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    Here Are 3 Good Things That Happened in the World This Week
    Jun09

    Here Are 3 Good Things That Happened in the World This Week

    Tuesday, June 9 , 2015 - 19:15 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    Follow the news these days, and it’s hard to be an optimist. Ukraine’s ceasefire is a fiction. ISIS is capturing new ground and drawing new followers. The U.S. and China seem at odds in the South China Sea. The Greeks sometimes seem determined to stumble their way out of Europe. The list goes on. But with the real exception of...

    Men And Women Sleep Very Differently
    Jun09

    Men And Women Sleep Very Differently

    Tuesday, June 9 , 2015 - 19:15 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    It’s time for us to add sleep to the laundry list of things men and women do differently. The team behind sleep analyzing app Sleep Cycle recently gathered data from 941,300 users in 50 different countries to learn just how much the world’s sleeping habits differ on a day-to-day basis — especially between the sexes. While many...

    Bush to confront Russian aggression at talk trade in Berlin
    Jun09

    Bush to confront Russian aggression at talk trade in Berlin

    Tuesday, June 9 , 2015 - 19:00 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush plans to challenge Russian aggression in Ukraine and highlight the importance of the trans-Atlantic relationship on Tuesday in his first public appearance of a three-nation foreign trip. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    The pro-Russia separatist regions just named Crimea as a part of Ukraine
    Jun09

    The pro-Russia separatist regions just named Crimea as a part of Ukraine

    Tuesday, June 9 , 2015 - 18:45 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    The pro-Russia separatist regions of Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) just named Crimea as a part of Ukraine in the draft amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine. That doesn’t jibe with claims made by their backers in Moscow. From the document (translated into English by Business Insider):...

    NATO spearhead troops practice fast deployment in Poland
    Jun09

    NATO spearhead troops practice fast deployment in Poland

    Tuesday, June 9 , 2015 - 18:00 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of NATO troops with heavy equipment began a military exercise in Poland on Tuesday, testing the alliance’s rapid response readiness in the face of new security challenges on its eastern flank. The so-called spearhead force was agreed upon at a NATO summit last year in reaction to Russia’s role in the...

    Pro-Russian Seapratists In Donetsk And Luhansk Now Willing To Remain Part of Ukraine
    Jun09

    Pro-Russian Seapratists In Donetsk And Luhansk Now Willing To Remain Part of Ukraine

    Tuesday, June 9 , 2015 - 18:00 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    Pro-Russian separatist leaders in the contested regions of Donetsk and Luhansk are now prepared to remain as part of Ukraine under a specially recognized status, according to Ukrainian media. a move which has full support from Russia’s president Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: International Business...

    Swimming with Sharks
    Jun09

    Swimming with Sharks

    Tuesday, June 9 , 2015 - 17:45 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    An interesting thing happened this past week. The Western accommodationist school, which has been calling on the West to “understand” the Kremlin and stop irritating it, even as it tries (and often succeeds) to preserve its reputation as an alternative voice, suffered a humiliating setback. The Western supporters of the “let’s accommodate...

    Jeb Bush: Russian Aggression Requires Stronger US Action
    Jun09

    Jeb Bush: Russian Aggression Requires Stronger US Action

    Tuesday, June 9 , 2015 - 17:45 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is warning Russia’s Vladimir Putin that a Bush presidency would mean a more active U.S. role in countering Russian aggression, especially in Ukraine and eastern Europe. In excerpts released before Bush’s speech Tuesday to a prominent European economic conference, Bush says: “Who can doubt...

    From Fossil Fuels to Epidemics: What the G-7 Decided
    Jun09

    From Fossil Fuels to Epidemics: What the G-7 Decided

    Tuesday, June 9 , 2015 - 17:45 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel went into the Group of Seven summit in the Bavarian Alps with a broad agenda, but combating climate change was a top priority. At the two-day meeting with the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and the U.S., the G-7’s most eye-catching pledge was a commitment to move away from using...

    Burma in Play
    Jun09

    Burma in Play

    Tuesday, June 9 , 2015 - 17:30 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    Some say it is more of a “Winter Thaw” than a “Burma Spring”, but what used to be a pariah nation—the darkened house in the neighborhood—is changing. Just down the road from where Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi was held prisoner in her home for more than 15 years, a luxury development with penthouses, a swimming pool, restaurants, and...