Section: US & Canada
Dutch Supreme Court allows extradition of wanted Israeli rabbi
(JTA) — The Dutch Supreme Court authorized the extradition to Israel of a rabbi wanted there for alleged sex crimes. The court made its ruling Tuesday on Eliezer Berland, a Breslov Hasid who is suspected of sexually assaulting several of his female followers, including one minor. It is not known when he will be deported. Berland denies the...
Ukraine suspends Russian gas purchases in new price row
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine announced on Tuesday the immediate suspension of all Russian gas purchases following a breakdown of price negotiations aimed at keeping supplies running for the next three to six months.The state energy company Naftogaz said in a statement it would still continue transporting Russian gas supplies westward to its other...
Czech PM: ‘Important’ To Keep Sanctions On Russia
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka says it is essential that international sanctions against Russia continue until all sides in the Ukraine conflict meet the terms of a cease-fire deal agreed to in February. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Cohen: A memorial to the politics of nastiness
So, after months of opposition and a noisy public meeting of the National Capital Commission, here is where we are on the much-maligned Memorial to the Victims of Communism. The memorial will be smaller, about half the size and height. It will be in a less prominent place, allowing for another building. Artistically, there will be no image of the...
Apparent Russian Base Found in Ukraine
Drone footage finds smoking-gun evidence of Russian army involvement in the conflict. More war is inevitable. …read more Source: The Daily...
U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Works Globally To Fight Antismoking Measures
KIEV, Ukraine — A parliamentary hearing was convened here in March to consider an odd remnant of Ukraine’s corrupt, pre-revolutionary government.– This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website....
Let Greece Leave the Eurozone
In withdrawing from negotiations with Greece’s international creditors and holding a referendum on whether Greece should adopt the further austerity required by the lenders’ financial aid package, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras figuratively pulled out a gun and threatened to blow a hole in the life raft that was given to his...
Is the Cold War Coming Back? Hardly
With an aggressive Russian policy in Ukraine, Crimea and the Baltic States and Putin’s announcement that Russia would add more than 40 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) to its nuclear arsenal, there is much talk — most recently by Secretary of State John Kerry — of the “new Cold War.” This ignores a simple...
Investigators still have no suspects in downing of MH17
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch prosecutor leading an international criminal investigation into the downing last year of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine’s battlefields said Tuesday the probe has not yet identified specific suspects for possible prosecution, but that he is optimistic it will ultimately be a success....
Russia vs China: The Conflict in Washington Over Who Should Lead America’s Enemies List
Cross-posted with TomDispatch.comAmerica’s grand strategy, its long-term blueprint for advancing national interests and countering major adversaries, is in total disarray. Top officials lurch from crisis to crisis, improvising strategies as they go, but rarely pursuing a consistent set of policies. Some blame this indecisiveness on a lack...
