Ousted Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovitch has resurfaced five days after being ousted as president of the beleaguered East European country. He issued a detailed statement released by the Russian Itar-Tass news agency claiming he is still the legitimate elected President
A group of experts appointed by the German Bundestag (parliament) has slammed the country’s Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), saying it is neither cost effective nor has any measurable impact on innovation. The Expert Commission on Research and Innovation gives
On Wednesday, Ukraine’s new government announced in front of thousands in Independence Square that it has nominees for the new cabinet. The cabinet will govern the country until official elections take place on May 25. Arseniy Yatsenyuk, opposition leader and
While saying it “hears” Ukraine’s dream of joining the EU, the Western bloc failed Monday to hold out the prospect of entry in spite of regime change that began with pro-EU protests. As the bloc’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton
President Nicolas Maduro’s ability to maintain control in Venezuela comes down to his internal intelligence network which keeps an eye and a lid on dissent. That network is heavily assisted by experts sent over from Cuba. Douglas Farah, who was
Last week’s economic data confirmed an emerging trend, with inflation in the developed world consistently falling. Meanwhile, US Housing Starts fell off rather sharply. While the powers that be were keen to peddle the idea that it was down to
In his book Disinformation, Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest-ranking Soviet Bloc official ever to defect to the United States, describes the Soviet intelligence practice called “framing” – changing someone’s or something’s past to suit present political needs. The Soviets perfected this
In Tokyo, hundreds of copies of The Diary of Anne Frank have been vandalized in more than 30 libraries. Scores of pages were ripped out of at least 265 books; city official Mitsujiro Ikeda said that in the Nakano district
A leading skeptic climatologist has declared himself so sick of being called a “denier” by climate alarmists that he is now going to call them out as “Nazis” in return. Dr Roy Spencer, Principal Scientist at the University of Alabama
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has said he “completely agrees” with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s controversial law on homosexuality. In an interview with CNN, Ecclestone said of Mr Putin, “He hasn’t said he doesn’t agree [with being gay] just that
The sorry story of unrestricted migration from mainland Europe to Britain has opened another chapter, after the latest statistics from Eurostat – the EU’s statistic stooges – revealed that the UK has been by far the hardest hit country in
Plans for a huge expansion of the world’s largest windfarm, the London Array in the Thames Estuary, have been scrapped. The consortium running the project blame the abandonment of an additional 65 giant turbines on “various factors”, but especially the
Talks resumed in Vienna on Tuesday between Iran and the P5+1 negotiating partners (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) on a permanent agreement on Iran’s nuclear program with new information that Iran was aggressively moving
BRUSSELS (AP) — The deadly clashes in Ukraine’s capital have drawn sharp reactions from Washington, generated talk of possible European Union sanctions and led to a Kremlin statement blaming Europe and the West. A roundup of some of the international
The talks on a “final” nuclear agreement begin Tuesday in Geneva between Iran and the P+5 powers (the UN Security Council plus Germany). And already, Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is pouring cold water on the negotiations, saying that they
A Labour Member of the European Parliament is attempting to have Britain’s Intelligence Services placed under the purview of the European Union (EU), a new report on the back of the NSA scandal suggests. A draft report by the European
Venture capitalist and big political donor Tom Perkins has caused not a few controversies over his comments about politics and Time Magazine is again attacking this “1 percenter” for them. But, Time seems to have forgotten to mention one thing.
Austria’s Anna Fenninger won her first gold medal in the women’s super giant slalom while 18 out of the 49 skaters did not finish the tricky course. Austria has won 8 out of 24 medals in the super-G since it
Germany continued their dominance in luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics. They won gold in all four luge events: Felix Loch in men’s, Natalie Geisenberger in women’s, Tobias Wendle and Tobias Arlt in doubles and all four competed in the
People scratched their heads when Russian President Vladimir Putin picked Sochi to host the country’s first ever Winter Olympics because it is in a subtropic climate and a summer resort. Temperatures have not been below 50F and reached 64F on
The first pucks dropped in the Olympic hockey tournament today. The Czech Republic started taking on Sweden and Latvia began battling Switzerland at 9 p.m. Sochi time, with the remaining eight teams competing tomorrow. Ice hockey plays as the marquee
SOCHI, Russia, Feb. 11 (UPI) —Natalie Geisenberger of Germany won the Olympic gold medal Tuesday in women’s luge singles. Geisenberger won the bronze medal in the event four years ago in Vancouver. The silver went to Tatjana Huefner of Germany,
George Clooney’s new World War II film, “The Monuments Men,” has to be one of the most ill-conceived major studio releases ever. It’s not exactly a bad film or a hot mess; that would make it much more interesting –
LONDON, United Kingdom–A British citizen is reported to have carried out a suicide bombing in Syria, as fears over the increasing number of foreign fighters in the country are being realized by Western governments. The news emerged as the International
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced on January 30th: “As correct as the policy of military restraint is, it must not be misunderstood as a culture of standing aside.” In a full-page interview under the headline “Germany and the World,”
