Section: Time (USA)
Russia’s Loitering Close to Vital Underwater Data Cables Has the U.S. Spooked
U.S. officials are growing increasingly concerned about the close proximity of certain Russian submarines and spy ships to essential underwater global communications and Internet cables, the New York Times reports. Experts fear that were the Russians to successfully sever the undersea fiberoptic cables, they could cut communications for much of...
Ukrainian Lenin Statue Turned Into Darth Vader
A statue memorializing Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin in the Ukraine has been transformed into a monument to Darth Vader. The new statue, first reported by the news site Dumskaya, was unveiled Friday in the city of Odessa. It comes in the wake of a law requiring “decommunization” in Ukraine. Instead of destroying the statue it its entirety, artist...
Netanyahu Causes Uproar by Linking Palestinians to Holocaust
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked an uproar in Israel on Wednesday for suggesting that a World War II-era Palestinian leader convinced the Nazis to adopt their Final Solution to exterminate 6 million Jews. Holocaust experts and survivors slammed Netanyahu’s comments as historically inaccurate and serving the interests of...
These 5 Facts Explain the Worrying Rise of Europe’s Far-Right
Another round of elections, another push from increasingly vocal nationalists. Austria’s far-right Freedom Party gave the Social Democrats a run for their money in local elections over the past weekend, but fell short of capturing Vienna’s mayoralty. What started as an oddity in European politics has quickly become a disturbing...
Putin’s Syria Gamble
Russia has been left isolated by the West Instead Moscow and Washington are at odds again So Putin is looking for a U.S. alliance over Syria On Sept. 30, the autumn session of Russia’s upper house of parliament was set to open with a grim docket. Next year’s budget had to be slashed and investments frozen if the Russian economy was to...
Flight MH-17 Downed By Russian Missile Fired From East Ukraine, Says Dutch Report
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Relatives of people killed on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 said Tuesday they have been told an official investigation has concluded the jet was destroyed by a Buk missile, but the Russian maker of the weapon says its own probe contradicts the Dutch findings. Robby Oehlers, whose cousin Daisy was among the 298 people killed...
The Dutch Safety Board’s Report Will Likely Say That MH17 Was Downed By a Missile
The Dutch Safety Board is expected to release its report Tuesday on the cause of the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, more than a year after the jet was brought down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. Dutch Safety Board Director Tjibbe Joustra will first present the findings to the families of the victims, then to the...
Russia’s Move in Syria Threatens Energy Deals With Turkey
Not that Russia was ever a slouch, but there’s no denying the recent uptick in activity. As we approach the juicy middle of President Vladimir Putin’s third term, Russia is extending, and fighting for, its interests in nearly every corner of the globe. Somewhat lost amid the bombing in Syria – though hardly unaffected – is...
Belarus’ Dictatorial President Has Won a Fifth Term After Controversial Elections
Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko won a fifth consecutive term in power on Sunday, extending his 21-year-long regime in a country diplomatically sandwiched between Russia and the West. Lukashenko took 83.5% of the vote, the central election commission reported. This landslide exceeded Lukashenko’s 2010 victory that saw him...
These Are the Top Contenders for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize
With the Nobel Peace Prize winner due to be announced at 6am ET on Friday, speculation is running rampant about which do-gooder(s) might be taking home the prestigious award. British bookmaker William Hill said it had seen a flurry of last minute betting on the prize, awarded almost every year since 1901 to the candidate who the Nobel committee...
