Section: US & Canada
Ex-leader’s estate embodies Ukraine’s past, present, hope for future
On a summer’s day in the park, children gripped Frisbees and ice cream cones as they tottered next to distracted parents. A wedding party simulated a conga line for a patient cameraman. A trio of twentysomething men sipped kvass, a favorite only-looks-like-beer beverage. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine Crisis: 1 Killed At Donetsk Dental College In Attack Meant For Rebel Headquarters
A Ukrainian military strike intended to hit the headquarters of pro-Russia separatists Thursday instead hit a dental college, killing one patient. The attack was the second unsuccessful attempt at blowing up the rebel headquarters in Donetsk. The strike inflicted massive damage on the dental college in Donetsk, including the college’s...
Major hospital in eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk hit by shelling
Only the dentistry unit suffered damage, witnesses said, but it is one of Donetsk’s larger hospitals. …read more Source: Toronto...
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell (DIA, SPY, QQQ, FOXA, GMCR, SCTY, WEN, MYL, OWW, ZNGA, SSYS, MNST, LGF, DUK)
REUTERS/Kenneth Armstrong The hitchBOT is seen posed next to Highway 17 north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and a portion of the Trans-Canada Highway August 5, 2014. The hitch-hiking robot is now at the halfway point in its journey across Canada. Picture taken August 5, 2014. 1. Russia Bans Food Imports From The West. Specifically from the U.S.,...
MH17: Kiev suspends crash-site ceasefire after recovery mission halted
Netherlands said on Wednesday it was halting the recovery mission because of continued fighting in the region …read more Source: The Globe and...
Snowden Granted Asylum Extension— Here’s Why He’s Still ‘Very Useful’ To Russia
AFP/Axel HeimkenA giant screen shows fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden (top) delivering a speech, on May 16, 2014 in the northern German city of Hamburg,As the world condemns Russia’s continued support for separatists in eastern Ukraine in the wake of MH17, Edward Snowden is asking Vladimir Putin for an extended asylum....
As Ukraine Fighting Intensifies, Dental College Is Struck
An artillery barrage, apparently by government forces, blew apart dental chairs, cracked walls adorned with charts of teeth and killed one patient. …read more Source: The New York...
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...
