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    12 strange photos that will make you look twice
    Jun19

    12 strange photos that will make you look twice

    Sometimes, your brain just doesn’t believe what your eyes are seeing. When that happens what’s occurring is commonly known as a optical illusion. While Photoshop has made it easy to manipulate images, there’s still nothing like a good-ol’ photograph taken at just the right angle to deceive your mind and create an...

    Greece seals Russia pipeline plan as Putin pledges to work with West
    Jun19

    Greece seals Russia pipeline plan as Putin pledges to work with West

    Saint Petersburg (AFP) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who is locked in bitter bailout negotiations with the EU and IMF, sealed an agreement to build a pipeline with sanctions-hit Russia Friday in a deal likely to irritate European leaders.The deal was done on the sidelines of an economic forum in St Petersburg, attended by the...

    Why World Refugee Day is a Jewish Holiday
    Jun19

    Why World Refugee Day is a Jewish Holiday

    It is impossible to avoid the stories of massive human displacement from Burma, Syria, Iraq, Ukraine and Afghanistan, and hordes of boat migrants dying in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. However, if you want to avoid these unpleasant, disturbing stories, look no further than the Jewish press. There was a time when refugees were a...

    Putin criticizes US but offers to cooperate on global crises
    Jun19

    Putin criticizes US but offers to cooperate on global crises

    ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russia isn’t seeking dominance or superpower status, but wants its interests to be respected by the United States and its Western allies, President Vladimir Putin said Friday as he sought to assuage investors spooked by Russia’s recession and a showdown over Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...

    Putin Warns West Not To Meddle In Russia’s Affairs
    Jun19

    Putin Warns West Not To Meddle In Russia’s Affairs

    ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 19 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin boasted on Friday that Russia had found the “inner strength” to prevent sanctions causing a deep economic crisis, and told the West to stop using “the language of ultimatums.” Investment in Russia has slowed to a trickle, capital flight has risen and...

    Putin criticizes US but offers to cooperate on global crises
    Jun19

    Putin criticizes US but offers to cooperate on global crises

    ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russia isn’t seeking dominance or superpower status, but wants its interests to be respected by the United States and its Western allies, President Vladimir Putin said Friday as he sought to assuage investors spooked by Russia’s recession and a showdown over Ukraine. While Putin repeated a litany of...

    These 5 Facts Explain the Threat of Cyber Warfare
    Jun19

    These 5 Facts Explain the Threat of Cyber Warfare

    America has spent decades and trillions of dollars building up the greatest military force the world has ever seen. But the biggest threat to national security these days comes from not from aircraft carriers or infantry divisions, but a computer with a simple Internet connection. That much became clear after the catastrophic hack—most likely by...

    US official: Russian bombers threaten commercial air safety
    Jun19

    US official: Russian bombers threaten commercial air safety

    LONDON (AP) — Russia’s increasingly aggressive military flights near European airspace pose a risk to commercial air safety in the region’s crowded skies, the commander of the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command said Friday. Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson said U.S. forces in the area are following accepted safety practices to make sure that...

    Russia Expands Another Pipeline
    Jun19

    Russia Expands Another Pipeline

    Today’s a big day for Russian gas pipeline news. Reuters: Russian gas giant Gazprom has agreed to build a new pipeline to Germany under the Baltic Sea with a trio of Western energy companies, bringing Europe closer into Moscow’s energy orbit.The Russian gas company is trying to find new ways to deliver gas to Europe bypassing...

    Vandals paint swastika on Ukrainian Holocaust monument
    Jun19

    Vandals paint swastika on Ukrainian Holocaust monument

    (JTA) — A Holocaust monument in Ukraine was vandalized with a red swastika that the perpetrators painted over a Star of David symbol. The vandalism in Nikopol, an eastern Ukrainian city located 60 miles from Dnepropetrovsk, occurred on June 16, according to a report Tuesday by the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine. Alexander Taratuta,...