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    US, EU Ready To Impose More Sanctions Against Russia While Rocket Attack Kills 11 In Donetsk
    Jul16

    US, EU Ready To Impose More Sanctions Against Russia While Rocket Attack Kills 11 In Donetsk

    U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday that Washington and the European Union are preparing further sanctions against Russia, even as a rocket attack in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk killed 11 people. …read more Source: International Business...

    U.S. preparing unilateral sanctions on Russia
    Jul16

    U.S. preparing unilateral sanctions on Russia

    Until now, the U.S. has insisted on hitting Russia with penalties in concert with Europe. …read more Source: USA...

    U.S. Preparing Unilateral Sanctions On Russia Over Its Threatening Moves In Ukraine
    Jul16

    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
    Jul16

    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
    Jul16

    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...

    Biden to Ukraine: US, Europe weighing Russia costs
    Jul16

    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...

    Russia-Ukraine Tensions Escalate
    Jul16

    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...

    BRICS Nations Agree to Create Own Development Bank
    Jul16

    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...

    Whisked Away for Tea With a Rebel in Ukraine
    Jul16

    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...

    Putin Annexed Crimea, but He’s About to Pay the Price
    Jul16

    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...