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Four newborn white lion cubs explore their new home
Jul30

Four newborn white lion cubs explore their new home

Four white lion cubs have been born at a safari park in the Crimean city of Sevastpol and are taking their first steps around their new home. …read more Source: Vancouver...

The problem with Barack Obama’s foreign policy approach
Jul30

The problem with Barack Obama’s foreign policy approach

(Liu Bin/XINHUA-REA/Redux) It has taken until the twilight of his presidency, but now, finally, Barack Obama is crafting the sort of legacy in foreign policy that he no doubt hopes will define his terms in office. Last week, the Cuban flag was raised at its Embassy in Washington for the first time in more than five decades, as Washington and...

Ukrainian pilot charged in deaths of two Russian journalists goes to court in Russia’s south
Jul30

Ukrainian pilot charged in deaths of two Russian journalists goes to court in Russia’s south

DONETSK, Russia — A preliminary hearing in the trial of a Ukrainian officer charged in the deaths of two Russian journalists started in Russia’s south on Thursday. Russian investigators allege that military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko was working as a spotter in eastern Ukraine and provided the co-ordinates for a mortar attack that killed the...

Russia vetoes Security Council proposal on MH17 tribunal
Jul29

Russia vetoes Security Council proposal on MH17 tribunal

Russia vetoes Security Council proposal on MH17 tribunal, despite late lobbying of Putin …read more Source:...

Russia vetoes Security Council proposal on MH17 tribunal
Jul29

Russia vetoes Security Council proposal on MH17 tribunal

Russia has vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago. …read more Source: CTV...

Unruly irregulars battling Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels  answer to no one but God … and that’s a problem
Jul29

Unruly irregulars battling Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels answer to no one but God … and that’s a problem

• Armed groups fighting separatists are fiercely independent• Many dislike current Kiev government and Ukrainian elite• President Poroshenko threatens to bring them under control• Attempts may be difficult and deepen country’s divisions WikipediaDmytro Korchynsky KIEV — From a basement billiard club in central Kiev, Dmytro Korchynsky...

Putin insists Russia will oppose international tribunal for downing of Malaysian plane
Jul29

Putin insists Russia will oppose international tribunal for downing of Malaysian plane

Russian President Vladimir Putin has indicated that Moscow will veto a U.N. Security Council resolution to set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago. …read more Source: The Toronto...

Russia expected to veto UN tribunal on MH17
Jul29

Russia expected to veto UN tribunal on MH17

Russia on Wednesday is expected to veto a UN Security Council resolution to set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago. …read more Source: CTV...

Russian veto expected as UN votes on tribunal for downing of Malaysian plane
Jul29

Russian veto expected as UN votes on tribunal for downing of Malaysian plane

Russia is expected to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution to set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago. …read more Source: Global...

Ashby: The one thing that might make a Toronto Olympic bid worthwhile
Jul28

Ashby: The one thing that might make a Toronto Olympic bid worthwhile

With the news that Boston has cancelled its 2024 Olympic bid, residents of Toronto are once again faced with the prospect of the city levelling up its PanAm Games game to the Olympic scale. Recent polls suggest that 61 percent of Torontonians would support the city’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. This groundswell of support...