Section: Newsweek (USA)
Putin Makes His First Move in Race to Control the Arctic
In november, the Russian K-550 nuclear ballistic submarine Alexander Nevsky, submerged in the Barents sea between Russia and the north pole, successfully launched a missile that travelled its prescribed course to Kamchatka in Russia’s far east. The Alexander Nevsky thus joins two other Russian nuclear submarines, which have, in the course...
Behind the Scenes With Ukraine’s Guards
Mariupol Mayor Yury Khotlubei convenes his war council in a drafty hall in the former Continental Hotel, a mint-green palace built more than a century ago. Forty men sit before him in white plastic lawn chairs, several in fatigues and one with an assault rifle slung across his back. One by one, as Khotlubei barks out their last names, they rise...
Photos: Life in Ukraine
As Ukraine battles with pro-Russia seperatists to maintain its fragile independence, civilians try go on with their daily lives. To accompany reporter Lucian Kim’s story, “Behind the Scenes With Ukraine’s Guards,” photographer Alan Chin captured life on Ukraine’s front lines. Whether in schools, banks or on its...
Putin Divides EU With Moscow Parade Invite, as Obama Declines and Kim Jong-un Considers
An invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the 70th anniversary celebrations of allied victory over Nazi Germany has ignited controversy among European leaders, as Latvia’s Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics called on EU members to take a collective decision on whether countries would abstain from attending on Monday. “At...
Search Teams Battle Rough Weather in Hunt for AirAsia Wreck
Ships and aircraft criss-crossed the seas off Borneo on Friday hunting for the wreck of an Indonesia AirAsia passenger jet, but bad weather was again hindering the search for the plane and the black box flight recorders that should reveal why it crashed. Officials said more than 20 bodies have now been recovered, along with pieces of the...
The Journalists Who Died Doing Their Jobs in 2014
The year 2014 was a one of contradictions, with stories only brought to life because of those journalists willing to go where the stories were. The Sochi Olympics were a time of inclusion and world harmony as nations gathered in Russia to put differences aside and celebrate the love of sport, but weeks later Ukraine and Russia were at each...
AirAsia Victim With Life Jacket Raises New Questions
A body recovered on Wednesday from the crashed AirAsia plane was wearing a life jacket, an Indonesian search and rescue official said, raising new questions about how the disaster unfolded. Rescuers believe they have found the plane on the ocean floor off Borneo, after sonar detected a large, dark object beneath waters near where debris and...
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2014
Here are 10 world figures who died in 2014. Each made a mark on history. Some were heroes; some were villains. And for some, whether they were hero or villain lies in the eye of the beholder. Jean-Claude Duvalier (b. 1951) was the ruthless Haitian president ousted in a 1986 coup. Duvalier became “president for life” in 1971 at the age of 19 when...
Anti-Putin Activist Sentenced to House Arrest as Muscovites Take to the Streets in Protest
Authorities in Moscow anticipate major unrest after a city court abruptly sentenced former Russian opposition party leader and outspoken Putin critic Alexei Navalny to three and a half years house arrest after he was found guilty of embezzlement on Tuesday. More surprisingly, Navalny’s brother Oleg who is a postal worker by trade, was...
Indonesia Finds Bodies and Debris in Search For Missing Jet
Indonesian rescuers saw bodies and luggage off the coast of Borneo island on Tuesday and officials said they were “95 percent sure” debris spotted in the sea was from a missing AirAsia plane with 162 people on board. Indonesia AirAsia’s Flight QZ8501, an Airbus A320-200, lost contact with air traffic control early on Sunday...
