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US criticizes China ahead of UN women’s equality session
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and human rights organizations sharply criticized China’s repression and imprisonment of women’s rights activists ahead of a high-level U.N. meeting Sunday to promote women’s equality. The session will be co-chaired by China’s President Xi Jinping.China hosted the last major U.N....
Poles furious after Russia blames them for starting WWII
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Russian ambassador to Poland has sparked outrage for putting some of the blame for World War II on Poland, creating a new spat amid deepening tensions between the Slavic nations.Russian Ambassador Sergey Andreev on Friday described the Soviet’s 1939 invasion of Poland as an act of self-defense, not aggression. The...
‘Blood Moon’ seen as sign of end times by some Mormons
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A rare confluence of a lunar eclipse and a supermoon set to happen this weekend has prompted such widespread fear of an impending apocalypse that the Mormon Church was compelled to issue a statement cautioning the faithful to not get caught up in speculation about a major calamity.Sunday night’s “blood...
Russia, Ukraine reach deal on winter gas supplies
BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia and Ukraine ended months of uncertainty and finally reached agreement Friday on supplies of natural gas to Ukraine for the coming winter, a high-ranking European Union official announced.Maros Sefcovic, the EU Commission vice president for energy union, said the deal in talks he brokered assured that Ukraine would receive...
EU, Russia, Ukraine agree new gas supply deal: Commissioner
Brussels (AFP) – Russia agreed to resume gas supplies to Ukraine under a deal clinched late Friday with the European Union, European Energy Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said.”Major achievement: Gas protocol initialled by RF (Russian Federation) UA (Ukraine) EC (European Commission),” Sefcovic tweeted after months of difficult...
Here’s how many hours you’ll have to work to afford that new iPhone (AAPL)
The iPhone 6S and 6S Plus go on sale today. The cheapest version, the 6S with 16GB of storage, costs about $650 unsubsidized. This chart from Statista takes that price and compares it against the average hourly wage in cities around the world as measured by UBS. If you make an average wage in New York, you’ll only have to work about 24...
A Silicon Valley real estate mogul wants to create an entirely new country for refugees
A media-savvy real estate mogul hides thousands of dollars in cash around San Francisco. The stunt goes viral. Realizing the power of news media, the mogul announces a year later a plan to create an entirely new country just for struggling refugees, calling it Refugee Nation. Meet Jason Buzi, the entrepreneur behind the Hidden Cash sensation of...
UN: Russia-backed rebels in Ukraine expel aid agencies
MOSCOW (AP) — The UN refugee agency has blasted Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine for shutting the door on international aid.More than 8,000 people have been killed by fighting between separatist rebels and Ukrainian government troops. With the Ukrainian government shutting down all public services in the rebel-held areas, aid from...
Putin, Trump open new ’60 Minutes’ season on CBS
NEW YORK (AP) — Producers at CBS are making four separate episodes of “60 Minutes” for Sunday, trying to fit in three stories that include two top-of-the-news interviews — with Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.Charlie Rose traveled to Moscow for the two-hour meeting with the Russian leader, who talks about Syria, the Ukraine and his...
Putin hopes to steal UN show with Syria-focused speech
MOSCOW (AP) — With dozens of Russian combat jets and helicopter gunships lined up at an air base in Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready for a big-time show at the United Nations General Assembly.Observers expect the Russian leader to call for stronger U.N.-sanctioned global action against the Islamic State group and possibly announce...
