: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Section: USA

    ‘FLATLINER’: Germany Is Now At Risk Of Pulling All Europe Back Into Recession
    Aug10

    ‘FLATLINER’: Germany Is Now At Risk Of Pulling All Europe Back Into Recession

    Sunday, August 10 , 2014 - 22:12 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Italy is contracting after GDP shrunk by 0.20% in the second quarter. But Italy is not the only Eurozone economy with growth going nowhere. France is too. So is Spain. The only remaining star seems to be Germany, with a 0.8% growth rate in the first quarter, Eric Reguly from the Globe and Mail said. But even the brightest candles eventually burn...

    Israel, Palestinians Agree to New Gaza Truce
    Aug10

    Israel, Palestinians Agree to New Gaza Truce

    Sunday, August 10 , 2014 - 22:12 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Israel and the Palestinians agreed on Sunday to an Egyptian proposal for a new 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza starting at 1700 ET, officials from the warring sides said. “Israel has accepted Egypt’s proposal,” a senior Israeli government official said, adding Israeli negotiators would return to Cairo on Monday to resume indirect...

    Report: US actor Steven Seagal performs in Crimea
    Aug10

    Report: US actor Steven Seagal performs in Crimea

    Sunday, August 10 , 2014 - 21:16 (EEST) Section: Miami Herald (USA)

    The Russian news RIA Novosti says American actor Steven Seagal has performed at a concert in the breakaway region of Crimea on a stage decorated with the flag of pro-Russian separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...

    Ron Paul Says U.S. ‘Likely Hiding Truth’ About MH17 Crash
    Aug10

    Ron Paul Says U.S. ‘Likely Hiding Truth’ About MH17 Crash

    Sunday, August 10 , 2014 - 21:03 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    The U.S. government “knows a lot more” than it’s letting on about the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash and is “likely hiding [the] truth,” according to former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas). In an Aug. 7 post on his news site, Voices of Liberty, Paul said he believes the U.S., with all its intelligence-gathering...

    Ukraine Demands Pro-Russia Rebels Surrender in Donetsk
    Aug10

    Ukraine Demands Pro-Russia Rebels Surrender in Donetsk

    Sunday, August 10 , 2014 - 21:03 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    DONETSK, Ukraine—Fighting raged Sunday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk despite a request from the pro-Russia rebels for a cease-fire to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe.” Ukrainian officials demanded that the insurgents surrender instead. One person was killed and 10 injured in shelling that started early Sunday...

    World War 3 Averted? Ukraine Rebel Leader Wants Aid, Cease-Fire
    Aug10

    World War 3 Averted? Ukraine Rebel Leader Wants Aid, Cease-Fire

    Sunday, August 10 , 2014 - 21:03 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s rebels are surrounded and ready to agree to a cease-fire to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe,” the insurgents’ new leader said Saturday as conditions deteriorated in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, artillery thundering through deserted streets. There was no immediate government...

    Russia Starts Drilling Its Northernmost Oil Well
    Aug10

    Russia Starts Drilling Its Northernmost Oil Well

    Sunday, August 10 , 2014 - 21:03 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    MOSCOW—Russia has begun drilling on its northernmost oil well, in the Kara Sea off the northern coast of Siberia. The well is part of a joint project between the Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft and ExxonMobil to develop the region’s oil reserves, which are estimated at up to 100 billion barrels. The Russian-American project...

    Pressing advantage, Ukraine demands rebels surrender
    Aug10

    Pressing advantage, Ukraine demands rebels surrender

    Sunday, August 10 , 2014 - 19:26 (EEST) Section: CBS (USA)

    Pro-Russian separatists asked for cease-fire to prevent “humanitarian catastrophe” after being surrounded in their stronghold of Donetsk …read more Source:...

    To the Weekend Protesters
    Aug10

    To the Weekend Protesters

    Sunday, August 10 , 2014 - 19:26 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    This weekend, there have been large protests on the streets of London, Cape Town, and Santiago, and smaller demonstrations in Paris and New York. Were they marching in support of the tens of thousands of Yazidis and Christians in Iraq who face imminent murder and starvation on a mountaintop at the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria...

    The Crisis With Russia And The Unspoken Link
    Aug10

    The Crisis With Russia And The Unspoken Link

    Sunday, August 10 , 2014 - 19:26 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    Riveting as always at the Aspen Institute, which hosted a stellar, deeply informed panel this Friday past bringing together Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and moderated by Harvard Kennedy School Professor Nicholas Burns. It would have been hard to...