Section: Time (USA)
Ukraine Suffers ‘Worst Shelling In Six Months’ As Violence Escalates
Separatist insurgents staged assaults on Ukrainian villages on Monday, reports Reuters. State officials say the attacks featured the heaviest shelling in the region since February. The Ukrainian military reported that their troops repelled tanks and around 200 rebel soldiers at the village of Novolaspa and a “batallion” strength force with tanks...
Hostages Seized in Mali Hotel Attacks That Leave at Least 4 Dead
(BAMAKO, Mali)—Jihadists stormed two hotels in central Mali on Friday, seizing at least six hostages and killing three Malian soldiers and a U.N. peacekeeper in one of the most brazen attacks in months, defense officials said. The Islamic militants assaulted one hotel in the town of Sevare, and then after an exchange of gunfire moved on to the...
Russia Defends Imported Condom Ban, Says Lovers to Become ‘Strict and Discriminating’
Russia’s Industry and Trade Ministry has defended proposals to ban foreign condoms as a part of an overall embargo on foreign medical products, The Moscow Times reports. Announced on Tuesday, the planned embargo would just be the latest in a series of Western product bans by Moscow. The Kremlin first introduced such measures last year after...
When Life Gives You Apples, Make Cider
Polish brewer Tomek Porowski knew he was taking a gamble when he opened his business in 2011. In a country obsessed with pure, strong vodka, he decided to produce, a light, sweet, low-alcohol beverage — apple cider. “I couldn’t afford to start a winery, so I decided instead to start [making] cider,” Porowski told TIME. With his friend,...
Possible Malaysia Airlines Plane Debris Arrives in France
(BALMA, France)—A wing flap suspected to be from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on Saturday arrived at a French military testing facility where it will be analyzed by experts. After a 10-hour journey by road from Paris’ Orly airport, a truck carrying the roughly 8-foot (2.44-meter) component known as a flaperon arrived at the DGA...
It’s Beijing! The Winner Out of Two Insipid Choices to Host the 2022 Winter Olympics
The final choice for the host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics was uninspiring. One candidate, Beijing, which co-bid with the lesser-known Chinese city of Zhangjiakou, spent months trying to convince International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegates that its famously bad air — not to mention lack of natural snow — shouldn’t scupper its...
Russia Blocks Criminal Prosecution in Malaysia Airlines Crash
(UNITED NATIONS) — Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago. The foreign ministers of the Netherlands, Australia and Ukraine attended a meeting over the downing that killed all...
U.S. to Train More Ukrainian Troops
The United States will expand its current training programs for troops in Ukraine to include army and special operations military forces, the State Department said Friday. The training will likely focus on lessons in tactics and combat medicine, Reuters reports. The expanded program will not include any lethal weapons or aide, a State Department...
Spain Has Finally Made It Illegal for 14-Year-Olds to Get Married
Spain’s legal marriage age increased from 14 to 16 on Thursday, bringing the country’s policies in line with the majority of Europe. The law also raises the legal age of sexual consent to 14 years old from 13. The previous policy allowed some of the earliest marriages on the continent. Now, the only exceptions are Andorra and the...
Russian Bombers Buzzing U.S. Unlikely to Carry Nukes
The bad news for Americans old enough to remember Cold War shivers is that Soviet-era Tu-95 Bear bombers recently showed up off the U.S. coast. The good news, for Americans, is that the 1950s-era Russian air force turboprop airplanes keep crashing. And that combination, a former Air Force general says, makes it unlikely that the Russian bombers...
