Section: US & Canada
Scythian Gold – Crimean Treasures
A Dutch appeals court has postponed a verdict on the ownership of a collection of gold artifacts from Crimea that was on loan to a Dutch museum when Russia seized the peninsula in 2014, saying it needed more information. A Dutch court had ruled, in 2016, to send the treasures to Ukraine — but four Crimean museums made a joint appeal...
Trump’s Faith-Based Foreign Policy
Behind the Oval Office circus of drama and distraction, conservatives are quietly reshaping government in ways that could resonate for generations to come. One major front is the integration of religion into foreign policy, in which the phrase “religious freedom,” figures prominently—in the same way it did during the George W. Bush...
How A Hunch, A Farmer, And A Scorched Field Led Me To The MH17 Missile-Launch Site
An obscure blogger claimed to have triangulated the general location from a photograph. On a hunch, a fellow journalist and I followed it — and found the exact spot from which international investigators later concluded that Russia-backed forces fired the Buk missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, killing all 298 people...
Ukrainian Official Says Agreement Reached On Prisoner Swap With Separatists
Advisers to the leaders of Germany, France, Russia, and Ukraine have reached an agreement on a prisoner swap between Kyiv and Russia-backed separatists, a senior Ukrainian official has said. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Austria: Ukrainian businessman’s US extradition on hold
Austrian officials say the country’s justice minister has approved the extradition to the U.S. of Ukrainian businessman Dymitro Firtash, but his defense has filed a court application to reopen the case and he can stay in Austria for now …read more Source: ABC...
Austria: Ukrainian businessman’s US extradition on hold
Austrian officials say the country’s justice minister has approved the extradition to the U.S. of Ukrainian businessman Dymitro Firtash, but his defense has filed a court motion to reopen the … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Austria: Ukrainian businessman’s US extradition on hold
…read more Source: Toronto...
BREAKING: Austria Approves Extradition Of Ukrainian Tycoon Firtash To U.S.
Austria’s justice minister has approved the extradition of Ukrainian tycoon Dmytro Firtash to the United States, where he has been charged as part of an alleged bribery scheme involving titanium supplies for aircraft giant Boeing. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Dutch Appeals Court Postpones Verdict On Ownership Of Crimean Gold
A Dutch appeals court has postponed its verdict on the ownership of a collection of gold artifacts from Crimea that was on loan to a Dutch museum when Russia seized the peninsula in 2014, saying it needed more information. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Dutch court needs more time to rule on Crimean treasures
An appeals court in Amsterdam says it needs more time to rule on the ownership of a valuable trove of historical artefacts loaned to a Dutch museum by four museums … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
