On Friday, Boeing announced plans to transfer 300 engineering jobs from Washington state to nonunion locations in Long Beach, California and North Charleston, South Carolina. The aeronautics giant also says it is considering opening a new design facility in Kiev,
The World Health Organization (WHO), an arm of the United Nations (UN), is calling for a global, comprehensive ban on all tobacco product promotion, according to a Chinese news report. If instituted, the ban could prevent movies and TV shows from
(AP) MALMO, SwedenDenmark’s Emmelie de Forest has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune “Only Teardrops,” despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine. Juries and television viewers across Europe
(AP) Blinking skirts, fake tans: It must be EurovisionBy MALIN RISINGAssociated PressMALMO, SwedenFlashy skirts, fake tans, fur and feathers: Welcome to the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. The televised extravaganza, with an audience of 125 million worldwide, is now in its
A report released on the eve of Yom HaShoah, the day Jews mark the deaths of the 6 million victims of the Holocaust, states that anti-semitic attacks and incidents around the world spiked in 2012. The report asserted that violence
(AP) Israel begins annual Holocaust memorial dayBy ARON HELLERAssociated PressJERUSALEM Israel dedicated its annual memorial day for the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust to mark 70 years to the Warsaw ghetto uprising, a symbol of Jewish resistance against
(AP) Report: Anti-Semitic incidents surged in 2012By ARIEL DAVIDAssociated PressTEL AVIV, Israel Israeli researchers warned Sunday of a sudden upsurge in anti-Semitic attacks, topped by a deadly school shooting in France, noting a link to the rise of extremist parties
(AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered unscheduled military exercises involving thousands of troops and dozens of ships in the Black Sea region to test their battle readiness, the Kremlin said. The order was presented to Defence Minister
(AP) – New clashes erupted Tuesday in an intensifying battle for control over Aleppo’s international airport and nearby military bases in Syria’s north, activists said. Rebels have tried for weeks to capture Aleppo’s international airport and nearby air bases as
European economic power house Germany is considering the pursuit of “fracking,” the drilling technique to extract natural gas from shale, because rising energy costs are causing energy-intensive industries to flinch from investing in Germany and threatening the economy. Although some
In response to Chuck Schumer: Chuck Hagel Didn’t Know That Jews Had Been Subject to Discrimination and Suspicions About Their Loyalty, and When I So Informed Him, He Nearly Cried: Rush Limbaugh did a funny bit on Hagel a few
(AP) BRISBANE, AustraliaTop-ranked Victoria Azarenka has withdrawn from the Brisbane International about a half hour before her scheduled semifinal against No. 3-ranked Serena Williams. Azarenka, who last year won the Sydney International before claiming her first Grand Slam title at the
Ukrainian authorities have revealed at least 133 people have died in December due to sustained freezing temperatures that have dipped as low as -9 degrees Fahrenheit. More than 500 people have been hospitalized due to the cold in the past
Troubled Bank of Cyprus, the island’s largest lender, issued a profit warning on Thursday, saying its 2012 results would be a lot worse than last year’s due to increased provisions for bad debt. BoC said that the group’s results for
The mausoleum for Russia’s revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin must undergo major repair work after its foundation suffered water damage, the Kremlin said Monday. The communist icon’s body will also undergo preservation work, a move that adds fuel to a debate
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Memories of the slaughter at Beslan, North Ossetia Ukraine’s sale of weapons to Syria’s rebels backfires Troubled Afghanistan counter-insurgency projects are costly and ineffective Memories of the slaughter at Beslan, North Ossetia A man
Today, the Anti-Defamation League blasted the Ukrainian voting population for their embrace of the anti-Semitic Svoboda Party. Abraham Foxman, ADL National Director, stated: We are alarmed that 12% of Ukrainians voted for Svoboda, a radical party well-known for its anti-Semitic
Israel has expressed “deep concern” at a political breakthrough by an extremist party in Ukraine that is well known for its attacks on Jews and foreigners, and which managed to win a large number of parliamentary seats for the first
As Breitbart News reported earlier this week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s op-ed in the New York Times ripping into the current Ukrainian administration and siding with its opposition raises serious questions about anti-Semitism in Obama administration foreign policy. That’s
Today, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrote a column in The New York Times ripping into the current Ukrainian administration: Ukraine’s parliamentary elections at the end of this month will be an important bellwether for the state of these institutions.
Back in March, President Obama told outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he hoped Russia would give him “space” until after the election – at which point Obama and the United States would provide Russia with “flexibility.” So much for
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a United Nations affiliate on democratization and human rights, will send out 44 “observers” to the United States on Election Day to monitor polling and political activities. In particular, these “election
The White House said Friday President Barack Obama asked Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to speak out against anti-American attacks in Arab countries and the YouTube movie that sparked them. Erdogan followed through on Obama’s request, saying in Ukraine
By ANDREA THOMASAssociated PressOTTAWA, Ill.Falling at speeds of up to 220 mph, a group of nearly 140 skydivers shattered the vertical skydiving world record as they flew heads-down in a massive snowflake formation in northern Illinois. Three judges representing the
China is set to construct its first icebreaker for polar expeditions, state media said Tuesday, in a move it described as greatly boosting its ability to explore the strategic Arctic. Melting ice sheets in the far north have opened up
