Section: US & Canada
News Wrap: Mexican forces capture Zetas cartel leader
JUDY WOODRUFF: President Obama’s health care law hung in the balance today before the Supreme Court, at issue, whether tax subsidies to help pay premiums apply nationwide. Most states rely on a federally run insurance exchange. But the attorney challenging the law, Michael Carvin, said Congress meant to limit subsidies to states with their...
The Arms Control Fallacy
What do the P5+Iran negotiations over Iran’s nuclear weapons program and the war in eastern Ukraine have in common? Several things, perhaps; but the most obvious (to me) is the extremely marginal utility of arms control in the broader strategic context that defines both issues. Prime Minister Netanyahu has come, spoken, and gone. His speech...
Girlfriend of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov is in hiding
Anna Duritskaya apparently was so afraid that she skipped the Moscow funeral of her slain lover to flee under diplomatic escort to her native Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
MH370 Theories
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Speculation about what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 ranges from sober, science-based arguments to outlandish conspiracy theories. Here are some of the most prominent: CRASHED IN SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN Official investigators used analysis from British firm Inmarsat of “pings” to its satellite from MH370,...
Coal mine blast kills at least 24 in war-torn east Ukraine
Dozens trapped in coal mine blast in rebel city in eastern Ukraine; at least 1 dead …read more Source:...
Coal mine blast kills at least 24 in war-torn east Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine — A rebel-held city scarred by months of conflict in eastern Ukraine suffered more tragedy Wednesday when a methane gas explosion in a coal mine killed at least 24 workers and left nine missing. Rebel officials said the accident was caused by the ever-present danger of methane gas, rather than artillery fire. The rebel government...
Nuland: U.S. Eyeing ‘Deeper’ Russia Sanctions If Ukraine Truce Falters
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland says the United States and Europe are examining potential “deeper sanctions” against Russia should pro-Moscow separatists push to seize further territory in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Bulgaria: Bring Back Nabucco Pipeline
Bulgaria wants the European Commission to revive plans for the Nabucco pipeline that would pump gas from the Caspian Sea, after a Russian project seen as a rival was scrapped, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said on Wednesday. Keen to diversify its energy supplies due to the Ukraine crisis, Bulgaria meets more than 80 percent of its gas needs with...
Russian Nationalists Prepare For New Battles In Ukraine
Russia has repeatedly denied Western accusations its troops are in Ukraine, but it has admitted the presence of volunteers fighting on the side of separatists there. Andrei Korolyov of RFE/RL’s Current Time program gained rare access to two nationalist organizations in St. Petersburg that have sent men to the war in Ukraine. Amid the...
Introducing the 2015 Lionel Gelber Finalists. Today’s Nominee: Serhii Plokhy
Every day this week, Foreign Policy is featuring an interview with one of the finalists for the Lionel Gelber Prize, a literary award for the year’s best non-fiction book in English on foreign affairs, jointly sponsored by FP and the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. Today’s finalist is Harvard Professor...
