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Authoritarian regimes rally around Ferguson
WASHINGTON – The police-brutality marches in dozens of U.S. cities are echoing far beyond the Brooklyn Bridge, the square outside the White House and the streets of Ferguson.They’re also resonating at the Kremlin.Some of the world’s more authoritarian governments aren’t bothering to conceal their glee over the unrest...
France: possible Russia may never get warships
French defence minister says Russia may never get the warships it ordered due to Ukraine …read more Source:...
Ukraine uses one-day truce to test ground for lasting ceasefire
KIEV, Ukraine — A one-day truce announced by Ukraine’s president will serve as a test to see if the fighting in eastern Ukraine against Russian-backed separatists can truly be halted, a military spokesman said Friday. President Petro Poroshenko’s declaration of a break next Tuesday in the fighting marks a new attempt to revive a...
New U.S. defence secretary could bring a hard-nosed view on Russia and North Korea to the White House
The experiences that Ashton Carter would bring to the job of defence secretary are vastly different from Chuck Hagel’s in several important ways, starting with the fact that Carter is an academic and a policy wonk, Robert Burns of the Associated Press writes. Here is the rest of the Associated Press article: How Carter would pursue...
Russia may never receive Mistral-class warships, says French defence minister
France’s defence minister suggested on Friday that two warships ordered by Russia may never be delivered because of its actions in Ukraine, the Associated Press reports. Here is the rest of the Associated Press article: Last month, President Francois Hollande suspended the delivery of the first of the ships “until further notice” due to...
Putin’s luck is running out fast
“Luck,” wrote gonzo-journalist Hunter S. Thompson, “is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it.” Russian President Vladimir Putin, who today gave the most pitiful state-of-the-nation speech of his extraordinarily lucky career, is falling off the wire. The speech was a stark contrast to...
US calls on Russia to calm turbulence in Ukraine
Kerry says Moscow could rebuild relations with the West just by easing tensions in Ukraine …read more Source:...
Company fined in deadly scaffolding collapse
TORONTO – The company that supplied a swing stage involved in a deadly scaffolding collapse in Toronto on Christmas Eve 2009 has been fined $350,000 for failing to ensure the platform was in good condition.Ottawa-based Swing N Staff Inc. pleaded guilty to the charge in a Toronto court, and also faces a 25 per cent victim fine surcharge.One...
Germany: Divided again
Photo by Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images Germany has often acted as an important, if sometimes shaky, bridge between Russia and Western Europe. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in Communist East Germany and speaks Russian, holds no sentimental attachment to Russia and has taken a strong pro-Ukraine position regarding the country’s...
Putin defends aggressive foreign policy as necessary for Russia’s survival: ‘We will be sovereign, or dissolve’
President Putin defended the annexation of Crimea, describing it as Russia’s spiritual ground, ‘our Temple Mount,’ as he defended the Kremlin’s foreign policy …read more Source: Vancouver...
