Section: US & Canada
EU document: 3 long-time Putin cronies, including ex-judo partner, hit with EU sanctions
An official European Union document shows three long-time Putin cronies are among eight people who have been hit with new EU sanctions. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine: Clashes prevent visit to jet debris site
DONETSK, Ukraine — Almost two weeks after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down, clashes on Wednesday between Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels again prevented international experts from reaching the crash site to recover remains still baking in midsummer heat in farm fields — deepening frustration for victims’ relatives...
Are the New Sanctions on Russia Really Working?
The EU and the U.S. announced new sanctions against Russia this week, with Europe banning a laundry list of activities and exports—no more pulsed electron accelerators or live Marburg viruses allowed—that the U.S. matched by expanding its sanctions across several sectors of industry. Short of Russian President Vladimir Putin halting...
4th stymied attempt to get Flight 17 probe going
Almost two weeks after the jet packed with Europeans was shot down over Ukraine, investigators are turned back a 4th time from crash site …read more Source:...
Ukraine government battles pro-Russia activists
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Victims’ relatives frustrated as clashes prevent access to jet crash site
Almost two weeks after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 went down, clashes on Wednesday between Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels again prevented international experts from reaching the crash site — deepening frustration for victims’ relatives and the governments whose citizens died. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Clashes Prevent Visit to Jet Debris Site
DONETSK, Ukraine—Almost two weeks after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down, clashes on Wednesday between Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels again prevented international experts from reaching the crash site to recover remains still baking in midsummer heat in farm fields — deepening frustration for victims’ relatives and...
Ukraine Accuses Rebels of Laying Mines Near MH17 Crash Site
DONETSK, Ukraine—International observers turned back Wednesday after making another attempt to reach the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down in eastern Ukraine, and a government official said the area near the zone had been mined by pro-Russian separatists who control it. Observers from the Organization for Security and...
Ukraine official: Rebels lay mines near crash site
Ukraine official: Rebels lay mines near jet crash site, observers again fail to reach area …read more Source:...
Russia counts cost of new US, EU sanctions
After raft of new Western sanctions, Russian central bank moves to support local lenders …read more Source:...
