Section: Mashable (USA)
Passengers ‘push’ plane from ice after temperatures plunge in Russia
KIEV, Ukraine — You may have had to push a car to get it going, but have you ever tried pushing a plane? That arduous task presented itself to passengers on a UTair flight in Russia this week after their ride got stuck in ice. Passengers in Igarka, a small town some 100 miles north of the Arctic circle in the country’s Krasnoyarsk region,...
Scenes from Ukraine, then and now
KIEV, Ukraine —In the year since the start of the revolution that toppled Ukraine’s president and ushered in a pro-Western government, a lot has changed on the streets of Kiev. See also: A frozen conflict: life in eastern Ukraine A year ago, more than 100 people died in fierce clashes centered around Kreshchatyk, Institutska and...
Russian state media seizes propaganda opportunity in Ferguson
KIEV, Ukraine – Russia is trolling the U.S. hard over Ferguson. With fresh riots in the Missouri town after a grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officer who shot Michael Brown there in August, the Kremlin, its powerful state media machine and pro-Russian bloggers — never ones to let an opportunity pass in which they can...
Crowds come out for revolution anniversary in Ukraine
Ukrainians on Friday celebrated the one-year anniversary of the protests that toppled its pro-Russian president. The civil uprising, sparked by President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to walk away from an association agreement with the European Union in favor of closer ties with Moscow, began when a few hundred protesters gathered on a...
The Ukrainian revolution, one year on
KIEV, Ukraine – On a recent autumn afternoon, Mustafa Nayyem sat in the corner booth of a dark café in the Ukrainian capital, sipping coffee and reminiscing about how the revolution began a year ago.”It was a real uprising of the people, totally grassroots,” he said. “There were no politics, and no politicians to spoil the...
New video claims to show MH17 site moments after crash
A new video posted online purports to show the flaming wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 just moments after it crashed in eastern Ukraine Lasting one minute and 20 seconds, the video is titled “The first minutes after the fall of the Malaysian Boeing [Video witnesses],” according to an online translation. It shows black smoke...
G20 Plan: Boost global GDP by $2 trillion, improve gender equality
Under pressure to jolt the stubbornly lethargic world economy, leaders of G20 nations in Brisbane, Australia on Sunday finalized a plan to boost global GDP by more than $2 trillion over five years by investing in infrastructure and increasing trade. The G20 communique says if the $2 trillion initiative is fully implemented it would lift global...
Vladimir Putin ducks out of G20 early amid Ukraine criticism
Russian President Vladimir Putin left the G20 summit early after several international leaders criticized Russia’s role in the crisis in Ukraine Putin departed before the final speeches that closed-out the forum, but after President Barack Obama met with European leaders to discuss the conflict in Ukraine, where officials say the security...
Ukraine to close schools, hospitals and emergency services in rebel zones
In a strong statement to wannabe separatists, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered a shutdown of state services in rebel-held areas in the country’s east on Saturday, according to news reports. “This is a decisive step, the games have stopped,” an anonymous security official told Agence France-Presse. “All the...
Russia to send long-range bombers near U.S. shores
As tensions rise inside rebel-held areas of Ukraine, Russia is planning to deploy long-range bomber flights to patrol the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean near U.S. territory. The plan is a show of military muscle on Moscow’s part as Western leaders continue to put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to deescalate the deteriorating...
