Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Russia Steps Up Propaganda Push With Online ‘Kremlin Trolls’
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Deep inside a four-story marble building in St. Petersburg, hundreds of workers tap away at computers on the front lines of an information war, say those who have been inside. Known as “Kremlin trolls,” the men and women work 12-hour shifts around the clock, flooding the Internet with propaganda aimed at...
100 Power Women Who Make the World Go Round
From scaling the corporate ladder to shrinking the wage gap, women have made some impressive strides over the last few decades. And with Forbes’ release of its annual ranking of the 100 most powerful women, there’s no better time to recognize the influential women running the world today. The list highlights some of the biggest female...
Authoritarian Symps
In the bad old days of the Cold War, the left and the right used to play a nasty game called “Who’s Your Favorite Dictator?” Right-wing ideologues supported authoritarian leaders like Augusto Pinochet of Chile while left-wing ideologues rhapsodized over Communist leaders like Fidel Castro of Cuba. One side embraced the shah of...
Russia Masses Military On Ukraine Border: Report
By Maria Tsvetkova KHUTOR CHKALOVA, Russia, May 27 (Reuters) – Russia’s army is massing troops and hundreds of pieces of weaponry including mobile rocket launchers, tanks and artillery at a makeshift base near the border with Ukraine, a Reuters reporter saw this week. Many of the vehicles have number plates and identifying marks...
Note to Ukraine: Time to Reconsider Your Historic Role Models
In the midst of tumultuous political and social ferment, as well as escalating military conflict with Russian-backed separatists, Ukraine is casting about for a national identity. What are the country’s relevant values and symbols? As a relatively new and independent nation, Ukraine is seeking to answer such profound and pressing questions....
Dozens Of Eastern European Women Trafficked To West For Sham Marriages Each Year
LONDON (AP) — Klara Balogova was 18, penniless and heavily pregnant when she rode thousands of miles from Slovakia to England to marry a man she had never met. She knew he did not want her, or her child. He wanted her European identity card. The marriage was arranged so the 23-year-old Pakistani groom could gain the right to live and work in...
Putin Signs Law To Shut Down ‘Undesirable’ Foreign Organizations In Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law Saturday giving prosecutors the power to declare foreign and international organizations “undesirable” in Russia and shut them down. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have condemned the measure as part of an “ongoing draconian crackdown which is squeezing...
Sweden Wins 2015 Eurovision Song Contest
VIENNA (AP) — Sweden won the 60th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, finishing ahead of Russia, whose contestant received some boos as the Ukraine conflict spilled over into the continent’s largest songfest. Italy came in third. Australia, which was given a wild-card entry for this year due to its enthusiastic fan base and took part for...
Grandmother Gives Birth To Quadruplets At Age 65
BERLIN, May 23 (Reuters) – A 65-year-old German grandmother gave birth to quadruplets at a Berlin hospital this week, with the three boys and a girl born prematurely at 26 weeks being in good health and having a good chance of survival, German TV network RTL reported on Saturday. The network, which had covered the pregnancy, said Annegret...
Burundi, Politics of Ego and Not Ethnicity?
Ethnicity is a tool rather than the cause for the reappearance of discord in Burundi. The current President, contrary to a previous agreement for peace, is seeking now to go beyond the two-term limitation that was part of a long set of negotiations, which I had the opportunity to aid toward a resolution when Burundi appeared on the verge of...
