Section: US & Canada
Lithuania tells citizens to stay calm in handbook amid growing worries over Russian neighbor
Lithuania’s defense ministry is advising its citizens how to react in case of war, reflecting jitters over neighboring Russia’s intervention in Ukraine and a recent increase of reported airspace violations in the Baltic region. …read more Source: FOX...
Lithuania: Stay calm in case of foreign invasion
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s defense ministry is advising its citizens how to react in case of war, reflecting jitters over neighboring Russia’s intervention in Ukraine and a recent increase of reported airspace violations in the Baltic region…. …read more Source: Associated...
Moody’s cuts Russia debt rating one notch
Washington (AFP) – Moody’s cut Russia’s credit rating to one step above junk level Friday and warned the country was under review for a further downgrade.Moody’s said that the plunge in oil prices and in the ruble would further erode Russia’s economic growth potential and that it had concerns about the...
Never too old to fight
Sixty-seven-year-old granny from western Ukraine learns how to fight at volunteer riflery training camp. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. Video provided by Reuters …read more Source: USA...
Weekend Roundup: Laughing at God
The first principle of an open society is not to let the intolerant define “the territory of insult” — those areas off limits to criticism or ridicule. But how does one define “territory” when media now crosses the boundaries of nations, cultures and civilizations? In the end, free societies must defend the right of...
Fierce fighting resumes in eastern Ukraine after failure of diplomacy
Ukrainian military brass and pro-Russia separatists have abandoned all pretense of adhering to a cease-fire, sending massive reinforcements Friday to their eastern Ukraine battlegrounds and engaging in a fierce battle for control of the devastated airport in Donetsk. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Another Bomb Explodes In Odesa
Another bomb has exploded in the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa causing damage to a nearby building but reportedly not resulting in any casualties …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
News of the Day From Across the Globe, Jan. 17
Saudi authorities on Friday postponed the second round of public flogging of a blogger convicted of insulting Islam after a doctor concluded that his wounds from the first 50 lashes had not yet healed, a leading human rights group said. Badawi was sentenced in May to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for criticizing Saudi Arabia’s...
Ukraine Peace Talks Fall Apart Amid New Fighting
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine peace talks failed Friday as hostilities intensified between government forces and Russian-backed separatists in the east. The escalation in fighting has centered on the airport of the rebel stronghold, Donetsk, where rebel militia have renewed efforts to dislodge government troops. Separatists say they have almost...
Lithuania to Citizens: In Case of Russian Invasion, ‘Do Your Job Worse Than Usual’
Amid intense fighting between Ukrainian troops and separatist rebels, the international airport in Donetsk has become a kind of post-apocalyptic microcosm of the shadow war playing out in eastern Ukraine. And on Friday, rebels claimed that they had finally seized control of the once-gleaming airport and defeated a band of Ukrainian troops who...
