Section: Miami Herald (USA)
Australia rules out new sanctions against Russia
Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott says his government is not considering ratcheting up sanctions against Russia while it is focusing on retrieving Australian victims from the wreckage of the Malaysian airliner disaster in Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
Obma, EU slap tough sanctions on certain of Russia’s sectors
President Barack Obama and European leaders on Tuesday slapped their toughest sanctions yet on Russia’s energy, arms and finance sectors to protests Russian involvement in Ukraine. But the measures stopped short of steps that might inflict damage on Western economies. …read more Source: Miami...
Task force set up after plane shot down
The United Nations agency that governs civil aviation says it is setting up a task force aimed at improving security measures in the wake of the shoot-down of a Malaysia Airlines jet over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
Lavrov and Kerry talk about Cold war-era arms deal
Russia’s Foreign Ministry says the chief diplomats from Russia and the United States have discussed the situation in Ukraine and the fulfillment of a Cold War-era arms control deal that the U.S. has accused Russia of violating. …read more Source: Miami...
22 civilians reported killed in east Ukraine
Local authorities in eastern Ukraine say at least 22 civilians have been killed in one day by shelling. …read more Source: Miami...
BP warns of impact of Russia sanctions on profits
Energy company BP warned Tuesday that further international sanctions on Russia could hurt its profits because of its stake in the country’s oil giant, Rosneft. …read more Source: Miami...
Ukraine official: Black box shows missile shrapnel downed Malaysian airliner
Evidence from the black box of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 indicates that shrapnel from an exploding missile ripped through the passenger jet, causing a “massive explosive decompression” that led to the crash and death of 298 passengers and crew, a Ukrainian government official said Monday. …read more Source: Miami...
U.S. sales to Russia have only risen since sanctions imposed
In the months since the United States imposed sanctions on Russian businesses and close associates of President Vladimir Putin’s, an odd thing has happened: U.S. exports to Russia have risen. …read more Source: Miami...
Poland, Britain call for more sanctions on Russia
The foreign ministers of Poland and Britain have called for more economic sanctions on Russia, saying it is responsible for the downing of the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine this month. …read more Source: Miami...
Ukrainian PM urges vote to pay for war
Ukraine’s prime minister says parliament needs to come up with more money to pay the mounting costs from the war against pro-Russian separatists and to rebuild infrastructure shattered by the fighting. …read more Source: Miami...
