Section: US & Canada
MH17: Europe crafts preliminary deal on Russia sanctions over Ukraine
Ambassadors asked the EU’s Executive Commission to draw up a legal text setting out economic sanctions that the EU would impose for possible agreement next week …read more Source: The Globe and...
Dempsey: Putin may light fire and lose control
Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey touched on the ongoing situation in Ukraine, including talks with NATO allies about increasing readiness. (July 25) …read more Source: USA...
Russia bans dairy imports from Ukraine
Russia has announced a ban on all dairy imports from Ukraine starting next week, a move Kiev has dismissed as politically motivated. …read more Source: Miami...
Ukraine says overnight rebel attacks on border crossing come from Russian side
MOSCOW — The Ukrainian army on Friday claimed that soldiers came under artillery fire from the Russian side of the border overnight and were attacked by rebels in several other places in the restive east. Ukrainian forces are trying to close in on the rebels, cutting them off from the border with Russia which Kyiv believes is the source of...
Russian execs fear lasting damage from plane crash
MOSCOW (AP) — Having for months dismissed Western sanctions on Russia as toothless, business leaders here are now afraid that the crash of the Malaysian jetliner will bring about an internatio… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
French president says no survivors in Air Algerie crash
PARIS — French president Francois Hollande announced Friday that there were no survivors in the crash of an Air Algeria MD-83 aircraft. The jetliner carrying 116 people — including five Canadians — crashed Thursday in a rainstorm over restive Mali, and its wreckage was found near the border of neighbouring Burkina Faso. It was...
Ukraine Says 325 Troops Killed Fighting Rebels In East
The Ukrainian military says 325 soldiers and officers have been killed since the “antiterrorist” operation was launched in the country’s eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk more than two months ago. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian execs fear lasting damage from plane crash
MOSCOW (AP) — Having for months dismissed Western sanctions on Russia as toothless, business leaders here are now afraid that the crash of the Malaysian jetliner will bring about an international isolation that will cause serious and lasting economic damage. “Over the past few months, there was a sense that Mr. Putin acted decisively,...
Russia raises key rate amid Ukraine concerns
Russia’s central bank has unexpectedly raised its key interest rate in a bid to stem inflation and support the currency as the country faces increasing economic pressure over its policies in Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
To punish Russia, Europe must be prepared to suffer
For months, the West has struggled to take a strong stand against Russia for its incursion into Ukraine. …read more Source:...
