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New Video Shows The Fiery Aftermath Of Downed Flight MH17
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, The Associated Press has obtained video that shows how close the burning passenger jet came to hitting village homes and suggests that residents first assumed it was a Ukrainian military plane that had been struck. The amateur...
Work Starts In Ukraine To Collect Wreckage Of Flight MH17
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, The Associated Press has obtained video that shows how close the burning passenger jet came to hitting village homes and suggests that residents first assumed it was a Ukrainian military plane that had been struck. The amateur...
Putin Denies He Fled G20 Summit Pressure
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin made an early exit on Sunday from a two-day summit of world leaders where he was roundly criticized over Russia’s escalating aggression in Ukraine, but brushed off suggestions that he had felt pressured. Putin was the first leader to fly out of Brisbane on Sunday afternoon as his...
EU, U.S. Force Inclusion Of Climate Change On G20 Agenda Despite Australia’s Protests
By Lincoln Feast and Jane Wardell BRISBANE, Australia, Nov 16 (Reuters) – The G20 communique will include a significant passage on climate change, EU officials said on Sunday, as the United States and other heavyweight nations override host Australia’s attempts to keep the issue off the formal agenda. Much of the meeting of world...
Ukraine Suspends State Services In Rebel-Held East
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has approved measures to suspend the provision of government services to eastern territories controlled by pro-Russian separatist forces. Petro Poroshenko’s office said in a statement Saturday that state property and employees should be evacuated from the region. The move fits within a broader...
This Week In Pictures: Faith In Practice Around The World, November 9 – 15
Humans express their faith in a multitude of ways. These photos capture the diversity within faith practices that happen in our world in the span of just one week.Sofia, Bulgaria: November 11 Bulgarian Orthodox Church members commemorate Saint Mina (Saint Menas). Hundreds of people light candles and pray before the miraculous icon in the...
Putin To Leave G20 Summit Early After Being Criticized Over Ukraine
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to leave the G20 summit early, a member of his delegation said, after Western leaders blasted Moscow on Saturday for the crisis in Ukraine and threatened more sanctions. The Russian official told Reuters that Putin planned to skip a working session on Sunday at the two-day summit in...
Putin’s Latest Nightmare — Great Game 2.0 in Central Asia
To the vast majority of Western policymakers and laypeople alike, Central Asia is an eternal enigma and a region characterized by a litany of contradictions. It is almost irreconcilable how immense energy wealth juxtaposes so closely to abject poverty and how persistent authoritarianism so often covers up the region’s vulnerability to...
7 Very Cool Things Other Countries Do For Their Elderly
How the elderly are regarded varies in different parts of the world. Here are seven very cool things about how the elderly are seen and treated in other countries:1. Japan has a national holiday called Respect For The Aged Day. The third Monday of every September in Japan is a national holiday designated to honor and show appreciation for the...
Russia Stations Warships Off Australian Coast Ahead Of G-20 Summit
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Vladimir Putin is underlining his presence at a major summit of world leaders in Australia by stationing warships in waters off the country’s northeastern coast, prompting the Australian prime minister to angrily accuse Russia of trying to reclaim the “lost glories” of the Soviet Union. The diplomatic...
