Section: US & Canada
The Big Mac index: A basket of sliders
Our flame-grilled guide to currencies suggests the dollar is getting dearer COUNTRIES with McDonald’s fast-food restaurants may only rarely become embroiled in military conflict (Russia and Ukraine are obvious exceptions at the moment), but currency wars are another matter. In recent years central banks in many rich economies fired up big...
Crelinsten: The war in social media
In mid-July, a disturbing video surfaced in which a Canadian, Andre Poulin, entreats his fellow citizens to come to Syria to join the Islamic State in Syria and the Levant (ISIL). It shows Poulin in combat and includes a graphic close-up of his corpse. The recruitment/martyrdom video was distributed by the al-Hayat Media Center, the propaganda...
Efforts to Secure Malaysia Airlines Crash Site Stall in Eastern Ukraine
An international push to secure the crash site of a Malaysian passenger jet shot down by a missile over eastern Ukraine stalled on Saturday, with the leader of a Dutch forensic mission announcing that scores of foreign police officers and experts gathered at a luxury hotel here would not start moving toward the site for at least five days....
German vice chancellor: press Russian oligarchs
Europe should take aim at rich businesspeople who support Russia’s government as it increases pressure on Moscow over its actions in Ukraine, Germany’s vice chancellor said Sunday. …read more Source: Miami...
Fighting intensifies near MH17 crash site
DONETSK, Ukraine – Ukrainian armed forces mounted a major onslaught against pro-Russian separatist fighters Sunday in an attempt to gain control over the area where a Malaysia Airlines plane was downed earlier this month. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Fighting intensifies near MH17 crash site
Dutch policemen walk in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 27, 2014. A team of international police officers that had been due to visit the site of the Malaysian plane disaster … …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Malaysia Airlines may change its name
Malaysia Airlines could change its name following the Flights MH17 and MH370 disasters. The airline is considering the change after one of its passenger planes — MH17 — crashed in Ukraine, apparently blown out of the sky by pro-Russian separatists earlier this month. …read more Source: New York Daily...
U.K. Deputy PM wants Russia stripped of World Cup
Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister wants Russia stripped of the right to host the 2018 World Cup to punish President Vladimir Putin for “belligerent behavior” in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Fighting intensifies near MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian armed forces mounted a major onslaught against pro-Russian separatist fighters Sunday in an attempt to gain control over the area where a Malaysia Airlines plane was downed earlier this month. …read more Source:...
Russian Rebels Involved In Shooting Down MH17 Were From As Far Away As Possible
Yuras Karmanau and Peter Leonard of the Associated Press have published a detailed report describing what happened in eastern Ukraine on the day pro-Russian rebels shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, killing all 298 people on board. One reported detail stands out above all. AP journalists saw the Buk surface-to-air missile system being taken...
