Section: US & Canada
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...
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...
