Section: US & Canada
OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to observe local elections in Ukraine
KYIV – The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on September 9 formally opened an election observation mission for the October 25 local elections in Ukraine. The mission’s deployment follows an official invitation from the Ukrainian authorities. The...
Moscow’s Reform rabbinic institute welcomes first class
MOSCOW (JTA) — A newly-established rabbinical seminary in Moscow for Reform Jews received its first class, made up of seven students. The seven — four women and three men — began attending the Moscow Rabbinic Leadership Institute, also known as Machon, earlier this month, the World Union for Progressive Judaism said in a statement Thursday....
Evidence Suggests Key Russian Brigade In Crimea Seizure Deploying To Syria
Evidence is mounting that Russia is deploying some of its most capable combat forces to Syria, including a brigade involved in the stealth operation to seize Ukraine’s Crimea territory last year. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko Says Minsk Process Must Be Finished In 2015
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has insisted that the Minsk agreements on regulating the conflict in eastern Ukraine be fully implemented by the end of this year. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
This story made a bunch of Google families cry during its 3rd annual Take Your Parents to Work Day
On Thursday afternoon, about 3,000 Googlers and 4,700 of their parents packed into a giant amphitheater in Mountain View, California usually reserved for the likes of Tim McGraw or Dave Matthews concerts. Hailing from all over the United States — including Montana, West Virginia, and Mississippi — and all over the world — including Ukraine,...
UN Approves Debt Restructuring Measure Helpful To Ukraine
The United Nations voted overwhelmingly September 10 for a new global framework for sovereign debt restructuring aimed at avoiding cases like Argentina’s grinding legal battle with “vulture” creditors. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
What does Moscow get from offering Assad military support?
GWEN IFILL: So, what are the Russians up to in Syria, and what’s the impact on the ground? For some answers, we turn to Pavel Baev, a Russian military scholar and the research director at the Peace Research Institute in Oslo, and Steven Simon, a visiting lecturer at Dartmouth College. He served on the National Security Council staff during...
News of the day from across the globe, Sept. 11
The United Nations envoy for Yemen says the warring parties in Yemen have agreed to take part in peace talks in the region next week. Special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed welcomed the commitment of the government, Shiite Houthi rebels and the General People’s Congress to attend the talks. After the central government rejected efforts by...
Canadian participation in Iraq combat would end immediately under NDP government, says Mulcair
In promising an immediate end to combat operations in Iraq, an NDP government is swimming against an international tide — even French socialists in recent days have called for greater military action in the Middle East, writes Murray Brewster of the Canadian Press. Here is the rest of the Canadian Press article: The New Democrats would...
Fans have a compelling theory about the helmet of the new ‘Star Wars’ villain
The new line of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” toys debuted Friday, September 4, and with it came a few hints at the next villain of the new trilogy. A few toys debuted the voice of Kylo Ren, the dark, Darth Vader-obsessed warrior, which gave us a chance to hear a few of the character’s spoken lines in the new film. But many of...
