Section: US & Canada
Russia says new EU sanctions undermine fight against terrorism
Russia lashed out Saturday at the latest round of Ukraine-related sanctions imposed by the European Union, saying they endanger the fight against international terrorism, and accused the United States of spreading flagrant lies about Russia’s alleged involvement in the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russia says E.U. sanctions will be ‘greeted enthusiastically’ by international terrorists
MOSCOW — Russia lashed out Saturday at the latest round of Ukraine-related sanctions imposed by the European Union, saying they endanger the fight against international terrorism, and accused the United States of spreading flagrant lies about Russia’s alleged involvement in the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine. The EU...
Ukraine woman has ‘looted’ mascara from plane crash
A pretty young woman posted a photo of herself on Instagram holding a tube of mascara allegedly stolen from the Ukraine crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 and created an uproar on the Internet. …read more Source: New York Daily...
The Stock Market Has Been Predicting Russian Crises Since 1857
Winston Churchill once said that Russia “is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside and enigma”. But not everyone is so baffled by the world’s biggest country. The Socionomics Institute released a two part study that examines Russia’s past in order to foreshadow to Russia’s future. In the first part of the study, they...
It’s Still a Mess in Iraq
Remember Iraq? While the world’s attention has been diverted by the Malaysian plane shot down in eastern Ukraine and Israel’s assault on Gaza, things haven’t got much better in Iraq (or Syria for that matter, but that’s another story.) It seems like just the other day that militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria...
Malaysia calls for full access to MH17 site
More than a week after Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 came down in eastern Ukraine, Malaysian investigators have not yet been able to access the entire crash site, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak says. …read more Source:...
Donetsk residents flee fighting
Long lines of cars jammed the roads leading south out of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine Saturday, as residents attempted to flee the city center after a night of heavy shelling on the city’s northern outskirts. …read more Source:...
Parents of woman aboard downed Flight MH17 visit crash site in Ukraine
The parents of a woman who was on Flight MH17 when it was shot down in eastern Ukraine last week travelled to the scene of the crash on Saturday, arriving from Amsterdam after a journey from their home in Perth, Australia. …read more Source:...
Last Plane Carrying MH17 Victims Departs for Netherlands
An Australian air force transport plane was the last aircraft to depart eastern Ukraine on Saturday (July 26) carrying the remains of victims from the downed Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. All 298 people on board the flight perished when it was brought down over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, where Kiev is struggling to quell a...
Parents of Australian victim visit crash site
The parents of a woman who died on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 travelled from Perth, Australia to honor their daughter at the crash site in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
