Section: The United Kingdom
Families of Malaysian Airlines MH17 victims SUE Vladimir Putin over shot down plane
VLADIMIR Putin is being sued for $330m by the families of victims on board the doomed Malaysian Airlines flight that was shot down over Ukraine two years ago. …read more Source:...
Snubbed by West, Russia rolls out red carpet for Asian leaders
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – The Kremlin has seized on the visit by southeast Asian leaders for a summit as an opportunity to show Russia still has friends on the international stage, despite being cold-shouldered by the West over the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Is Facebook’s newsfeed really biased against conservatives – and, if not, should it be?
There is no such thing as objective journalism, and in the case of Facebook, no requirement to be objective. It was a hectic spring morning at the height of the Ukraine crisis. On the radio, newscasters were calmly reporting on the body count, the possible involvement of other world powers, the possibility of nuclear weapons being used. And then,...
European security group mulls police mission to Ukraine
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Referendumania
JAN HERFKENS, a 25-year-old law student in Amsterdam, did not want to vote in the Netherlands’ recent referendum on the European Union’s trade deal with Ukraine. “We already have one big referendum,” he says, meaning the general election; he would rather elect representatives to handle policy issues than vote on them himself. The...
For Russia, Brexit would be an opportunity not a tragedy
While there is little sign that Moscow is trying to influence vote, the foreign policy opportunities will not have gone unnoticedWhen it comes to international views on next month’s Brexit referendum, there has been a loud chorus of foreign leaders, including the US president, Barack Obama, calling on Britain to remain in the EU. But there...
Russian convicted for tyre blaze stunt
A Moscow court convicts a Russian performance artist for burning tyres in support of Ukrainian democracy activists. …read more Source:...
Crimes and punishment
Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, 20th November 1945 : Barack Obama has failed Africa I always wanted to know exactly how my father had managed to escape from Nazi-occupied Poland and survive the Holocaust that killed almost his entire family. Like so many other refugees trying to build a new life in a foreign land, he didn’t want to talk about...
EU’s Mogherini sees Russia sanctions being renewed
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini expects sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine to be renewed in July, she told a German newspaper on Thursday. …read more Source:...
In: the case for Europe
David Cameron makes campaign calls for Britain Stronger in Europe, alongside Tessa Powell, Paddy Ashdown and Neil Kinnock (right) ©Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty Images The 23rd June referendum on whether the UK will stay in the European Union will be an immense jolt to the country’s politics and economics whatever the result. If British people...
