Section: US & Canada
Putin, Kim Jong Un or ISIS could test Trump in first 100 days: “There are very unpredictable and unstable people running countries”
Kim Jong-un; Donald Trump; Vladimir Putin (Credit: AP) Though his liberal worldview may not have a platform in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, Democratic statesman George Mitchell offered some pragmatic, nonpartisan advice in an interview yesterday: Before Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he should first...
The Revival of the Working-Class Concept
Photo by Ted S. Warren/AP The polarization in the country following the Trump electoral victory is not what Karl Marx called the “class struggle.” But it reflects an underlying class struggle — what Marx called the “uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight” — which is a real thing, surely, in this country and globally. This struggle between...
Chernobyl site gets a seal for next 100 years. That’s still 2,900 years too few
Chernobyl’s infamous Reactor 4 on Tuesday was sealed inside a giant sarcophagus that officials hope will protect Ukraine and the world for the next 100 years from the radioactive remains … Click to Continue » …read more Source: Miami...
Trump & Putin: What’s Next?
As Donald Trump soon assumes the presidency, a fascinating problem remains Trump’s relationship with Vladimir Putin whom he seems to adore. They have numerous similarities. No Russian leader, save Yuri Andropov, ever came from the security forces before Putin. Trump was a wealthy real estate developer and TV personality who never held...
Talks on Ukraine produce no visible results
A meeting of foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany intended to shore up a shaky peace process in eastern Ukraine ended Tuesday without any visible progress. Russian Foreign … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Talks on Ukraine produce no visible results
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — A meeting of foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany intended to shore up a shaky peace process in eastern… …read more Source:...
Massive Chernobyl shelter safely put over exploded reactor
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — Workers completed a massive shelter over the Chernobyl nuclear plant’s exploded reactor on Tuesday, one of the most ambitious engineering projects in the world that one expert said had closed “a nuclear wound.” Workers will now begin dismantling unstable parts of the original cover, the so-called...
Latest Minsk Talks Fail To Reach Breakthrough On Ukraine Conflict
Talks in Minsk on resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine have ended with the foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany all saying no new breakthroughs were made. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Talks on Ukraine produce no visible results
A meeting of foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany intended to shore up a shaky peace process in eastern Ukraine has ended without visible progress. …read more Source: FOX...
Talks on Ukraine produce no visible results
A meeting of foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany intended to shore up a shaky peace process in eastern Ukraine has ended without visible progress. Russian Foreign Minister … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
