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    How Russia Targets the U.S. Military
    Jun12

    How Russia Targets the U.S. Military

    Monday, June 12 , 2017 - 12:25 (EEST) Section: POLITICO - U.S. Edition (USA)

    In the fall of 2013, Veterans Today, a fringe American news site that also offers former service members help finding jobs and paying medical bills, struck up a new partnership. It began posting content from New Eastern Outlook, a geopolitical journal published by the government-chartered Russian Academy of Sciences, and running headlines like...

    “Tear Down This Wall” at Thirty
    Jun12

    “Tear Down This Wall” at Thirty

    Monday, June 12 , 2017 - 4:10 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    Whatever the West does, it is likely that it will endure a significant threat to global peace and stability during the next few years. Despite President Trump’s apparent desire to work outside the current system, crises in Syria, North Korea, and elsewhere have already demonstrated that dramatic change is best managed when Atlantic nations...

    Forget Comey. The Real Story Is Russia’s War on America
    Jun12

    Forget Comey. The Real Story Is Russia’s War on America

    Monday, June 12 , 2017 - 1:55 (EEST) Section: POLITICO - U.S. Edition (USA)

    It was a breezy, surprisingly pleasant summer week in Washington as the frenzy around potential Trump-Russia revelations reached near-carnival levels. On Thursday, brightly clad groups scattered across the lawns of Capitol Hill could almost have been picnickers — if not for the mounds of cable leashing them to nearby satellite trucks. Every news...

    Senate looks to jab Russia
    Jun12

    Senate looks to jab Russia

    Monday, June 12 , 2017 - 1:40 (EEST) Section: POLITICO - U.S. Edition (USA)

    The Senate is on the verge of a bipartisan deal to strengthen sanctions against Russia — throwing an elbow at President Donald Trump, who has dismissed Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 election.Their biggest stumbling block is determining how hard a punch to throw at Russia.Democrats are pushing a harsh plan to let Congress block Trump from...

    House Republican calls terrorist attacks against U.S. enemies ‘a good thing’ and ‘a Trump strategy’
    Jun11

    House Republican calls terrorist attacks against U.S. enemies ‘a good thing’ and ‘a Trump strategy’

    Sunday, June 11 , 2017 - 22:40 (EEST) Section: Daily Kos (USA)

    No big deal, just Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican member of Congress, praising a terrorist attack in another nation as a “good thing” and wondering if maybe America can’t use ISIS terrorism as a weapon against our enemies. “We have recently seen an attack on Iran, and the Iranian government, the mullahs, believe that Sunni...

    First Ukrainian Passengers Without Visas Arrive At Prague Airport
    Jun11

    First Ukrainian Passengers Without Visas Arrive At Prague Airport

    Sunday, June 11 , 2017 - 21:40 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    The first Ukrainians arriving in the Czech Republic without visas were passengers on a June 11 morning flight from Odesa. RFE/RL interviewed some of them at Vaclav Havel international airport in Prague. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukrainian Travelers, Diplomat Welcome EU Visa-Free Travel
    Jun11

    Ukrainian Travelers, Diplomat Welcome EU Visa-Free Travel

    Sunday, June 11 , 2017 - 20:10 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    June 11 was the first day when the citizens of Ukraine could enter countries of the European Union without a visa. Passengers arriving in Brussels on a flight from Kyiv shared their positive feelings with RFE/RL correspondent Rikard Jozwiak. He also interviewed the chief of the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union, Mykola Tochytskyi, outside...

    Ukrainians Celebrate First Day of Visa-Free Travel to EU
    Jun11

    Ukrainians Celebrate First Day of Visa-Free Travel to EU

    Sunday, June 11 , 2017 - 19:55 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Ukrainians celebrated the first day of visa-free travel to the European Union Sunday in what President Petro Poroshenko called “a final exit of our country from the Russian empire.” “The visa-free regime for Ukraine has started! Glory to Europe! Glory to Ukraine!” he tweeted from his official account Sunday morning. The...

    U.S. troops have spread across Eastern Europe in show of force to Russia
    Jun11

    U.S. troops have spread across Eastern Europe in show of force to Russia

    Sunday, June 11 , 2017 - 16:55 (EEST) Section: VICE News (USA)

    During his campaign, Donald Trump expressed skepticism about American military involvement overseas generally, and about NATO specifically. But since taking office, he hasn’t backed away from Operation Atlantic Resolve, which represents the largest military buildup in Europe since the end of the Cold War. Some 6,500 U.S. troops are...

    What if several of the world’s biggest food crops failed at the same time?
    Jun11

    What if several of the world’s biggest food crops failed at the same time?

    Sunday, June 11 , 2017 - 13:25 (EEST) Section: Salon (USA)

    (Credit: Getty/JamesBrey) Less than one-quarter of Earth’s total cropland produces nearly three-quarters of the staple crops that feed the world’s population – especially corn, wheat and rice, the most important cereal crops. These areas are our planet’s major breadbaskets. Historically, when a crop failed in one of these...