Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Returns Stolen Italian Masterpieces To Verona Art Museum
Ukraine returned 17 masterpieces valued at 17 million euros to Italy on December 21 after they were stolen by masked, armed robbers from a Verona art museum last year. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian hacks into Ukraine power grids a sign of things to come for U.S.?
Some U.S. electric utilities have even weaker security than those Russians breached in Ukraine …read more Source:...
Russian cyberattack targets Ukrainian power grid; U.S. next?
Russian hackers have launched multiple cyber attacks in the past year on power grids in Ukraine. Experts say a similar attack in the U.S. could leave people without electricity, reports Holly Williams. …read more Source:...
News of the Day From Around the World, Dec. 22
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said earlier this week that their two conditions for peace talks are the removal of the group leader’s name from the U.N. blacklist and the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Afghanistan. […] the Afghan government rejected the group’s demands — an indication of the depth of the rift...
Masterpieces stolen in Italy museum heist returned with only scratches
Seventeen masterpieces valued at $17.7 million were returned to Italy from Ukraine after being stolen by masked, armed robbers from a Verona art museum last year …read more Source:...
‘We Have to Defend Our Motherland’: On the Front Lines of Ukraine’s War
NOVOMYKHAILIVKA, Ukraine—In the woods outside this front-line town in eastern Ukraine, a battle-worn unit of Ukrainian soldiers have hunkered down for the winter. The troops live and fight sometimes only a few hundred yards across no man’s land from their enemies, a combined force of pro-Russian separatists and Russian regulars. Some of the...
US-supplied Drones Prove Disappointing in Ukraine Conflict
Millions of dollars’ worth of U.S.-supplied drones that Kyiv had hoped would help in its war against Russian-backed separatists have proven ineffective against jamming and hacking, Ukrainian officials say. The 72 Raven RQ-11B Analog mini-drones were so disappointing following their arrival this summer that Natan Chazin, an adviser to...
Your Support for The Daily Signal Is Critical. And These 21 Comments Are Pretty Awesome, Too.
Earlier this week, we asked our Morning Bell subscribers to share their feedback about The Daily Signal. (If you’re not a subscriber, sign up here.) We get letters, Facebook comments, and tweets every day of the week, and reading them is one of the things I enjoy most about my job as editor-in-chief. Even the critical ones challenge us to...
Germany to Commit More Troops to NATO in Lithuania
Germany is upping its contribution to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the Baltic state of Lithuania. This is a welcome development. The initial news came in October when Germany announced its commitment of Bundeswehr forces to Lithuania in 2017 as part of a NATO deterrence mission. Materially, the German deployment will be...
In NYC’s Russian Enclaves, a Big ‘Nyet’ to Hacking Talk
Clutching a cobbler’s tool, Roman Gadayev defiantly lashed out against accusations that Russia meddled in the U.S. election to sway the vote to Donald Trump. “Simply impossible,” said the Kazakhstan native who runs a shoe repair shop near the Brighton Beach boardwalk. “This is something that only uneducated people can buy into.” Most...
