Section: Time (USA)
Latvia Holds Election With Ukraine on Its Mind
(RIGA, LATVIA) — The Ukraine crisis looms large over Latvia’s parliamentary election on Saturday as the Baltic country worries over how best to deal with resurgent neighbor Russia. Here’s a look at some of the key issues for the nation of 2 million: EMBRACE MOSCOW OR STEER CLEAR? Alarmed by Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine,...
PlayStation Plus Price Increase Isn’t in the Offing for North America
Sony’s privileges and rewards PlayStation Plus online club for its PlayStation 3 and 4 game consoles won’t see a price hike in North America anytime soon, but its price tag is going up by a significant amount in other regions of the world. “We slightly increased prices for PlayStation Plus in South Africa, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and...
France Revolts Against German Austerity With New Budget
It’s a showdown that has been coming for a while. MoreU.K. Edges Toward Departure from European UnionPOLL: Should Scotland Be an Independent Country?Very Civil Disobedience: Inside Hong Kong’s Polite ‘Revolution’ NBC NewsWhat Next? A Short History of Secret Service Scandals NBC NewsDid It Spread? What We Know About the...
Mandatory Palestine: What It Was and Why It Matters
TIMEThe map above is from a 1929 TIME article titled “Islam vs. Israel”—even though, as the map makes clear, in 1929 there was no country called Israel. (On a desktop, roll over to zoom; on a mobile device, click.) MoreOff the Battlefield, Hackers Are Waging Cyberwar Against Israel and PalestineMaggie Gyllenhaal on Israel and Palestine — and How...
Ukrainian Protesters Topple Massive Lenin Statue
Ukrainian protesters in Kharkiv, a city in the nation’s restive east, toppled a prominent statue of Soviet icon Vladimir Lenin late Sunday night in the central square. A group of men scaled the massive monument and carved into it the words “Glory to Ukraine” before sawing off the statue’s legs and pulling it down from its pedestal,...
Australia’s Plan to Outsource Its Refugee Problem to Cambodia Won’t Work
“Let them eat cake.” Australia’s Minister for Immigration Scott Morrison did everything but utter the unsavory phrase attributed to Marie Antoinette when he clinked Champagne flutes with Cambodian Interior Minister Sar Kheng, a former cadre of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, at a ceremony in Phnom Penh last week. MoreMia Wasikowska on...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko Sure That Peace Is on the Way
(KIEV, Ukraine) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he believes the conflict with Russia-backed separatists in the east is on the wane and that peace efforts will work. In a news conference Thursday outlining his plans for Ukraine over the next half-decade, Poroshenko said: “I have no doubt whatsoever that my peace plan will work and that...
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Tells U.N. That Moscow Must Stop Arming Rebels
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Wednesday demanded that Russia pull its forces out of Ukraine and stops the supply of arms to pro-Kremlin rebels. Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, Yatsenyuk said Moscow must start real peace talks with Ukraine. “We urge Russia to pull back its forces, to pull back its artillery,...
Obama Calls on World to Reject ‘Cancer of Violent Extremism’ in UN Address
With the U.S. military continuing its air campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), President Barack Obama sounded a call to the world to combat of the spread of Islamic extremism Wednesday. MoreObama’s Tea Cup Salute Causes a StormBehind the Scenes: The Complete Kennedy Assassination Story in 9 PagesObama Speaks...
Obama Calls for Dismantling IS ‘Network of Death’
(UNITED NATIONS) — Declaring the world at a crossroads between war and peace, President Barack Obama vowed at the U.N. on Wednesday to lead a coalition to dismantle an Islamic State “network of death” that has wreaked havoc in the Middle East and drawn the U.S. back into military action in the region. MoreU.N. Headquarters in South Dakota: How It...
