Section: US & Canada
Alaska Man Finds 50-Year-Old Message in Bottle from Soviet-Era Russian
In the age of the internet, instant messaging, and smartphones, a handwritten note still has the power to amaze — with an assist from technology. That seems to be the lesson after an Alaskan man discovered a message in a bottle from a Soviet sailor written 50 years ago. Tyler Ivanoff, 36, of the village of Shishmaref, Alaska, was picking berries...
‘A Test of Unity’, Power Moves and Posturing as G7 Summit Gets Underway
(BIARRITZ, France) — The posturing by leaders of the G-7 rich democracies began well before they stood together for a summit photo. French President Emmanuel Macron, the host, cornered Donald Trump at the American leader’s hotel with an impromptu lunch invitation. It was something of a power move by Macron, who pushed the Amazon wildfires...
FLASHBACK: When Liberals Got Mad and Protested David Koch for Giving $100 Million to a Hospital
Libertarian philanthropist David Koch has passed away at the age of 79. The gay-rights advocate and patron of the arts was, along with his brother Charles Koch, one of the most reviled individuals in American politics among journalists and other left-wing activists, even when they were doing ostensibly uncontroversial things such as donating...
Trade disputes haunt G-7 summit meeting of world powers in France
BIARRITZ, France — The posturing by leaders of the G-7 rich democracies began well before they stood together for a summit photo. French President Emmanuel Macron, the host, cornered Donald Trump at the American leader’s hotel with an impromptu lunch invitation. It was something of a power move by Macron, who pushed the Amazon wildfires to...
EU’s Tusk: More Reasons Than Ever To Keep Russia Out Of G7
European Council President Donald Tusk has rejected President Donald Trump’s call for Russia to be readmitted to the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialized nations. At a news conference before the beginning of a G7 summit in France on August 24, Tusk said there are more reasons than ever for keeping Moscow out. Russia was expelled from...
For First Time, Ukraine Marks Independence Without Official Military Parade
Ukraine on August 24 marked its 28th anniversary of independence from the former Soviet Union with an official ceremony in Kyiv that, for the first time, did not include a military parade. A minute of silence commemorated those war victims in eastern Ukraine as well as those killed in a crackdown against the protests that ousted pro-Russian...
Trump in France for G-7 Summit Where Consensus Is Unlikely
U.S. President Donald Trump has arrived in Biarritz, France, to attend the Group of 7 summit, a meeting of the world’s most advanced democracies.Immediately after his arrival on Saturday, Trump had lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders reiterated their desire to work together as they discuss a range of issues...
Zelenskiy Likens Russia’s Seizure Of Crimea To ‘Kids Being Stolen’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has likened Russia’s 2014 seizure of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula to “kids being stolen and issued a new birth certificate,” as the country marked 28 years of independence on August 24. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Amazon Fires Expose Global Bad Actors — What Will We Do About Them?
Ueslei Marcelino/ReutersOur collective response to the burning of the Amazon—the Earth’s most valuable carbon dioxide-sucking asset—has made clear it’s time for a new geopolitical handbook to address the climate emergency. When Iran threatened to develop nuclear weapons, the U.S. at The Daily Beast. …read more Source: The Daily...
Trump and Macron Agree Russia Should Join G-8 in 2020 But Will It?
Will Russia join next year’s G-7 summit? The question is being considered after U.S. President Donald Trump raised the idea ahead of the group’s annual summit this week in France. The group voted to suspend Moscow’s membership in 2014 after it annexed Crimea, which Russia continues to hold. Trump says it’s time for them to...
