Section: US & Canada
Wary Of Russia, Military Buildups Increase In Poland, Ukraine As Central, Eastern European States Beef Up Security
After the first NATO-Russia Council meeting since the height of fighting in Ukraine failed to create any breakthroughs last week, Central and Eastern European states are beefing up regional security despite comments from the Kremlin Tuesday that Russia still wants to develop good relations, Tass reported. …read more Source: International...
Court in Russia-occupied Crimea bans Tatar assembly
The Supreme Court in the Russia-occupied peninsula of Crimea has banned the Crimean Tatar legislature as extremist. …read more Source: FOX...
Court in Russia-Occupied Crimea Bans Tatar Assembly
The Supreme Court in the Russia-occupied Crimea has banned a Crimean Tatar legislature as extremist …read more Source: ABC...
French Company Scores Huge Australian Submarine Contract
PARIS — Australia’s largest-ever defense contract has gone to a French shipbuilder to produce a new generation of submarines, thrilling officials in Paris and inaugurating half a century of close defense cooperation between the nations. French state-controlled defense contractor DCNS won out over Germany’s ThysennKrupp Marine Systems...
Etched in their mind: Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — With flowers, candles and tears, Ukraine on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, the world’s worst nuclear disaster. Some survivors said the chaos of that time is etched in their minds forever. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko led a ceremony in Chernobyl, where work is...
Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl disaster
With flowers, candles and tears, Ukraine on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, the world’s worst nuclear disaster. Some survivors said the chaos of that time is etched in their minds forever. …read more Source: FOX...
Russia Officially Bans Crimean Tatar Mejlis As ‘Extremist’
The Supreme Court of Russian-held Crimea has branded the Crimean Tatars’ self-governing body, the Mejlis, as an extremist organization and has officially banned it. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin: Chernobyl Disaster Should Serve As a Lesson to the World
The Chernobyl disaster should serve as a “harsh lesson to humanity,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said. The meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear plant near the north Ukrainian town of Pripyat in 1986 caused what is still regarded as the worst civil nuclear disaster in history. Design flaws in the Soviet-made plant blew the top off its fourth...
Chernobyl’s Lasting Jewish Legacy
Chernobyl is known as the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster. But the Ukrainian town has a much deeper meaning for a New Yorker named Yitz Twersky. He recounts his family history, which originated in what he calls “the seat of the Twersky Jewish dynasty.” (RFE/RL’s Russian Service) …read more Source: Radio...
Etched in their mind: Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — With flowers, candles and tears, Ukraine on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, the world’s worst nuclear disaster. Some survivors said the chaos of that time is etched in their minds forever. …read more Source: CNS...
