Section: US & Canada
MH17: Rebels have laid mines on route to crash site, Kiev says
The OSCE observers turned back to the city of Donetsk after discussions with rebels …read more Source: The Globe and...
Total Bracing For Sanctions Impact
The oil major says it has stopped increasing its stake in Russian gas-producer Novatek and will review the effect of sanctions on Russia at the end of August. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
International Observers Turned Back From Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Crash Site In Eastern Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — 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...
Obama: ‘Not a new Cold War,’ but new Russia sanctions announced
President Obama announced a new round of U.S. sanctions against Russian banks and a shipbuilding company Tuesday, saying Russia must pay an increasingly high price for its military aggression in Ukraine and the downing of a passenger jet. The penalties follow tougher sanctions in an agreement reached by European Union … …read more...
Obama: ‘Not a new Cold War,’ but new Russia sanctions announced
President Obama announced a new round of U.S. sanctions against Russian banks and a shipbuilding company Tuesday, saying Russia must pay an increasingly high price for its military aggression in Ukraine and the downing of a passenger jet. The penalties follow tougher sanctions in an agreement reached by European Union … …read more...
Educating Their Children Abroad Is the Russian Elite’s Guilty Secret
Lucky Anastasia Zheleznyak. She has secured one of the BBC’s sought-after positions, working as a production assistant at London’s Ellstree Film Studios. But Zheleznyak isn’t just any Russian expat making her way up the career ladder. She’s the daughter of Duma Deputy Speaker Sergei Zheleznyak, known for his warning of an...
EU Units of Russian Banks Exempt From Sanctions
European Union-based subsidiaries of Russian state-owned banks are exempt from EU sanctions, two European officials said. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
19 killed in Ukraine as separatists maintain control of MH17 wreckage
International observers have turned back from another attempt to reach the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
The Right-Wing Delusion That Obama Is an Israel-Hating Dove
Among some right-leaning hawks, there is a persistent delusion that President Obama is a non-interventionist dove who rejects American exceptionalism and hegemony, all the while harboring a unique, possibly anti-Semitic distaste for Israel. The populist manifestation of this delusion has asked us to believe that Obama “pals around with...
Russia Restricts Imports Of Fruit, Vegetables From Poland
Russia’s food safety watchdog says it has imposed “restrictions” on imports of fruit and vegetables from Poland beginning August 1. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
