Section: US & Canada
Eurozone Recovery Holding up but Ukraine Looms
LONDON— Further evidence emerged Tuesday that the economic recovery across Europe is gaining traction, though it remains vulnerable to an escalation in the crisis in Ukraine, which has seen sanctions on Russia ratcheted up. As well as raising speculation that Russia will slip into recession following the sanctions imposed by the United...
730,000 have left Ukraine for Russia to escape fighting, UN says
About 730,000 Ukrainians have left the country for Russia this year due to the fighting in eastern Ukraine, the European head of the United Nations agency for refugees said on Tuesday, pointing to a far bigger exodus than previously thought. …read more Source:...
Germany’s Spy Agency Is Ready To Shake Off Its Second Tier Reputation
“In the CIA people view liaison relationships as a pain in the ass but necessary,” says Valerie Plame, the CIA undercover agent whose identity was infamously disclosed by aides to President George W Bush soon after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. Liaison relationships are the CIA’s term for cooperation with foreign intelligence...
Japan Fears For Security As Neighbours Build Up Arms
Japan finds itself in a worsening security environment as North Korea pushes ahead with missile development and China and Russia step up military activity in the region, Japan’s Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry’s annual white paper comes after intermittent testing by North Korea of ballistic missiles in defiance of a...
Will Sanctions on Russia Tip the World Into Recession?
In the summer of 1997, Larry Summers, then the deputy treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, was having a private meeting with a senior Wall Street executive who oversaw his bank’s international operations. The executive had been watching with concern the mounting turmoil in the financial and property markets of Thailand, the...
What Actually Constitutes A War Crime?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the militant group Hamas this month of committing a “double war crime” for targeting Israeli civilians with rockets and using the Gaza Strip’s residents as “human shields.” Palestinian officials, meanwhile, argued that Israel should be charged with war crimes for the...
Rights Group: Ukraine Rebels Hampering Aid Efforts
As Ukrainian forces close in on a key city controlled by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, a human rights group is accusing the fighters of aggravating the humanitarian crisis triggered by the four-month-old conflict. U.S.-based Human Rights Watch issued a statement Tuesday saying rebel attacks on medical personnel and facilities have...
Ukraine troops push toward rebels in Donetsk
Government forces seen in control of key checkpoint near pro-Russian separatists’ stronghold …read more Source:...
Switzerland Expands Sanctions Against Russia Over Ukraine Crisis
Switzerland has extended its sanctions over Ukraine’s crisis by adding 26 more Russians and pro-Russian Ukrainians to the list. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell (DIA, SPY, QQQ, GCI, DIS, Z, GRPN, FSLR, PBPB)
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know. 1. Israel Withdraws From Gaza. Forces withdrew in advance of a 72-hour ceasefire brokered by Egypt, and after Israel had announced it had completed its mission to destroy Hamas tunnels. “Hamas and Islamic Jihad appeared ready for the conflict to come to a halt,” the New York...
