Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Pope Francis Urges Russian President Putin To Make ‘Sincere, Great Effort’ For Peace In Ukraine
VATICAN CITY, June 10 (Reuters) – A stern Pope Francis urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to make a “sincere and great effort” to achieve peace in Ukraine. The two met for about 50 minutes and agreed on the need to recreate a climate of dialog in Ukraine and to implement a peace deal designed to end fighting...
3 American Foreign Policy Options That 2016 Presidential Candidates Need to Choose Between
“Vulnerable nations still depend on us to deter aggression from their larger neighbors,” says Marco Rubio. “Oppressed peoples still turn their eyes toward our shores, wondering if we can hear their cries.” “The world is slipping out of control,” warns Jeb Bush. “We have no reason to apologize for our...
Jeb Bush: Putin Is A ‘Bully’
By Michelle Martin BERLIN, June 10 (Reuters) – Likely Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was a “bully” and the United States and its allies in Europe should be resolute in responding to Russian aggression. Bush, the brother of former U.S. President George W. Bush,...
Men And Women Sleep Very Differently
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...
Deadly Fuel Depot Fire Rages In Ukraine
VASYLKIV, Ukraine June 9 (Reuters) – Emergency services struggled to prevent the spread of a deadly fuel depot fire outside Kiev on Tuesday and three firemen were reported missing after the blaze triggered a powerful explosion. The fire burned overnight and by morning had spread to at least 16 tanks, most of them storing petrol. That sent a...
Continued G-7 Sanctions Against Russia, But Does Russia Have a Perspective?
Recently making the news was the successful attempt by President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the G-7 summit in Germany, to get all seven industrialized nations to continue economic sanctions on Russia in response to its annexation of Crimea and military meddling in eastern Ukraine, as did the recent U.S.-led allied...
David Cameron Stumbles At G7 Meeting Over Britain’s EU Ties
By Andrew Osborn KRUEN, Germany, June 8 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron tripped up over Europe at a summit of the Group of Seven Industrial nations (G7), appearing to issue an ultimatum to his own ministers over the EU only to swiftly withdraw it, saying he had been misunderstood. The debacle was Cameron’s first...
Resource Efficiency — The Underestimated Topic of the G7 Summit
A wonderful Bavarian castle provides the photo backdrop for the G7 Summit. Of course, the classical issues of economy and foreign policy will take center stage, for example the Ukraine crisis and Greece. However, there are other subjects on the agenda as well. One of these “also ran”-topics is resource efficiency.Resource Efficiency...
G-7 Leaders Signal United Front On Russia Sanctions
ELMAU, Germany (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday she expects a meeting of the Group of Seven industrialized democracies to produce a “united signal” that sanctions against Russia can only be softened if a February peace accord for Ukraine is fully implemented. Even before the issue was brought to the table, most of...
Obama Sidelines Kerry on Ukraine Policy
On May 21, I headlined “Secretary of State John Kerry v. His Subordinate Victoria Nuland, Regarding Ukraine,” and quoted John Kerry’s May 12 warning to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to cease his repeated threats to invade Crimea and re-invade Donbass, two former regions of Ukraine, which had refused to accept the...
