Section: US & Canada
Watch: Ukrainian protesters toss unpopular MP into dumpster
A Ukrainian member of parliament was tossed into a dumpster Tuesday in Kyiv. Videos of the incident shows Vitaly Zhuravsky, a former cabinet minister in the government of ousted president Viktor Yanukovych, walking past protesters outside parliament when he is seized by members of the crowd and tossed into a metal trash bin. According to NBC...
LIVE: NASA Announces Boeing, SpaceX As Winners Of Commercial Crew Shuttling Contracts
Watch the announcement live here at 4pm EST: Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream At 4 p.m. ET today, NASA announced the winners of the contract for its Commercial Crew program, in a teleconference with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, Commercial Crew Program Manager Kathy Lueders, and Astronaut...
Ukraine lawmakers ratify landmark deal with Europe
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine moved to resolve months of crisis Tuesday by strengthening ties to Europe and loosening some controls over the country’s rebellious eastern regions where it has been fighting Russian-backed separatists.The actions by lawmakers began to flesh out the emerging picture of a new Ukraine, where a determined pivot toward...
Beyond ISIS and Ukraine: What Else Happened This Summer
Syria, Ukraine, Gaza, Iraq, ISIS, Ebola—the list of this past summer’s disasters is long. But buried among the tragic headlines and breaking news are other events that attracted less attention but could be just as consequential for global affairs. Here are five to watch. 1) The fall of oil prices. Over the summer oil prices dropped to the...
These Are The 3 Commercial Space Capsules Competing For A NASA Contract Worth Billions
At 4 p.m. ET today, NASA will announce the winner of the contract for its Commercial Crew program. Worth billions, the contract is not only lucrative but historic, as whoever receives it will play a pivotal role in the future of manned space travel, by establishing what will essentially be a taxi service to and from low-Earth orbit and...
Ukraine lawmakers approve EU pact, autonomy and amnesty for rebels
Ukrainian lawmakers Tuesday endorsed an association agreement with the European Union, making a decisive turn in favor of closer relations with Western neighbors in spite of the 10-month-old conflict that possibility has ignited with Russia. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Raw: Ukraine lawmaker thrown in trash bin
Ukrainian activists threw a member of parliament Vitaliy Zhuravskyi into a trash bin, near Kiev’s parliamentary building on Tuesday. (Sept. 16) …read more Source: USA...
The EU Provoked Putin, Not NATO
Russia and Ukraine are on the verge of war. According to NATO, more than 1,000 armed Russian soldiers are currently within Ukraine’s territory. And as the stakes of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict keep increasing, so does the intensity of debate on the topic. Is Russia solely responsible for the conflict in Ukraine? Or should Western leaders...
Putin Just Got Exactly What He Wanted in Eastern Ukraine
The “frozen conflict” that Russia has been angling for in Eastern Ukraine effectively begins today. The Ukrainian parliament approved two bills put forward by President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday morning, offering amnesty to rebels …read more Source: The New...
Ukraine Parliament Grants Self-rule to Eastern Regions
…read more Source: Voice of...
