Section: US & Canada
Edmonton dentist and big hockey fan crowns patients with Oilers logo
EDMONTON — Dentist Dr. Alex Pavlenko is providing a unique way for Edmonton Oilers fans to show off their love of the hockey team, with porcelain crowns featuring the Oilers’ logo. “You crack a tooth in half, or part of it come off, or anything could happen, right?” Pavlenko said with a laugh. “This is a good solution to make it memorable...
New Report Suggests Russia’s Enclave of Kaliningrad Might Need to be Militarily ‘Neutralized’
Michael Peck Security, Europe Would NATO do it in time of war? Russia is not happy over a new RAND Corporation study that suggests the Russian city of Kaliningrad—the former German city of Königsberg—might need to be militarily “neutralized.” “Just Try It,” warned the headline of a Sputnik News article on the RAND study, which Sputnik described...
Ukraine Charges Russian Arrest Warrant For Yatsenyuk ‘Politically Motivated’
Ukraine charged on April 28 that Russia’s effort to have international authorities arrest and extradite former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk is “politically motivated.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Lukashenko Doubles Down
It was to become one of the defining images of the recent recrudescence of Belarus’s autocratic crackdown on civil liberties.“What are you doing?!,” the lady shrieks as riot police in helmets and armour drag an elderly man across the street, his face streaked with fear under a brown beret. “He’s an old man,” she pleads, as he is...
Russia Seeks Arrest of Former Ukraine Prime Minister
Russia has sent a request to the international police agency Interpol for the arrest and extradition of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, claiming he killed Russian soldiers in Chechnya in the 1990s.Yatsenyuk was one of the prime figures of the massive… …read more Source:...
Russia seeks arrest of former Ukraine prime minister
Russia has sent a request to the international police agency Interpol for the arrest and extradition of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, claiming he killed Russian soldiers in Chechnya in the 1990s. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia seeks arrest of former Ukraine prime minister
Russia has sent a request to the international police agency Interpol for the arrest and extradition of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, claiming he killed Russian soldiers in Chechnya in the 1990s. …read more Source: FOX...
Russia seeks arrest of former Ukraine prime minister
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Russia has sent a request to the international police agency Interpol for the arrest and extradition of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, claiming he killed Russian soldiers in Chechnya in the 1990s. The former head of Russia’s Investigative Committee claimed in 2015 that Yatsenyuk had fought alongside...
Poland Finds a Friend in US Shale
American shale gas is, at long last, penetrating into Eastern Europe. Poland just purchased its first cargoes of U.S. liquified natural gas (LNG), an important milestone in Europe’s quest to reduce its dependence on Russian energy imports. Bloomberg reports: Poland’s state-owned PGNiG SA bought a spot liquefied natural gas cargo from...
3 winners and 4 losers from Trump’s first 100 days
Trump’s first 100 days have seen him achieve a relatively small number of his stated goals. Sure, there have been some regulatory rollbacks, an immigration crackdown, and a Supreme Court confirmation. But otherwise Trump has endured court rulings frustrating his efforts to crack down on “sanctuary cities” and travel from Muslim countries,...
