Section: US & Canada
China’s Panda Diplomacy Comes to Moscow
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is on a three-day state visit to Russia aimed at underscoring Russian-Sino cooperation — and his close relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin — in the face of strained relations with the United States. “In the past six years, we have met nearly 30 times,” said Xi of the Russian leader....
Nuclear disaster site Chernobyl sees spike in tourism thanks to HBO miniseries
The site where a nuclear reactor exploded in Ukraine 33 years ago is experiencing another boom — in tourism — all thanks to the wildly successful HBO miniseries “Chernobyl.”What are the details?HBO’s portrayal of the worst nuclear accident in history has been hailed as some of the best television made in history....
Cruise ship captain in Hungary boat crash was involved in previous collision
The Ukrainian captain of the cruise ship involved in last week’s deadly collision with a sightseeing boat on the Danube River in Budapest was also involved in a crash in the Netherlands on April 1, Budapest’s chief prosecution office says. …read more Source:...
Hungary: Cruise ship captain also part of April collision
Hungarian prosecutors say the Ukrainian captain whose cruise ship was in a deadly a collision with a sightseeing boat that sank in Budapest was also involved in a collision in the Netherlands on April 1 …read more Source: The Washington...
Trump’s Great D-Day Speech
President Trump gave one of the best speeches of his presidency while many Americans were brushing their teeth. His remarks at the seventy-fifth commemoration of D-Day at the Normandy American cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, were gracious, moving, poetic, and delivered in a time zone six hours ahead of the East Coast. Which is too bad....
US Soldiers on D-Day Set Bar for Courage
(Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) KYIV, Ukraine—This week we honor the soldiers who saved Europe by storming the beaches of Normandy 75 years ago on D-Day—June 6, 1944. These soldiers were not born and bred to be warriors. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukrainian Court Sentences Five Men In Activist’s Death Following Acid Attack
A court in Ukraine’s eastern Dnipropetrovsk region has sentenced five men to prison terms in the high-profile case surrounding the death of anti-corruption activist Kateryna Handzyuk. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Lithuanian Lawmakers Recognize 1944 Soviet Deportation Of Crimean Tatars As Genocide
Lithuania’s parliament has recognized the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 by the government of the Soviet Union as an act of genocide. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Says Russia Prepared to Drop Arms Control Treaty
In a far-ranging discussion on foreign policy, President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is prepared to drop the New START arms control treaty if the United States is not interested in renewing it. Speaking on June 6 at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin also denied Moscow is pulling defense personnel out of Venezuela,...
The Latest: Cruise ship captain also part of April collision
Hungarians prosecutors say that the Ukrainian captain whose river cruise ship was in a deadly collision in Budapest with a Danube sightseeing boat was also involved in a ship collision in the Netherlands on April 1 …read more Source: The Washington...
