Section: US & Canada
Russian search and rescue team leaves Egypt after crash work
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Tourism bookings in Egypt’s main Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh have plunged in the wake of a Russian plane crash, officials said Wednesday, amid fears the airliner may have been downed by a bomb.Some 80 percent of reservations have been cancelled and at least 40 percent of tourists have left the Egyptian...
Tourists vacate Egypt after Russian plane crash
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Tourism bookings in Egypt’s main Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh have plunged in the wake of a Russian plane crash, officials said Wednesday, amid fears the airliner may have been downed by a bomb. Battered by years of political turmoil, Egypt’s vital tourism sector has been almost completely dependent...
Ukraine says 1 solider killed, 5 wounded in separatist raids
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Ukraine says a soldier has been killed and five others wounded in separatist attacks in eastern Ukraine and that a rise in violence is threatening the region’s delicate truce.Col. Andriy Lysenko, presidential spokesman for the military operation against the separatists, said Wednesday that the casualties came amid 21...
Putin: Russia doesn’t want to enter arms race
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s military modernization program doesn’t mean that the nation intends to engage in an arms race, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.Speaking during a meeting with the top military officers and arms industries officials, Putin said that the ongoing military upgrade is a compensation for the years of...
André Glucksmann: The Consummate Contemporary
Editor’s note: French philosopher, author, and activist André Glucksmann died on November 10 at age 78. With Bernard-Henri Lévy he was a founding member of the New Philosophers. Swirling around my head since this morning are the many André Glucksmanns that I have known. Caroming, they send me into zones of memory that I had not expected to...
Ukraine says 1 soldier killed, 5 wounded in separatist attacks that threaten peace process
Ukraine says a soldier has been killed and five others wounded in separatist attacks in eastern Ukraine and that a rise in violence is threatening the region’s delicate truce. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine says 1 solider killed, 5 wounded in separatist raids
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Ukraine says a soldier has been killed and five others wounded in separatist attacks in eastern Ukraine and that a rise in violence is threatening the region’s delicate truce. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine Says 1 Solider Killed, 5 Wounded in Separatist Raids
Ukraine says 1 soldier killed, 5 wounded in separatist attacks that threaten peace process …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine says 1 solider killed, 5 wounded in separatist raids
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Ukraine says a soldier has been killed and five others wounded in separatist attacks in eastern Ukraine and that a rise in… …read more Source:...
Ukraine Military Jet Crashes During Training, Killing Pilot
A Soviet-designed Su-25 jet aircraft crashed in southeastern Ukraine on Wednesday during a training exercise, killing its pilot, the Ukrainian military said. The incident took place at around 0800 GMT in the Zaporizhya region, about 450 kilometers (280 miles) from Kyiv, a defense ministry spokesman said, without specifying the cause of the crash....
