Section: Time (USA)
Dow Drops 100 Points on News of Ukraine Violence
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 100 points Friday on reports that the Ukrainian military destroyed Russian military vehicles that entered into Ukraine. Investors are concerned about further escalation. Russian military vehicles carrying aid entered Ukraine over night following a days-long standoff over whether the more than 200...
Russian Military Vehicles Enter Ukraine as Row Over ‘Aid’ Convoy Worsens
MoreRussians Start Paying the Price for Putin’s Ukraine AdventureNATO Chief: ‘High Probability’ of Russian Military Intervention in UkraineRussia Now Has 20,000 Troops on Ukraine Border, NATO WarnsRussian military vehicles reportedly crossed into Ukraine late Thursday. MoreNATO Faces a Familiar FoeRussian Prime Minister Dmitry...
Russians Start Paying the Price for Putin’s Ukraine Adventure
For most Russians, indeed nearly all of them, the crisis in Ukraine has had a distant, almost virtual quality. It has been something they watched on TV, or debated in their kitchens, rooting for the pro-Russian rebel militias and cursing the Ukrainian government as though the war between them was hardly more than a gruesome sporting match. The...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s Twitter Was Hacked
The press office for Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev denied that he was stepping down Thursday after his Twitter account was apparently hacked, Bloomberg reports. “The Twitter account of the prime minister was hacked and the recent posts about his resignation and plans to become a freelance photographer are false,” an unnamed government...
Russian Aid Convoy Keeps on Trucking Toward Ukraine
A Russian convoy numbering close to 300 vehicles has resumed its journey towards separatist-held areas in eastern Ukraine, laden with what Russia says is humanitarian aid supplies for the people of Ukraine. Traveling at 50 miles per hour the aid convoy left a military base in Voronezh, Russia before dawn, the New York Times reports. The vehicles...
Pope Francis Goes to Korea: The Spiritual Meaning of Travel During Turmoil
Pope Francis is headed to South Korea on Wednesday, in the midst of what continues to be a particularly difficult month for the world. MoreLGBT Americans Less Likely to Be ReligiousISIS Is Ignoring Islam’s Teachings on Yazidis and ChristiansSuitcase Killing: American’s Body Found at Posh Bali Resort NBC NewsWater Everywhere: Heavy...
Putin Calls Western Bluff With Humanitarian Convoy Stunt
When the Russian convoy of nearly 300 trucks departed from a military base near Moscow on Tuesday morning and headed toward the border with Ukraine, they were kitted out to look as benevolent as possible. All of them were painted in pristine white, and matching tarpaulin was stretched over their cargo. As they prepared to head out, a priest went...
NATO Chief: ‘High Probability’ of Russian Military Intervention in Ukraine
NATO is warning that a Russian intervention in Ukraine is likely, fearing that a convoy of humanitarian aid dispatched by the Kremlin to the separatist-held city of Luhansk, in eastern Ukraine, is being used as cover for a military buildup. Russian aid, which is being delivered as part of a Red Cross–administered program, comes in response...
Ukraine Agrees to Red Cross-Led Aid Mission
(DONETSK, Ukraine) — The Red Cross will lead an international humanitarian aid operation with Russia and the European Union into the rebel-held city of Luhansk — a plan that Ukraine says the backing of President Barack Obama. MoreRussia Bans Wide Array of Food Imports From the U.S., EUWorld Leaders Gather in Liege to Commemorate World...
Ukraine Rocket Attack Leads to Mass Jail Breakout
(DONETSK, Ukraine) — Rockets slammed into a high-security prison Monday in the rebel-held city of Donetsk, igniting a riot that allowed more than 100 prisoners to flee, authorities in eastern Ukraine said. MoreMissouri Teen’s Fatal Shooting by Cops Sparks Riots NBC NewsPower Play: Inside the New War Brewing in Iraq’s Capital NBC...
