Section: US & Canada
They Cheered Russian Rule. Now Some Have Buyer’s Remorse.
Support for this article was provided by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.SIMFEROPOL, Crimea—One morning in February 2014, the 2 million inhabitants of Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that was Ukraine’s premier seaside destination, woke to find a new set of flags flying in their streets. Overnight, Russian special forces...
World Population Expected to Reach 9.7 Billion in 2050, United Nations Reports
(UNITED NATIONS) — The world’s population is getting older and growing at a slower pace but is still expected to increase from 7.7 billion currently to 9.7 billion in 2050, the United Nations said Monday. The U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ Population Division said in a new report that world population could reach its...
France vows to help Ukraine peace efforts
PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to help Ukraine’s new president in his efforts to bring peace in the east of the country and in talking to Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said during a visit to Paris on Monday that the only way to solve the conflict … …read more Source: The Washington...
France vows to help Ukraine peace efforts
French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to help Ukraine’s new president in his efforts to bring peace in the east of the country and in talking to Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Vanished: How Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Disappeared
1. The DisappearanceAt 12:42 a.m. on the quiet, moonlit night of March 8, 2014, a Boeing 777-200ER operated by Malaysia Airlines took off from Kuala Lumpur and turned toward Beijing, climbing to its assigned cruising altitude of 35,000 feet. The designator for Malaysia Airlines is MH. The flight number was 370. Fariq Hamid, the first officer, was...
The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: There’s No Such Thing as a Bilateral Spat
We’re trying something new: a once-a-week national-security-focused edition of The Atlantic’s signature politics newsletter. Comments or questions? Send us an email anytime. Were you forwarded this email? Sign yourself up here. The Top Story(ISNA / Handout / Reuters)Response and ResponsibilityAfter weeks of heat between Washington and...
Zelenskiy Visits Mariupol As City Celebrates Fifth Anniversary Of ‘Liberation’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the Ukrainian port of Mariupol to take part in activities to mark the fifth year of the city being liberated from Russia-backed separatists. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin, Xi, Rohani Attend CICA Summit In Tajikistan
A summit of a 27-member regional grouping called the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) opened on June 15 in Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe. Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Iranian President Hassan Rohani, and other leaders of member countries including Saudi Arabia and...
Salt Of The Earth: Inside Ukraine’s Artyomsol Mine
In eastern Ukraine, a massive salt-mining operation is hoping to crack Western markets after Russia blocked its imports. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Begins Handing Out Passports To Ukrainians From Conflict Zone
Russia has begun handing out Russian passports to Ukrainians from separatist-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine, a move condemned by Kyiv as “legally void.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
