Section: US & Canada
Ukraine bars 3 BBC journalists from entering Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine has barred a few dozen reporters, including three BBC journalists, from entering the country as an unspecified security threat. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine Bars 3 BBC Journalists From Entering Ukraine
Ukraine bars reporters, including 3 BBC staff, as unspecified security threat …read more Source: ABC...
Russia To Analyze New Ukrainian Sanctions
A Russian official says Moscow will analyze the possible consequences of new sanctions introduced by Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
GOP Debate Shows a Party Where Crazy Is the New Normal
It’s great theater. But they want to rule the world. Despite the large number of candidates on the stage at the Ronald Reagan Library, the second debate of Republican presidential candidates was an astounding display of how intellectually bankrupt the Republican Party has become in 2015.Beyond the many subplots—such as a red-faced Donald...
Fiorina shines early; Rubio, Christie do, too, at GOP debate
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Celebrity real estate mogul Donald Trump and 10 more Republican candidates for president met at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library for the party’s second prime-time debate. Five takeaways from Wednesday night’s debate:___FIORINA’S DOMINANT PRESENCECarly Fiorina wasn’t even supposed to be on...
Two Russians Get Jail Sentences For Pro-Ukraine Graffiti
A Russian court sentenced two young men to two years in prison for painting Soviet statues in the colors of the Ukrainian flag and daubing them with pro-Kyiv graffiti. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Sanctions Russian Officials And Foreign Journalists
Ukraine has imposed new sanctions and extended existing measures against scores of Russian politicians and companies, as well as journalists employed by the BBC and by German and Spanish newspapers, in connection with the planned elections in separatist-held regions. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Estonia Tackles Improves NATO’s Cyber Defenses
These days, it seems like nowhere in the cyber realm is safe. Hacks have infiltrated all walks of cyber life, from the email system used by the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s office at the Pentagon, to the cheating spouses on the Canada-based Ashley Madison website. But the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence, in the tiny country...
Zagreb stun Arsenal as Roma hold Barca to draw
Paris (AFP) – European minnows Dinamo Zagreb shocked 10-man Arsenal 2-1 on Wednesday to win for the first time in 16 Champions League matches.Reigning champions Barcelona were held to a 1-1 draw at Roma while Chelsea thumped Maccabi Tel-Aviv 4-0.An Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain own goal and a header from Junior Fernandes gave Dinamo three points...
Sweden is making a bunch of war pacts amid ominous warnings from Russia
With an official policy of neutrality dating back to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Sweden has avoided the worst of the violence that has shaped Europe over the past 200 years. But now, with the threat of an aggressive Russia across the Baltic, Stockholm has started pursuing military partnerships with gusto. As Russian military ships and planes...
