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    TV-radio listings: June 16
    Jun16

    TV-radio listings: June 16

    Thursday, June 16 , 2016 - 6:25 (EET) Section: The Houston Chronicle (USA)

    Television Golf U.S. Open FS1 9 a.m.Fox 4 p.m. Golf LPGA Meijer Classic Golf 1:30 p.m. Pro baseball Seattle at Tampa Bay MLB noon Pro baseball Texas at Oakland FSSW 2:30 p.m. Pro baseball Detroit at Kansas City MLB 7 p.m. Pro basketball WNBA: Seattle at Dallas FSSW 7:30 p.m. Pro basketball Golden State at Cleveland ABC 8 p.m. Soccer England vs....

    NATO Must Stop Crowding Russia
    Jun16

    NATO Must Stop Crowding Russia

    Thursday, June 16 , 2016 - 6:10 (EET) Section: The National Interest (USA)

    Ted Galen Carpenter Security, Russia Menacing moves on Moscow’s doorstep are a bad idea. The announcement that NATO would deploy four battalions of troops to the Baltic republics and Poland is merely the latest evidence that Western officials are utterly tone deaf about how their actions are going to be received in Moscow. The apparent...

    White House Gives Ukraine $220 Million In Aid For Reform Efforts
    Jun16

    White House Gives Ukraine $220 Million In Aid For Reform Efforts

    Thursday, June 16 , 2016 - 4:40 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    The White House said it will give Ukraine $220 million in new aid this year to support Kyiv’s economic, political, and energy reform efforts. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Four Kazakh Gold Medalists At London Olympics Fail Drug Retests
    Jun16

    Four Kazakh Gold Medalists At London Olympics Fail Drug Retests

    Thursday, June 16 , 2016 - 4:40 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Four Olympic weightlifting champions from Kazakhstan, including the sport’s most celebrated figure Ilya Ilyin, are among 10 lifters who failed drug tests in a reanalysis of samples taken at the London 2012 Olympics. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Will Russia Sanctions Be Extended This Month by the EU?
    Jun16

    Will Russia Sanctions Be Extended This Month by the EU?

    Thursday, June 16 , 2016 - 1:10 (EET) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    The EU is to decide whether or not to extend sanctions on Russia at a summit scheduled for June 28-29. The main precondition for the lifting of sanctions is the full implementation of the Minsk II agreement by Russia—something on which there has been precious little movement from the Kremlin. And yet, despite several leaks indicating that the...

    Hooligans an asset, liability for Russian government
    Jun16

    Hooligans an asset, liability for Russian government

    Thursday, June 16 , 2016 - 1:10 (EET) Section: KXAN (USA)

    MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The Russian soccer hooligans who have fought with rival supporters at the European Championship in France have at various times been both an asset and a liability to the Russian authorities. While the often-nationalist hardcore fans provide a reserve of support for adventurous foreign policy moves and a bulwark against...

    Jewish pilgrims in Ukraine trigger brawl by shooting local with BB gun
    Jun15

    Jewish pilgrims in Ukraine trigger brawl by shooting local with BB gun

    Wednesday, June 15 , 2016 - 23:55 (EET) Section: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (USA)

    Haredi Orthodox Jewish men pray on the eve of Rosh Hashanah in Uman Ukraine, Sept. 4 2013. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90) (JTA) — Ukrainian police detained two Israelis who triggered a brawl in Uman by shooting a local man in the face with a BB gun. The local was hit in the nose and lightly wounded by the plastic bullet Saturday night. There were no...

    US troops staying in Afghanistan? New look at reduction plan
    Jun15

    US troops staying in Afghanistan? New look at reduction plan

    Wednesday, June 15 , 2016 - 23:10 (EET) Section: KXAN (USA)

    BRUSSELS (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter has told NATO allies that the U.S. will take a new look at its plans to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year. That word comes from Britain’s defense secretary at a NATO meeting in Brussels. And it’s the latest indication that U.S. involvement in Afghanistan...

    Balkans Look to NATO as Russia’s Influence Wanes
    Jun15

    Balkans Look to NATO as Russia’s Influence Wanes

    Wednesday, June 15 , 2016 - 22:55 (EET) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    As NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels discuss efforts to deter Russian aggression, rising tensions not seen since the Cold War will be on the minds of central and eastern European foreign ministers gathering Thursday in the former Yugoslavia. The agenda of the annual meeting of the Central European Initiative (CEI) in Banja Luka aims to...

    Russia’s ‘Pivot to China’ Was All Talk and Little Action
    Jun15

    Russia’s ‘Pivot to China’ Was All Talk and Little Action

    Wednesday, June 15 , 2016 - 22:25 (EET) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    MOSCOW — Chinese officials have visited Russia, the Russian government has announced plans to increase trade volume with China by $200 billion in the next few years and the China National Petroleum Corporation has expressed interest in increasing its stake in Russian oil giant Rosneft. So, is Russia pivoting to China or not? This question...