Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Zane Buzby — ‘One Foot in Comedy, One Foot in the Holocaust’
“We are living in a unique moment in time. A tipping point. We are witness to the last generation of Holocaust survivors, and we are the last generation to have the opportunity and the honor to help them. These are people who endured the darkest days of human history, and they are out there right now — still suffering over 75 years...
Alexei Navalny, Russian Opposition Leader, Found Guilty Of Fraud; Brother Jailed
MOSCOW, Dec 30 (Reuters) – A Russian court gave Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a suspended sentence on Tuesday for embezzling money but jailed his brother for three and a half years in a case seen as part of a campaign to stifle dissent. Navalny led mass protests against President Vladimir Putin three years ago, when tens of thousands took...
Making Enemies America Can’t Afford: Congress Votes More Sanctions on Russia
Congress long ago learned that public scrutiny makes it harder to pass bad bills. So in the midst of negotiations to avoid another government shut-down earlier this month both houses of Congress rammed through new sanctions against Russia as part of the misnamed “Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014.” Indeed, the House version, H.R....
Missing AirAsia Plane: Possible Debris Spotted Off Indonesia Coast
SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — Several pieces of debris seen floating in the sea off Borneo island might be linked to the missing AirAsia jetliner, an Indonesia National Search and Rescue spokesman said Tuesday.Yusuf Latif said an Indonesian military aircraft saw white, red and black objects, including what appears to be a life jacket, off the coast,...
Search Area Expanded In Hunt For Missing AirAsia Flight
SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — More planes will be in the air and more ships on the sea Tuesday hunting for AirAsia Flight 8501 in a widening search off Indonesia that has dragged into a third day without any solid leads. At least 30 ships, 15 aircraft and seven helicopters were looking for the jet carrying 162 people, said Indonesia’s Search...
U.S. Sends Warship To Assist With AirAsia Plane Search
By Gayatri Suroyo and Fergus Jensen SURABAYA, Indonesia/JAKARTA, Dec 30 (Reuters) – Countries around Asia on Tuesday stepped up the search for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that is presumed to have crashed in shallow waters off the Indonesian coast, with Washington also sending a warship to help find the missing jet. Soelistyo, head...
The 52 Best Photographs From Around The World In 2014
It’s been quite a year. What better way to review the last 365 days than to examine, analyze, drool over and gush about the work of photojournalists and photographers, who worked to capture everything from protests to parades, scandals to celebrations, clashes to christenings? Behold, the 52 best photographs from around the world in 2014.1....
How Good Is the CIA?
The unstated question that runs through the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA torture is: How good is the CIA at doing intelligence work? This formulation consolidates two questions: How good is it at operations? How good is it at analysis? There has been an institutional tensions between the agencies’ two wings since the...
Amal Clooney to Represent Armenia in European Court
Here is a surprising news item being disclosed in this column — Amal Ramzi Alamuddin, wife of prominent actor and human rights activist George Clooney, will be one of the attorneys representing Armenia next month at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Some readers may wonder how a woman described by Elle magazine as having...
Ruble Drops 7 Percent As Russian Economy Shrinks
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian currency extended its losses on Monday after a report showed the economy has started shrinking in annual terms for the first time since 2009 as the country is buffeted by falling oil prices and Western sanctions. Meanwhile, the government, which has been scrambling to support the ruble and the economy, announced fresh...
