Section: US & Canada
U.S. Preparing Unilateral Sanctions On Russia Over Its Threatening Moves In Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is considering imposing unilateral sanctions on Russia over its threatening moves in Ukraine, a shift in strategy that reflects the Obama administration’s frustration with Europe’s reluctance to take tougher action against Moscow, according to U.S. and European officials. Until now, the U.S....
Rockets Hit Rebel-Held Ukraine Town
Eleven people are killed in a rocket attack on a rebel-held town in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Boston...
Russia and Ukraine draw nearer to direct conflict
KIEV, Ukraine — Accusations of cross-border hostilities between Ukraine and Russia intensified Tuesday, deepening a shadowy war of real or imagined attacks and sabotage that threatens to draw the two countries into direct conflict. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
BRICS Nations Agree to Create Own Development Bank
(FORTALEZA, Brazil) — The leaders of five emerging market powers said at a summit Tuesday that they gave final agreement to creating their own development bank worth $100 billion that will have its headquarters in China. The first president of the New Development Bank will be from India and the position will rotate every five years among...
Russia-Ukraine Tensions Escalate
Russia and Ukraine moved on Tuesday to bolster accusations against each other of cross-border attacks, stepping up a war of disputed facts that has accompanied the bloody separatist conflict in Ukraine’s east. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Biden to Ukraine: US, Europe weighing Russia costs
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden is telling Ukraine’s leader that the U.S. and Europe are talking about imposing new costs on Russia for continuing to escalate the conflict in Ukraine.Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko spoke by phone on Tuesday. The White House says they discussed how Russia is continuing to support...
Whisked Away for Tea With a Rebel in Ukraine
A New York Times reporter was stopped at a checkpoint and then driven off for an unusual inquiry into her credentials. …read more Source: The New York...
The Vicious Art of Swapping Words for Deeds, or Who Will Hold Mr. Putin Accountable?
While some celebrate the cooling of Kremlin’s incriminating rhetoric towards Ukraine, the bloodshed in Donbas continues. Pundits are fooled, willingly or not, by the smoke and mirrors, such as Russian Duma revoking the use of force authorization law, as they forget to focus on the hard evidence. The cognitive dissonance of the...
Putin Annexed Crimea, but He’s About to Pay the Price
According to a recent poll nearly nine out of 10 Russians, 2014 has been a great year for their country. In the wake of the annexation of the Crimea in March, Russians have been riding a wave of patriotism, nostalgia and triumphalism. President Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings have climbed to a whopping 86 percent, while Russian state TV...
Canadian group trying to assist Ukrainian orphans caught up in civil war
Kyiv says that nearly 600 children from orphanages in eastern Ukraine need to be moved as fighting in the area intensifies, but separatists say they should go to Russia. …read more Source: Toronto...
