Section: US & Canada
13 Foreign Students Killed in Spain Bus Crash
At least 13 people were killed Sunday when a bus carrying foreign students crashed on a Spanish highway between the cities of Barcelona and Valencia. At least 34 passengers on the bus were injured; 28 of them were hospitalized. Most were foreign students, part of the Erasmus exchange program, who had traveled to the eastern city of Valencia for...
At least 13 dead in Spanish bus crash carrying foreign exchange students
At least 13 students from multiple countries died along a highway in northern Spain on Sunday when their bus crashed into a guardrail before slamming into oncoming traffic and landing on its side near the town of Freginals, according to a local official. The accident smashed out the front windows of the red, white and black bus, injuring at least...
New ‘Joan of Arc’ or Murderer? Pilot’s Verdict Looms
Moscow accuses 34-year-old Iraq veteran Nadiya Savchenko of involvement in the killing of two Russian civilians during the civil war in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
The Strategic Constants Behind the Russian Withdrawal
The strategic constants in the wake of Russia’s military redeployment out of Syria include the following: First, the continuation of the US-Russian partnership in the Syrian arena, and its expansion into Yemen and Iraq where the remaining time Barack Obama has in the White House will be used to consolidate achievements in bilateral...
It is urgent that she’s stopped: Hillary Clinton’s nightmare neoliberalism and American exceptionalism makes the world a dangerous place
Much mail arrived after the column published in this space last Sunday, wherein I examined the likely character of a Clinton II foreign policy—dangerous to Americans and all others—and the flaccid logic common among those planning to vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton come November. All but one of the letters were from women. They all said, one way...
Hopes of Religious Freedom in Former Soviet Union Fall Short
Image: Stock Photo. FreeImages.com Early in its existence, the Soviet Union turned Vladimir Lenin’s dictum that “religion is the opium of the people” into official policy. Atheism was what Lenin wanted for the Soviet empire, and it’s what it got. Assuring such an outcome were laws discouraging faith — such as...
‘Is This Real Life?’: Inside the Ukraine War’s Gray Zone
LOBACHEVE, Ukraine—War is absurd sometimes. The SUV clambered along the pothole-speckled dirt road, which was now more mud than dirt in the wake of melting snow and spring rains. The driver, a 30-year-old Ukrainian soldier named Andriy, held a pistol in his steering hand as he navigated through no man’s land near the separatist-controlled...
Heavy Winds as Dubai Plane Crashes in Russia, Killing 62
MOSCOW—A Dubai airliner with 62 people on board nosedived and exploded in a giant fireball early Saturday while trying to land in strong winds in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, killing all aboard, officials said. Several planes had trouble landing at the airport at the time of the crash, with one trying to land three times before...
U.S. Presidents Abroad
By The GlobalistA brief history of presidential travel.The irony of any U.S. presidency is that the candidate for that high office almost always runs on a domestic platform — only to become embroiled in global affairs afterwards. Yet, serious U.S. presidential travel is a rather recent phenomenon. Our Globalist Factsheet examines how U.S....
Dubai Airliner Crashes in Russia Killing All 62 on Board
MOSCOW— Winds were gusting before dawn Saturday over the airport in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don when a plane carrying 62 people from a favorite Russian holiday destination decided to abort its landing. The timing was tricky. Two planes had landed just a few minutes before the FlyDubai plane aimed to touch down. On the other hand, a...
