by Mahmood Abu-Rubieh | Jul 6, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Greeks Reject Bailout Terms in Rebuff to European Leaders Suzanne Daley / New York Times Greeks delivered a shocking rebuff to Europe’s leaders on Sunday, decisively rejecting a deal offered by the country’s creditors in a historic vote that could...
by Julia Maloof | Jul 2, 2015 | Monitor
ASP: In case you missed it… 2 July 2015 Key Reads Cubans greet latest step in US thaw with hope tempered by reality Victoria Burnett / NYT At the building along Havana’s seafront that will soon become America’s first embassy in Cuba in more than 50 years, life...
by Cecilia Li | Jun 30, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads In a Grisly First, Islamic State Beheads 2 Women in Syria, Monitor Says Laura King, Nabih Bulos / LA Times Islamic State militants beheaded two women on charges of “sorcery” in a northeastern province of Syria, a monitoring group reported Tuesday, in...
by Clark Derrington | Jun 30, 2015 | Monitor
Greek banks did not open for business Monday morning. The vast majority of them will stay closed for at least a week, with only a handful opening for pensioners to make withdrawals. This abrupt bank holiday could well be the beginning of the end of Greek membership in...
by Mahmood Abu-Rubieh | Jun 29, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Greece’s Debt Crisis Sends Stocks Falling around Globe David Jolly, Keith Bradsher / New York Times Global markets shuddered on Monday after Greece closed its banks amid fears that the country was headed toward default. Stocks slumped modestly at the...
