Section: US & Canada
What Brought Down Air Algerie Flight AH5017?
DAKAR (Reuters) – The Air Algerie flight that crashed in Mali last week appears to have plummeted to the ground from an altitude of 10,000 meters in just a few minutes after flying into a storm, a senior official involved in the investigation was quoted as saying. French officials have said they believe bad weather was most likely to blame...
Moscow fights back after sanctions; battle rages near Ukraine crash site
Russia fought back on Wednesday over new U.S. and EU sanctions imposed over Ukraine, where fighting between Moscow-backed rebels and government troops has intensified since a Malaysian airliner was shot down. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Some Rebels In Ukraine Vent Frustration With Putin
By Aleksandar Vasovic DONETSK, Ukraine, July 30 (Reuters) – Western leaders may be Vladimir Putin’s biggest critics over the conflict in east Ukraine but the Russian leader is also facing criticism from some of the rebels they accuse him of arming. The European Union and the United States have imposed new sanctions on Russia because...
US And EU Target Russian Banks, Arms And Oil Industry With Wide-Ranging Sanctions
The United States and the European Union followed up on sanctions imposed on Russia two weeks ago, in an attempt to tackle Russian support for separatists in Ukraine, and announced a fresh round of wide-ranging sanctions, according to reports published Tuesday. …read more Source: International Business...
Observers turn back after another attempt to reach MH17 wreckage
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. …read more Source: CTV...
OSCE observers turn back after another attempt to reach MH17 wreckage
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. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia’s Central Bank Will Support Banks Targeted by Sanctions
…read more Source: The Epoch...
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell (DIA, SPY, SPX, QQQ, TWTR)
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know. 1. Russian Stocks Shrug. Russia’s MICEX index is up more than 2% despite the announcement of further sanctions against Russian financial institutions. BI’s Sam Ro explains why markets are unmoved: “…There’s little doubt that Russia’s economy is indeed under...
‘Nobody Can Prove’ Russian Link to Rebels: Diplomat
Leonid P. Moiseev, Russia’s ambassador to Singapore, made the denial hours after Barack Obama imposed harsh new sanctions on Russian banks. …read more Source:...
Ten Weeks In The Hands Of Ukrainian Separatists
Ukrainian theater director Pavel Yurov and Denis Grishchuk, a Kyiv-based artist, were freed earlier this month after being held for 70 days by pro-Russian separatists. They shared their story with RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
