Section: Time (USA)
How Russia Is Blocking Justice for the Victims of Flight 17
There was never any lack of witnesses to the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which killed all 298 people on board. It happened in broad daylight exactly a year ago, on July 17, 2014, in a part of eastern Ukraine that separatist fighters had seized a few months earlier with abundant help from Russia. The names and whereabouts of their...
The World Marks the First Anniversary of the MH17 Aviation Disaster
Friday marks one year since Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. The Boeing 777 was on route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam when it crashed in pro-Russian rebel-held territory on July 17, 2014. The Dutch Safety Board is due to release the final report into the cause of the...
Greece’s Banks Will Reopen Monday
(ATHENS, Greece)—Greece’s government says the country’s banks will reopen Monday after being closed for three weeks but cautioned that restrictions on withdrawals would only be lifted gradually. Deputy Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas made in the announcement Thursday evening on state-run ERT television. Banks were closed June 29 to...
Here Are the 5 Most Wanted Nazi War Criminals
On Wednesday, a court in Northern Germany sentenced 94-year-old Oskar Groening, a former SS-Unterscharführer, or junior squad leader, to four years in prison. His charge: 300,000 counts of accessory to murder as the “Bookkeeper of Auschwitz.” Groening is one of a shrinking, aging pool of former Nazi leaders still alive to be prosecuted for crimes...
Facebook Accused of Restricting Free Speech By a Putin Aide
No-one can accuse the Russians of lacking a sense of irony. Senior officials are urging their countrymen to abandon Facebook in favor of domestic social media, saying that the latter offer greater freedom of speech, after Mark Zuckerberg’s firm deleted a string of posts containing a slang Russian term for Ukrainians. The news agency...
Vladimir Putin, Master of the Manly Arts, Will Even Try Yoga to Woo India’s Narendra Modi
He’s mastered judo, swimming, hunting and even bare-chested horseback riding. Now, for the sake of his friendship with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin says he’s willing to give yoga a shot. “I have tried many things, but never yoga, but it cannot fail to attract,” Putin told Modi at a meeting in...
Putin Wishes Obama a Happy Independence Day
Russian President Vladimir Putin has emphasized the importance of U.S.-Russian relations in a congratulatory July 4 message to President Barack Obama Saturday. “In his message of congratulations, the Russian President noted that, despite the differences between the two countries, Russian-American relations remain the most important factor of...
Officials in Central Russia Have Banned Yoga Because They Think It’s an Evil Cult
Officials in the central Russian city of Nizhnevartovsk have called off all yoga classes held in both private and municipal facilities as part of a crackdown on “religious cults.” According to the Moscow Times, which cited a report in the Russian Kommersant daily, the owners of two of the city’s main hatha-yoga studios received letters from...
Why Europe Can’t Leave Greece Adrift
It’s easy to condemn the posturing of Greece’s Syriza-led government in its battle with its European creditors. Greece ran up a major debt and must pay. If Greece can walk away from its commitments, it will only need more bailouts in the future. Its creditors offer bitter medicine, but medicine is what’s required, and Athens...
Russian Preparations for 2018 World Cup Stumble Amid Sanctions
It’s getting harder to tell whether Russia’s preparations for hosting the soccer World Cup in 2018 are in bigger trouble on the field or off it. On Monday, the government slashed the equivalent of over half a billion dollars from its budget for the tournament, trying to make sure that the ruble’s devaluation doesn’t end up...
