Section: US & Canada
MH17: 60 experts arrive at crash site
International monitors and experts arrived at the crash site of MH17 in eastern Ukraine for the second day running Friday — this time in much greater numbers. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian troops suffer heavy losses in ambush on column near Malaysia Airlines wreckage
A few hours earlier, at least 10 Ukrainian soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed by pro-Russian separatist rebels in a town close to the wreckage site …read more Source: The Globe and...
Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine discovering pros and cons of social media in war
Separatists in eastern Ukraine have been using social media for propaganda purposes since the conflict broke out in early 2014. But with the recent downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet in the area, the rebels are discovering that social media can have its downside, too. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Troops Suffer Heavy Losses In Ambush By Pro-Russian Rebels
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — A team of several dozen international investigators descended Friday on the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site in eastern Ukraine to begin combing an area now designated as a crime scene. A few hours earlier, at least 10 Ukrainian soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed by pro-Russian separatist...
At least 10 Ukrainian troops killed in ambush near MH17 crash site
A team of several dozen international investigators descended Friday on the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine to begin combing an area now designated as a crime scene. …read more Source:...
On Centennial, Seven Harvard Scholars List Lessons of WWI — And How They Might Apply Today
This week marks the centennial of the outbreak of World War I. WorldPost contributors such as Walter Russell Mead and Artyom Lukin have asked whether events in 2014 parallel those of 1914. Here, seven scholars from the Belfer Center at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government offer the historical lessons they see. –...
Ukraine’s parliament rejects prime minister’s resignation
A week after Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said he wanted to resign, the government offered a reply: You can’t. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
EU Slaps Sanctions on Five Russian Banks
The European Union has sanctioned five Russian banks to protest Moscow’s intervention in restive eastern Ukraine. The EU said it is limiting the banks’ access to European capital markets, which could further impede the already weak Russian economy that some analysts say is sliding toward a recession. The 28-nation EU bloc called for...
Russia halts Ukrainian soy, sunseed imports: Report
Russia will suspend Ukrainian soy, soymeal and sunseed imports starting from Aug. 1 due to breach of phytosanitary requirements, Interfax news said. …read more Source:...
Snowden Asks to Stay in Russia
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has applied to renew his political asylum status in Russia. The temporary political asylum Snowden received last July was good only through midnight Thursday. A lawyer in Russia representing Snowden said he can stay in the country at least until there is a decision on his application, and...
