Section: Time (USA)
The Dispute About the South China Sea Is Also a Dispute About History and America’s Role
The U.S.S. John C. Stennis, a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, plowed through the azure waters of the South China Sea in late April, as implacable as one of the world’s largest warships ought to be. Escorting the super-carrier, which was carrying more than 3,000 military personnel on a route some 125 nautical miles east of...
Court in Russia-Annexed Crimea Bans Tatar Assembly
(MOSCOW) — The Supreme Court in the Russia-annexed peninsula Crimea on Tuesday banned a Crimean Tatar group in the latest step to marginalize the minority. Crimea’s prosecutor Natalya Poklonskaya who personally lodged the lawsuit welcomed the ruling against the Mejlis, an assembly of Tatar community leaders. “This decision aims to ensure...
French Company Scores Huge Australian Submarine Contract
PARIS — Australia’s largest-ever defense contract has gone to a French shipbuilder to produce a new generation of submarines, thrilling officials in Paris and inaugurating half a century of close defense cooperation between the nations. French state-controlled defense contractor DCNS won out over Germany’s ThysennKrupp Marine Systems...
U.S. Sends F-22 Warplanes To Support Romania From Russian Threat
The United States sent two F-22 warplanes to Romania for the first time. CNN reports that the F-22 Raptors, two of the world’s most advanced warplanes that can travel at twice the speed of sound, were sent to Romania as part of a NATO training exercise to demonstrate how quickly U.S. support can move to a forward operating base. The planes...
Ukraine Commemorates the 30th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
Ukraine on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, with several events planned across the country to commemorate the tragedy that killed dozens in its aftermath but may ultimately be responsible for as many as 4,000 deaths as the effects of radioactive fallout continue to be felt three decades later on people who lived near...
Freedom of the World’s Media in ‘Disturbing Decline,’ Watchdog Says
(WASHINGTON) — Media freedom around the world has suffered a “deep and disturbing decline” due to by pressure from governments and businesses, an international media watchdog said Wednesday. The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said in an annual report that many of the world’s leaders have developed “a paranoia” about journalism and...
Ukrainian Pilot Jailed in Russia Ends Hunger Strike as Deal for Her Release Nears
(MOSCOW) — Ukraine and Russia have reached a deal to free a jailed Ukrainian pilot, President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday, suggesting that she will be swapped for two Russian servicemen imprisoned in Ukraine. Nadezhda Savchenko, who was captured by Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine in 2014, was sentenced to 22 years in prison in Russia...
Ally of Ukrainian President Elected as Prime Minister
(MOSCOW) — The speaker of the Ukrainian parliament was elected prime minister on Thursday in what could mark an end to a months-long government crisis in a country crippled by a separatist war in the east. In recent months, political tensions have risen and some respected reformers have resigned, citing disenchantment with the government’s...
This Is How the Oil Crisis Has Impacted Military Spending
A report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has revealed that most of the world’s nations hiked their military budgets last year, marking the first increase in spending since the 2008 crisis. It seems that the only ones not taking part in this military spending hike are some of the world’s biggest oil producers....
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Says He’ll Resign
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Sunday announced his resignation amid political turmoil and accusations that his government has been plagued by inaction and corruption. Yatsenyuk, who blamed lawmakers’ failure to enact “real changes,” said he plans to step down from his post next week in a move meant to make way for the...
