Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s Funny New First Lady Is Dead Serious, Just Like Her Husband
Sergei Grits/APKIEV—Ukraine’s new first lady, Olena Zelenska, cracks jokes for a living. Until a week ago, she was a professional scriptwriter on her husband’s comedy show. Now it’s time to become, well, not only serious but “passionate about democracy,” she said in an interview with The Daily Beast. Millions of Ukrainian...
Russian Police Search Homes Of Two Crimean Tatar Activists
Police have searched the homes of two Crimean Tatar activists in Ukraine’s Russia-controlled Crimea region, a Ukrainian human rights group says. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Norwegian fishermen find beluga whale, suspect it of being a Russian spy
Norwegian fishermen discovered a beluga whale affixed with Russian gear last week, sparking fears that the Kremlin is further weaponizing sea mammals to assist in its naval operations. What are the details? Last week, a fleet of commercial vessels was “harassed” by a suspected “spy” whale in the waters of Arctic Norway,...
Norwegian Officials Are Worried This Beluga Whale Escaped From the Russian Military
(COPENHAGEN, Denmark) — A beluga whale found with a tight harness that appeared to be Russian made has raised the alarm of Norwegian officials and prompted speculation that the animal may have escaped from a Russian military facility. Joergen Ree Wiig of the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries says “Equipment St. Petersburg” is written on the...
Five Conclusions From the Mueller Report
I spent the week after the release of the Mueller report going through it section by section and writing a kind of diary of the endeavor. My goal was less to summarize the report, than to force myself to think about each factual, legal, and analytical portion of Mueller’s discussion, which covers a huge amount of a ground.Here are five...
News of the Day From Around the World, April 29
1 Mideast tensions: Israel released two Syrian prisoners Sunday in what it described as a “goodwill gesture” after the repatriation of the remains of an Israeli soldier who went missing more than 35 years ago. Israel has insisted that the release was not a quid pro quo for the return of Zachary Baumel’s remains earlier this month. Syrian...
Former Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar Dead At 87
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican foreign policy sage known for leading efforts to help the former Soviet states dismantle and secure much of their nuclear arsenal, but whose reputation for working with Democrats cost him his final campaign, died Sunday. He was 87. Lugar died at the Inova Fairfax Heart and...
‘Don’t Waste Your Time,’ Zelenskiy Tells Putin After Citizenship Offer To Ukrainians
Ukraine’s President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told Moscow “not to waste time trying to lure Ukrainian citizens with Russian passports,” after Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow could ease the process of granting Russian citizenship to Ukrainians. Ukrainians understand that Russian citizenship means “the right to be...
‘Don’t Waste Your Time,’ Zelenskiy Tells Putin After Citizenship Offer To Ukrainians
Ukraine’s President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told Moscow “not to waste time trying to lure Ukrainian citizens with Russian passports.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Search of Ukraine coal mine ends with blast death toll of 17
Officials in rebel-held eastern Ukraine say the death toll from a coal mine explosion is up to 17 …read more Source: ABC...
