Section: US & Canada
Europe just had a year from hell — and next year could be worse
REUTERS/Dominic EbenbichlerBRUSSELS (Reuters) – By any measure, it has been a year from hell for the European Union. And if Britons vote to leave the bloc, next year could be worse. Not since 1989, the year the Berlin Wall fell and communism crumbled across eastern Europe, has the continent’s geopolitical kaleidoscope been shaken up...
ABC moderator confronts Hillary Clinton over Libya: ‘How much responsibility do you bear?’
REUTERS/Brian SnyderA moderator for the ABC News Democratic debate on Saturday night confronted presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton over how much responsibility she should bear for the chaos the followed the ousting of former leader Muammar Qaddafi. Martha Raddatz noted that Libya is “falling apart” and that Clinton recommended...
Ukraine’s Darth Vader politician posed for a bunch of ridiculous photos of his daily routine
Reuters published a rather unique photo essay last Friday featuring Ukraine’s Darth Vader going about his daily routine — including walking his dog, shaving, and riding the bus. The wire service reported that the Ukrainian citizen officially changed his name to Darth Mykolaiovych Vader in order to run a stunt campaign for mayor in the port...
Ukraine Says it Can’t Pay off Debt to Russia
Ukraine faces a looming debt default after the country’s finance ministry said Thursday that the country cannot make a $3 billion debt due to Russia this weekend without violating a debt-restructuring deal with other international creditors.Ukraine, which is supposed to pay… …read more Source:...
The Atlantic Daily: Obama’s Year in Review, Congress’s Spending Bill, Sanders Campaign Drama
Carlos Barria / ReutersWhat We’re Following: Obama Reflects on 2015 President Obama convened reporters at the White House for his annual end-of-the-year press conference on Friday. During the question-and-answer session, he expressed hope about sentencing reform for the upcoming year, defended his strategy to defeat ISIS, praised the...
What Does Putin Want?
The Russian leader has been stirring the pot from Crimea to Syria — but to what end? …read more Source: Foreign...
Democracy Derailed: How Armenia Has Become the Post-Soviet Region’s Model Dictatorship
On December 7, 2015, Armenia held a landmark referendum on constitutional reform. The results were resounding. Over 63% of Armenians voted in favor of reforms that would greatly increase the power wielded by the Prime Minister and render the president’s role in the Armenian political process ceremonial. Even though decreased presidential...
Canada-linked website exposing pilots’ identities to extremists, Russians say
A Ukrainian website with links to Canada plans to continue to publish personal information about Russian pilots flying bombing missions in Syria, despite concerns such details are putting aircrews at risk from Islamist extremists. Russia has protested to the Canadian government about the website, which has its servers in Montreal, and has...
Fastest growing military budgets: Ukraine, Iran, Israel
Special to WorldTribune.com Ukraine’s 90 percent increase in military spending prompted by Russia’s annexing of Crimea marked the largest defense budget growth in the world for 2015. Iran and Israel paced the Middle East in defense spending growth while several […] The post Fastest growing military budgets: Ukraine, Iran, Israel...
