REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachTwo traders talk with each other on the floor of the German bourse in Frankfurt on July 21, 1997.German economic data has been unquestionably bad in recent days. Earlier today, we learned industrial production unexpectedly fell 0.5% year-over-year in June, missing expectations for a 0.3% gain. This was the first...
Putin hits back with food import ban
Russian President Vladimir Putin has named a new target as global sparring over Ukraine grows: food. …read more Source:...
Clashes In Kiev As Ukraine Moves To Dismantle ‘Euromaidan’ Protest Camp
KIEV (Reuters) – Tensions flared on Thursday on Kiev’s Independence Square, the scene of street protests that toppled a Moscow-backed president in February, when protesters still camped there clashed with city workers who tried to clear away their tents. The protesters set fire to heaps of tyres, sending clouds of black smoke...
