Section: US & Canada
Putin’s Russia: From basket case to resurgent superpower
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks more invincible than at any other time in his 18 years in power. Since he was last elected in 2012, Russians have invaded Ukraine, annexed … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Putin on alleged US election interference: I don’t care
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin says he doesn’t care about alleged Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election because the actions weren’t connected to his government. In an interview with American broadcaster NBC News that aired Saturday, Putin also suggested that some of the 13 Russian nationals indicted by the...
Putin: Jews may be responsible for US election meddling
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 economic summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) (JTA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Jews or other minorities might have been behind attempts to interfere in the 2016 American presidential elections. In an interview with NBC News to air this weekend, Putin denied...
Encrypted smartphones secure your identity, not just your data
Smartphones store your email, your photos and your calendar. They provide access to online social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, and even your bank and credit card accounts. And they’re keys to something even more private and precious — your digital identity. Through their role in two-factor authentication systems, the most commonly...
Poroshenko: Ukraine Seeking NATO Membership Action Plan
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has reiterated that Kyiv is seeking a Membership Action Plan (MAP), a formal step toward joining NATO. Poroshenko, in a post on Facebook Saturday, said a MAP was Ukraine’s “next ambition” on the path toward eventual membership in the 29-country Western alliance. “This is what my letter...
Georgian President Touts Tbilisi’s Contributions to NATO: ‘We Deserve It’
Georgia’s membership in NATO could contribute to the stability of the alliance and Europe as a whole, President Giorgi Margvelashvili has said. In an interview with RFE/RL Saturday in Brussels, Margvelashvili outlined Georgia’s main objectives for an upcoming NATO summit in Brussels in July. “We want [NATO] membership. We say we want...
Putin ‘Couldn’t Care Less’ if Russians Meddled in US Election
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he “couldn’t care less” if Russian citizens sought to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, insisting that the Kremlin had nothing to do with the efforts. “Why have you decided the Russian authorities, myself included, gave anybody permission to do this?” Putin asked in...
Poroshenko: Ukraine Seeking NATO Membership Action Plan
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says Kyiv is seeking a Membership Action Plan (MAP), a formal step toward joining NATO. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Claims ‘Jews’ Could be Behind US Election Meddling
US intelligence chiefs last month said Russia still seeks to meddle in US politics. President Vladimir Putin suggested in a US television interview that Ukrainians, Tatars or “Jews,” could have meddled in the 2016 US presidential election — but not the Kremlin. “Why have you decided the Russian authorities, myself...
Polish senator calls for Israeli ambassador’s expulsion
(JTA) — A Polish senator for the ruling party said he would not shake hands with Israel’s ambassador and that he favors her expulsion from Poland for saying anti-Semitism was on the rise there. Jan Zaryn said this during an interview published Friday by the wPolsce news site. “If anyone today thinks to equate in any way the rule of the Law...
