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Five Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas conflict zone in last day
No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but five were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday. "Over the last day, we haven't lost any Ukrainian soldiers, but...
WSJ: Obama says Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad must go
U.S. President Barack Obama held firm that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must be removed from office, saying Thursday that he doesn't believe the civil war in Syria will end while the dictator remains in power, according to The Wall Street Journal. After a meeting in Manila with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,...
Russian proxies attack ATO forces 59 times overnight, situation tense
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 59 times overnight, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook early Saturday. "The situation in the Donbas conflict zone remains tense. Around noon on December 18, the pro-Russian illegal armed groups...
USA Today: Obama signs massive spending bill, tax measures into law
President Obama signed a huge tax and spending package into law on Friday following congressional votes that avoided a year-end showdown over the budget and ended legislative business until lawmakers return in 2016, according to USA Today. Lawmakers generally viewed the legislation as an imperfect but acceptable compromise...
Syria war: UN Security Council unanimously backs peace plan – BBC
The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution outlining a peace process in Syria, according to the BBC. The 15-member council reached rare agreement on the issue in a session in New York on Friday, the BBC wrote. The resolution endorses talks between the Syrian government and opposition in early January, as well...
The Guardian: Polish military police raid NATO centre in Warsaw
Polish military police have raided a NATO-affiliated counterintelligence centre in Warsaw in the latest of a series of moves by the country's new rightwing government to consolidate its hold on power, according to The Guardian. The raid took place at 01:30 am on Friday at the temporary offices of the NATO Counter...
Macaulay Culkin is ‘Home Alone’ again as grown-up Kevin
On its surface, “Home Alone” is an adorable holiday flick about a cute little kid who defends his family’s house by making silly booby traps. A different perspective, however, could say the film is about a neglected child whose family endangers him, nearly resulting in his death at the hands of home invaders....
Russia open to Assad’s ouster after Syria transition: diplomats
Russia has made clear to Western nations that it has no objection to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stepping down as part of a peace process, in a softening of its publicly stated staunch backing of Assad ahead of talks in New York, diplomats said, according to Reuters. "What you've got is a move that will end up...
Two Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas conflict zone in last day
No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but two were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday. "Over the last day, we haven't lost any Ukrainian soldiers, but two were...
The face of prostitution past: Smothered in lipstick and rouge, the working girls who were cashing in on Canada’s ‘Sin City’ in WWII
Montreal was the center for sex during Prohibition in the U.S., when Americans would travel north to fulfil their illicit needs in Canada The end of Prohibition as well as a rise in sexually transmitted disease saw police enforcing a crackdown on the prostitution industry, during which time these women were put behind bars In...
Reuters: Ukraine says Russia looted two Crimean oil rigs
Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of looting two of its oil rigs after Crimea-based oil and gas firm Chornomornaftogaz moved the equipment off the coast of the annexed peninsula into Russian waters, according to Reuters. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine last year and the loss of the peninsula's...
Russian court extends Savchenko’s arrest until April 16
A Russian-based Donetsk city court in southern Russia's Rostov region has extended the arrest of Ukrainian pilot, MP and member of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE Nadia Savchenko until April 16, 2016, her lawyer Nikolay Polozov wrote on Twitter. "The court granted the prosecutor's request to extend the...
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