Section: US & Canada
Jennifer Lawrence’s nude photos dwarfed a bigger online crime
Here’s the funny thing about the world today: We’re far too interested in shiny objects. The perfect example? Late on Aug. 31, a hacker dumped nude photos of about 100 celebrities onto the Internet, sparking one of the largest online stampedes the world has seen. Truth be told, even though the virtual scavenger hunt began on the 31st,...
Best evidence Russians are in Ukraine? How good separatist fighters are
The uneasy truce in southeastern Ukraine appears, mostly, to be holding, a development that the Russian government in Moscow is celebrating as a hopeful sign for a besieged region. …read more Source: Miami...
EU Pushes for Urgent Energy Deal in US Trade Pact
The United States should commit to exporting oil and natural gas to Europe under a transatlantic trade deal in light of the European Union’s geopolitical situation, the EU trade commissioner said on Tuesday. Tension between Russia and the West over the future of Ukraine is spurring the European Union to renew efforts to end decades of...
Putin’s real motive in Ukraine
Here’s why investors shouldn’t be fooled by a cease-fire in Ukraine and what Putin’s real motive is, says Stephen Myrow. …read more Source:...
Big money disagrees on investing in Russia
Investors can’t decide if Russian stocks are cheap because of the Ukraine crisis or if the region is still too risky. …read more Source:...
Truth or Pravda
The beach can be a wonderful place if it’s vacation and if the sea is beautiful, soothing and invigorating. For me, the sea in Italy is a place to meet people of all ages, backgrounds and countries; in fact those who know me well in this context refer to me as an “attacca bottone,” literally one who attaches buttons,...
Ukraine: Dissenting Views
Back in February Oxford’s Timothy Garton Ash, arguably the wisest interpreter of events in Eastern Europe, observed that the future of Putin, Russia and Europe was at stake in Ukraine. In the months that have followed, Russia annexed Crimea, Ukraine elected a new president, fighting intensified in the southeast, and Russia intervened...
Flight MH17 Wreckage Still Scattered in Ukraine as Report Released
HRABOVE, Ukraine—A child’s jump rope, its yellow handles blistered and charred. A burned book in Tagalog. Chunks of twisted fuselage. More than seven weeks after being shot from the sky, the wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 still lay strewn Tuesday across the fields of eastern Ukraine. As evidence of the July 17 aviation disaster...
Ukraine Crisis: Are Nazis And Nationalists Popular in Ukraine?
Every few weeks, photos and video of ultranationalists displaying Neo-Nazi symbols surface out of Ukraine, showing the world a troubling faction amongst pro-government elements in the ongoing conflict with pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: International Business...
MH17 Report Fumbles For Clarity Among Ransacked Wreckage
The callous disregard for the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines flight shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17 would have been clear to anyone who visited the crash site. By the time foreign investigators were able to access the scene of this crime, it had not just been contaminated; it had been picked apart like a macabre give-away on the lawn...
