Section: US & Canada
A Stasis in Europe
Today Europe is adrift, its politics mired in a reactive mode—a political stasis that at times looks more like “anticipatory paralysis” than leadership and governance. Its exhausted elites seem unable to offer much beyond crisis management. And with key elections in Europe upcoming, including a referendum in the United Kingdom slated for 2017 (as...
Stunt-loving Putin rides to the bottom of the Black Sea
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken a small submersible craft down to the bottom of the Black Sea to see an ancient ship recently discovered off the coast of Crimea. …read more Source: CNS...
Putin shows his love for stunts by riding to the bottom of the Black Sea to see ancient ship
Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken a small submersible craft down to the bottom of the Black Sea to see an ancient ship recently discovered off the coast of Crimea. …read more Source: FOX...
Stunt-loving Vladimir Putin rides to the bottom of the Black Sea
Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken a small submersible craft down to the bottom of the Black Sea to see an ancient ship recently discovered off the coast of Crimea. …read more Source: Global...
Stunt-loving Putin rides to the bottom of the Black Sea
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken a small submersible craft down to the bottom of the Black Sea to see an ancient ship recently discovered off the coast of Crimea. …read more Source: U.S....
The big challenge to come after election for Coe or Bubka
BEIJING (AP) — After months campaigning, Sebastian Coe and Sergei Bubka face an election Wednesday knowing that the new IAAF president will need to go straight to work to convince the public that track and field’s governing body can properly tackle the scourge of doping.The election in Beijing in the days leading up to the world...
Russia’s Putin blames Kiev for increased violence in east Ukraine
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday blamed the Ukrainian government for the latest upsurge in fighting… …read more Source:...
Uptick In Ukraine Violence As Putin Visits Crimea
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — A night-long artillery exchange in eastern Ukraine between government troops and Russia-backed rebels claimed nine lives on Monday, casting doubt on the already shaky cease-fire.The fighting between Russia-backed separatist rebels and Ukrainian government troops in the country’s industrial heartland eased after...
Pentagon to increase drone use by 50 per cent
Faced with escalating aggression from Russia and China, the Pentagon is planning to increase its use of drones by about 50 per cent over the next several years, the Associated Press writes. Here is the rest of the Associated Press article: The Pentagon decided to add Army and civilian-operated missions to the mix because the Air Force, which had...
Poroshenko To Visit Brussels Soon For Talks On Future Of Minsk Deal
The European Commission said on August 18 that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko plans to visit Brussels within the next two week to discuss a recent surge in violence in eastern Ukraine that has cast doubts on a cease-fire deal between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian government forces. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
