Section: US & Canada
Hague Court: Russia Must Pay Yukos Shareholders $50 Billion
The Hague’s arbitration court ruled on Monday that Russia must pay a group of shareholders in defunct oil giant Yukos around $50 billion for expropriating its assets, a big hit for a country teetering on the brink of recession. The Hague court said it had awarded shareholders in the GML group just under half of their $114 billion claim,...
Malaysia Seeks Cease-Fire Near Crash Site As Fighting Rages
A Malaysian official says the government is negotiating a cease-fire between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists in part of eastern Ukraine so that investigators can access the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Fighting rages around Flight 17 crash site
At least 8 civilians killed as intense fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russia rebels keeps Australian, Dutch police at bay …read more Source:...
AP News Alert
International police team abandons effort to reach Ukraine crash site as heavy fighting erupts. …read more Source: Miami...
Black boxes show MH17 suffered massive decompression after hit
A Ukrainian security spokesman says data from the recovered flight data recorders shows Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed due to a massive, explosive loss of pressure after being punctured multiple times by shrapnel. …read more Source: CTV...
Death toll mounts as clashes intensify in Ukraine
Territory between the cities has seen intensified fighting as government troops try to gain control over the area where a Malaysia Airlines plane was downed earlier this month. Dutch and Australian police set off for the crash site Monday morning in a convoy of 20 cars, aiming to secure the area so that investigations can continue and any...
The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Welcome back from the weekend! Here’s what people will be taking about on Monday. 1. Israel maintains that its forces were not responsible for 16 Palestinians who were killed last Thursday when a United Nations school in Gaza came under fire. An Israeli military spokesman “acknowledged that an errant mortar round fired by Israeli...
Death toll mounts as clashes intensify in Ukraine
At least eight civilians have been killed by fighting and shelling in two Ukrainian cities held by separatist militants, officials in the rebellion-wracked east said Monday. …read more Source: Miami...
At least 8 civilians killed as hostilities in eastern Ukraine intensify
Officials in rebellion-wracked eastern Ukraine say at least eight civilians have been killed by fighting and shelling in two cities held by separatist militants. …read more Source: FOX...
Death toll mounts as clashes intensify in Ukraine
A Donetsk People’s Republic APC travels in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 27, 2014. Ukrainian armed forces mounted a major onslaught against pro-Russian separatist fighters … …read more Source: The Bismarck...
