Section: US & Canada
Two Chinese companies plan to build solar power plants inside the Chornobyl exclusion zone
Two Chinese companies have put together plans to build massive solar capture plants inside the Chornobyl* exclusion zone — the area of Ukraine that’s still mostly uninhabited after the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear plant disaster in the town of Pripyat. “There will be remarkable social benefits and economic ones as we try to renovate the once...
Landmine Casualties Increased Sharply In 2015
The number of casualties from landmines and similar explosives rose sharply last year to the highest level in a decade, a monitoring group said in a report issued on November 22. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Releases Video Of Detained Russia Soldiers As Kyiv, Moscow Trade Accusations
Ukrainian authorities have released a video showing what they say was the detention of two military deserters who had defected to Russia, escalating a standoff between Kyiv and Moscow over the fate of the two men. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian teacher tried to sell boarding school teen for $10K, official says
Andrew V. PestanoKIEV, Ukraine, Nov. 22 (UPI) — Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said a teacher was arrested for trying to sell a 13-year-old girl who was living at a boarding school for $10,000. …read more Source: United Press...
Cooperation With Russia Is Possible
In his recent interview with Henry Kissinger, Jeffrey Goldberg asked the former secretary of state and national security advisor what he would advise the next president of the United States to do first. That president, Kissinger replied, should ask, “What are we”—the United States—“trying to achieve, even if we must pursue it alone? … What are we...
“If You Want Peace, Prepare for Resistance”
Jan Osburg, Stephen J. Flanagan, Marta Kepe Security, Europe Si Vis Pacem, Para Resistentiam – If You Want Peace, Prepare for Resistance Si Vis Pacem, Para Resistentiam – If You Want Peace, Prepare for Resistance In a rare and courageous step, the government of Lithuania recently issued a guide on how its citizens can resist a potential Russian...
Russian Tankers Defy EU Ban to Smuggle Jet Fuel to Syria
By Guy Faulconbridge and Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters)–Russian tankers have smuggled jet fuel to Syria through EU waters, bolstering military supplies to a war-torn country where Moscow is carrying out air strikes in support of the government, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. At least two Russian-flagged ships made...
Russian City to Honor Murdered Kremlin Critic Boris Nemtsov
Murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov is set to be honored with a memorial plaque in the region where he was once governor, the local city council of Nizhny Novgorod announced on Monday. During a council meeting, mayor of the capital city of the Nizhegorod region, Ivan Karnilin, said that enough time had legally passed since Nemtsov’s...
1,000 Toy Soldiers Protest At Russian Consulate Over Crimea
Protesters in the Ukrainian city of Lviv placed 1,000 toy soldiers outside the Russian consulate to protest Moscow’s control over the Crimean peninsula. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Fake honors student gets more jail time before deportation
A 24-year-old Ukrainian man who lied about his name and age to attend a Pennsylvania high school has been ordered to spend 11½ to 23 months in jail for having … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
