Section: US & Canada
Russia agrees to allowing observers in Ukraine carry pistols
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Russia is ready to agree to allowing additional international observers in warring eastern Ukraine to be armed with pistols. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Russia agrees to allowing observers in Ukraine carry pistols
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Russia is ready to agree to allowing additional international observers in warring eastern Ukraine to be armed with pistols. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: Miami...
Russia agrees to allowing observers in Ukraine carry pistols
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Russia is ready to agree to allowing additional international observers in warring eastern Ukraine to be armed with pistols. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Russia agrees to allowing observers in Ukraine carry pistols
MOSCOW (AP) — Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Russia is ready to agree to allowing additional international observers in warring eastern… …read more Source:...
Ukraine Arrests Man Reportedly Planning Attack In France
The Ukrainian Border Guard has confirmed a media report that a Frenchman with a cache of weapons and explosives to be used allegedly in a planned attack in France was arrested on the Ukrainian-Polish border in late May. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Sees ‘Brexit’ Weakening European Resolve, Analysts Say
As Britain contemplates leaving the European Union with a June 23 referendum, Russia is seen as one of the few countries in Europe favoring a so-called “Brexit” from the EU. While pubs in Britain are buzzing with debate over whether to leave the European Union, at those in Russia, many locals support a Brexit. “I think England is such a...
What China Learned from America’s Biggest World War Two Naval Victory
Lyle J. Goldstein Global Governance, East Asia The Battle of Midway: The PLA Navy uses American strategies as a blueprint for future success. China’s aircraft carrier program is maturing. The first photos have now emerged that show Liaoning operating with a decent clutch of J-15 fighters, as well as helicopters on deck. The aircraft are now...
Silenced on Her Husband’s Disappearance
“Come in,” the stylish middle-aged woman says as she leads me into her bright spacious kitchen. Her husband disappeared without a trace in March last year when he was driving from Donetsk, the capital of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) in war-torn eastern Ukraine. His elderly mother was feeling unwell, and he...
Hooligans in Argentina and Highways in India: The Week in Global-Affairs Writing
Why Are the Soccer Hooligans of Argentina Killing Each Other? Amos Barshad | The FADER “It is across the Atlantic, in lovely Argentina, where the hooligans have evolved on a whole different wavelength. The British made soccer hooliganism a bizarre cultural artifact. The Argentines have made soccer hooliganism into a legitimate, if deathly...
Inuit in two countries angered by Russian rocket splashdown in the Arctic
Russia has angered Inuit in two countries and raised sovereignty concerns over its plans to drop part of a rocket potentially carrying highly toxic fuel into some of the most productive waters of the Canadian Arctic. “This rocket will not be falling into no-man’s land,” said Okalik Eegeesiak of the Inuit Circumpolar Commission....
