Section: US & Canada
Ukrainian man renames himself iPhone 7 to win the phone
Ukrainian man renames himself iPhone 7 to win the phone …read more Source:...
Ukrainian man renames himself iPhone 7 to win the phone
A Ukrainian man has officially changed his name to iPhone 7 after an electronics store offered the latest Apple product to the first five people who do that. The 20-year … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
How John Podesta’s email got hacked, and how to not let it happen to you
It took a village to get Hillary Clinton’s campaign chair John Podesta’s email hacked. It wasn’t technical; there wasn’t a big security breach on Google’s servers. In short, someone tricked Podesta into giving them his password, he didn’t have two-factor authentication set up as an additional check, and the...
Why Russia Will Remain the Centerpiece of US Foreign Policy After the Elections
With the final stretch of the U.S. presidential elections upon us, Russia’s challenge in Syria has rapidly developed into a centerpiece of the foreign policy debate. The candidates need to formulate a clear vision of how to deal with Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin has played a weak hand impressively. His nation’s economy is...
Latest WikiLeaks release shows phishing email that likely gave hackers access to Clinton campaign manager’s personal account
New emails released by WikiLeaks appear to show exactly how hackers gained access to Clinton campaign manager John Podesta’s personal account. “Someone just used your password to try to sign in to your Google Account [email protected],” the email to Podesta read. The message was sent March 19 with the subject line “*someone has your...
The Latest: Clinton plans to campaign in Arizona
The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT): 12:55 p.m. Hillary Clinton’s campaign says the Democratic presidential candidate will campaign in Arizona on Wednesday. Communications director Jen Palmieri says Clinton will urge voters in the traditionally Republican state to take advantage of early voting. She’ll also...
Is Chechnya’s Ramzan Kadyrov Still in Moscow’s Favor?
Ramzan Kadyrov, the man President Vladimir Putin picked more than a decade ago to rule the southern Russian republic of Chechnya, is a rare case of a low-level provincial official overshadowing Moscow-based politicians and celebrities. The Chechen ruler has become something of a media star in Russia: just in the past month, he has launched his...
Ukraine mourns economist Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, 90
KYIV – Everything that Bohdan Hawrylyshyn did in life “started with a dream,” he liked to say. He always stayed true to his Ukrainian roots and followed a simple credo. “Learn. Dream. Work with joy. Love people. Love life,” he wrote on his eponymous charity foundation’s website that he founded in 2009 to send Ukrainians […] …read more...
Clinton: A Hawk In The Wings
When Barack Obama was running for office in 2008, he was determined to redirect U.S. military efforts away from the “bad war” in Iraq and toward the “good war” in Afghanistan. This commitment to extricate the U.S. military from the dismal aftermath of a botched exercise in regime change earned Obama the exaggerated designation of “peace...
Antarctica to hold the world’s largest marine reserve
After years of diplomatic talks, the European Union and 24 other nations agreed Friday to establish the world’s largest marine reserve in Antarctica. The deal protects 600,000 square miles of ocean, which is more than twice the size of Texas, near the Ross Sea ice shelf, banning all fishing in nearly three-fourths of the reserve. Scientists...
