Section: US & Canada
Reports: EU approves tough sanctions against Russia
U.S., Europe accuse Russia of encouraging and arming ethnic-Russian separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source: USA...
Shelling adds to mounting civilian death toll in Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine — Shelling in at least three cities in eastern Ukraine has hit a home for the elderly, a school and several apartment blocks, adding to a rapidly growing civilian death toll Tuesday. …read more Source: New York Daily...
EU adopts tough new sanctions on Russia, sources say
Two European Union diplomats say the bloc is adopting tough new economic sanctions against Russia for its support of rebels fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Lavrov and Kerry talk about Cold war-era arms deal
Russia’s Foreign Ministry says the chief diplomats from Russia and the United States have discussed the situation in Ukraine and the fulfillment of a Cold War-era arms control deal that the U.S. has accused Russia of violating. …read more Source: Miami...
Diplomats: EU Governments Are Going After Russian Banks Over Ukraine
European Union governments reached a deal on Tuesday to impose economic sanctions against Russia that would curb access of state-owned Russian banks to capital markets and restrict export of equipment for Russian oil production, diplomats told reporters. The sanctions will be reviewed after three months, one diplomat said. Dutch Foreign Minister...
Shelling adds to mounting civilian toll in Ukraine
Shelling in at least three cities in eastern Ukraine has hit a home for the elderly, a school and multiple homes, adding to a rapidly growing civilian death toll Tuesday. …read more Source: CTV...
Yes, It Could Happen Again
Pessimism is a useful prism through which to view the affairs of states. Their ambition to gain, retain, and project power is never sated. Optimism, toward which Americans are generally inclined, leads to rash predictions of history’s ending in global consensus and the banishment of war. Such rosy views accompanied the end of the Cold War....
LIVE: John Kerry Speaks on Ukraine
Secretary of State John Kerry holds a joint press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin. …read more Source:...
The Downing Of MH17 Has Put Putin In Zugzwang
“The Malaysia Airlines disaster seems to have put Putin in a zugzwang, the German chess term beloved by Russian political scientists that signifies a situation in which any move will weaken a player’s position,” Alec Luhn of Foreign Policy writes. Russian-backed separatists are suspected of shooting down Malaysia Flight MH17 on...
EU hashing out economic sanctions for Russia to press Putin on Ukraine
EU does more than 10 times as much trade with Russia as the United States, relying in particular on Russian natural gas to fuel its industry and power its cities …read more Source: The Globe and...
