Section: US & Canada
The case for not courting conflict with Russia
Vladimir Putin; Donald Trump (Credit: AP/Alexei Nikolsky/Susan Walsh) We now face some of the greatest crises that humanity and the earth have ever seen—global warming, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, mass poverty and constant wars. To ally with a country like Russia to confront such challenges makes all the sense in the world. Obama himself...
Russia has been testing cyberwarfare techniques on Ukraine since 2014. What’s next?
The World spoke with Wired reporter Andy Greenberg, who found that Russia has been using Ukraine as a testing ground for its cyberwarfare techniques since 2014. …read more Source: Public Radio...
Week 22 in Trump’s America: “I just don’t want a poor person”
To get this weekly Trump update sent to your inbox, subscribe here. Week 22 in one sentence: President Trump rescinded two Obama-era initiatives intended to protect undocumented parents and family members of U.S. citizens and expand an original program that allows certain people who came to the U.S. illegally as children to stay and work in the...
Analysts: Russia’s Military Threats Mainly Bluster, but Conflict Risk Rising
A series of close encounters this month over the Baltic Sea and U.S. shoot-downs of Russian allies’ aircraft in Syria have triggered concerns among defense analysts that any direct incident between Russia and the United States, even if accidental, could quickly spiral out of control. Reports say a Russian fighter jet and a U.S. spy plane on...
EU Tackles Pressing Issues at First Summit Since Brexit Talks
On the first anniversary of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, leaders from the bloc Friday concluded a summit in Brussels with questions about the residency rights of EU citizens in Britain once it exits the regional grouping. Addressing the bloc this week, British Prime Minister Theresa May discussed the fate of the 3 million...
5 things Trump did while you weren’t looking: Week 3
The White House declared it “Tech Week,” inviting a group of CEO’s to repair the administration’s somewhat rocky relationship to the innovation industries. But for all intents and purposes, this turned out to be Healthcare Week in Washington.The Senate GOP’s healthcare bill dropped with a bang on Thursday, drafted so secretly...
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Crimea Ordered to Renounce Faith or Fight For Occupying Russian Army
Human rights groups say the order violates multiple international humanitarian laws. …read more Source:...
Is U.S. power grid at risk from Russian hacking?
Wired magazine takes an in-depth look at a years-long string of cyberattacks in Ukraine that could have implications for the U.S. …read more Source:...
Russia’s Cyberwar Lab and Haiti’s Portable Pharmacies: The Week in Global-Affairs Writing
How an Entire Nation Became Russia’s Test Lab for Cyberwar Andy Greenberg | WIRED“Yushchenko, who ended up serving as Ukraine’s president from 2005 to 2010, believes that Russia’s tactics, online and off, have one single aim: ‘to destabilize the situation in Ukraine, to make its government look incompetent and vulnerable.’...
CNN: Senate Is Investigating Russian Fund Tied To Trump Associates
The Senate Intelligence Committee is looking into a $10 billion Russian investment fund managed by a Kremlin-run bank tied to several Trump associates, CNN reported Friday. A congressional source told CNN that lawmakers are investigating the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which is overseen by the state-run Vnesheconombank, whose CEO met...
