Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
NATO cybersecurity drill to focus on hackers
TALLINN, Estonia — About 400 computer experts will participate in a major cybersecurity drill in Estonia this week as part of NATO’s efforts to upgrade its capability to counter potentially debilitating hacker attacks, organizers said Tuesday. Officials said a key theme this year is the potential threat caused by the migration from the...
Russian workers’ protests a new challenge to Putin’s policies
In St. Petersburg, autoworkers laid down their tools. […] at a remote construction site in Siberia, laborers painted their complaints in gigantic white letters on the roofs of their dormitories. After months of frustration with an economy sagging under the weight of international sanctions and falling energy prices, workers across Russia...
Mother of Ukraine pilot jailed in Russia seeks global help
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The mother of a Ukrainian helicopter pilot imprisoned in Russia is on a global campaign seeking support from world leaders to pressure President Vladimir Putin to free her daughter. Nadezhda Savchenko was captured by a pro-Russian militia and has been in Russian custody since June 2014 on charges that she was involved in an...
Mother of Ukraine pilot jailed in Russia seeks global help
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The mother of a Ukrainian helicopter pilot imprisoned in Russia is on a global campaign seeking support from world leaders to pressure President Vladimir Putin to free her daughter. Maria Savchenko said in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday that her daughter is a political prisoner and Russian prosecutors have...
Moscow dismisses Norway’s protests over Arctic islands visit
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Monday dismissed Norway’s protests over a weekend visit to a Norwegian archipelago by a delegation that included Russia’s deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin. Rogozin, who oversees defense in the government among other things and is known for his nationalist views, has been slapped with sanctions barring him...
Fallout from Libya dominates talks between Obama and Italian leader
WASHINGTON — President Obama pledged Friday to work more intensely with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on threats coming from instability in Libya that have led to an influx of immigrants across the Mediterranean. Obama and Renzi told journalists after an Oval Office meeting that they discussed economic and security concerns, including...
Obama, Renzi pledge to focus on threats from Libya
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pledged Friday to work more intensely with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on threats coming from instability in Libya that have led to an influx of migrants across the Mediterranean. Obama and Renzi told reporters after an Oval Office meeting that they discussed economic and security concerns,...
US troops arrive in Ukraine for training exercises
MOSCOW (AP) — About 300 US Army paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine for training exercises with national guard units, a move criticized by the Kremlin and eastern Ukraine’s Russia-backed separatist rebels. …read more Source: San Francisco...
UN: death toll in Ukraine fighting now above 6,100
BERLIN (AP) — The United Nations says the number of people killed in a year of fighting in Ukraine has now passed 6,100, and says it’s increasingly worried that breaches in a cease-fire will further worsen the human rights situation in parts of the country’s east. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Putin rebukes U.S., defends Iran missile decision
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin sternly urged the West to respect Russia’s interests in global affairs and defended his move to sanction the delivery of a long-range air defense missile system to Iran during a marathon TV call-in show with the nation Thursday. Putin scathingly criticized Washington for refusing to see Moscow as an equal...
