Section: US & Canada
Murdered journalist buried in Ukraine 16 years after beheading
By Matthias Williams KIEV (Reuters) – An investigative journalist whose murder 16 years ago helped precipitate Ukraine’s Orange Revolution… …read more Source:...
Murdered journalist buried in Ukraine 16 years after beheading
By Matthias Williams KIEV (Reuters) – An investigative journalist whose murder 16 years ago helped precipitate Ukraine’s Orange Revolution… …read more Source:...
Yes, there is such a thing as militarized dolphins
Reuters/US Navy/Brien AhoUntil the introduction of modern machinery, animals played an often-decisive role in warfare. For instance, the Mongols’ masterful use of horses allowed Genghis Khan and his generals to carve out the largest land empire ever known. In the book “Beasts of War: The Militarization of Animals,” author Jared...
To Get Crimea Back, Ukraine Must Remember the Crimeans
Isolating the peninsula will only to work to Putin’s advantage. …read more Source: Foreign...
The latest on Belgium terror attacks: Third bomb at Brussels Airport neutralized
BRUSSELS — The Latest on explosions at Brussels airport and metro station (all times local): 5:35 p.m. Florence Muls, a spokeswoman for the Brussels Airport, says a third bomb has been neutralized at the airport after two other bombs killed at least 10 people there Tuesday morning. Muls told The Associated Press the third bomb was dispensed of...
Savchenko Sings Defiance At Russian Judge
Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko broke out into song after a Russian judge declared her guilty of complicity in the killings of two Russian journalists and in attempted killings of others during fighting in eastern Ukraine in June 2014. Savchenko began singing a patriotic Ukrainian folk song shortly before the judge announced her sentence, forcing...
Wife of Ukrainian pianist charged with killing daughters — three years after he won a ‘cursed’ competition
‘You can imagine the stresses’: Past winners of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition died of AIDS, a series of strokes and suicide …read more Source: Vancouver...
Russia Jails Ukraine’s ‘Joan of Arc’ for 22 Years
A Ukrainian army officer was convicted of murdering civilians on Tuesday by a Russian court. …read more Source:...
Brussels Attacks: Kremlin Angered by Ukrainian ‘Russian Link’ Claims
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has led the fierce backlash against Ukrainian suggestions that Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels could have been planned by the Kremlin. Three blasts shook the Belgian capital on Tuesday morning, killing at least 34 people in two different locations. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President...
Russia sentences Ukraine’s ‘Joan of Arc’ to 22 years in prison
Ukraine’s president called the harsh verdict “shameful” and said he would seek a trade for her freedom. …read more Source: The Washington...
