Section: US & Canada
Baltics Boost Defense Spending as Russian Threat Looms
Fearing Russia aggression, Latvia and Lithuania are boosting their defense spending after a meeting in Vilnius. Latvia, which shares a long border with Russia, is going up to 2 percent of GDP and Lithuania, which sits uncomfortably between Latvia, Ukraine, and Russia’s Baltic enclave (in which Moscow has been placing missiles lately), will...
The problem with Barack Obama’s foreign policy approach
(Liu Bin/XINHUA-REA/Redux) It has taken until the twilight of his presidency, but now, finally, Barack Obama is crafting the sort of legacy in foreign policy that he no doubt hopes will define his terms in office. Last week, the Cuban flag was raised at its Embassy in Washington for the first time in more than five decades, as Washington and...
Russia vetoes U.N. tribunal to investigate MH17 crash
Russia has blocked a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have created an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for bringing down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
MH17 tragedy: One year on
One year after a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, the investigation is still ongoing. CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh reports. …read more Source:...
Memorials held to honor those who died
CNN’s Kellie Morgan reports on events held around the world marking the 1st anniversary of the downing of an airliner over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Four newborn white lion cubs explore their new home
Four white lion cubs have been born at a safari park in the Crimean city of Sevastpol and are taking their first steps around their new home. …read more Source: Vancouver...
Google is going to be able to tell you which roads are the most polluted using Street View cars
Google Earth has given us tours of deserts, shipwrecks, fictional lands like Middle Earth, and even revealed to us lies about gunned down passenger planes. In its latest move, Google joined forces with Aclima, a startup that creates environmental sensors, to monitor air quality in urban environments using Google’s Street View vehicles on...
R.I.P. Helsinki Accords
At 40, are the Helsinki Accords on life support? Or are they just experiencing a midlife crisis? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian pilot charged in deaths of two Russian journalists goes to court in Russia’s south
DONETSK, Russia — A preliminary hearing in the trial of a Ukrainian officer charged in the deaths of two Russian journalists started in Russia’s south on Thursday. Russian investigators allege that military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko was working as a spotter in eastern Ukraine and provided the co-ordinates for a mortar attack that killed the...
Beijing, Almaty make final pitch for Winter Olympics 2022 votes
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Beijing and Almaty made their final bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics with China’s basketball legend Yao Ming countering Kazakhstan’s prime minister in the battle to sway decision-makers ahead of Friday’s vote.China, because of its political and economic clout, is the strong favourite in the smallest...
