SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine – Crimean officials have reported that roughly 97 percent of Crimeans voted for independence from Ukraine on Sunday, with a turnout of about 80 percent. Yet the security situation in Crimea has led many to question how free the vote really was. “Leaving the question of the referendum’s legality aside, the situation on…
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Next weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix may have to run behind closed doors after all, according to new reports from the Algarve. That’s despite ticket sales of around 30,000 already having been announced for the event, which is the first Formula 1 race to be held in the country since 1996. The first eight races of…
President-elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE’s campaign manager says Trump unnerved Democratic presidential nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing…
WASHINGTON – The head of the U.N. team that investigated the Aug. 21, 2013 Sarin attack in the Damascus suburbs, Ake Sellstrom, is doubtful about the number of victims of the attack reported immediately after the event. Sellstrom has suggested that many people who claimed to have been seriously affected by Sarin merely imagined that…
As a Canadian company readies its plans for extraction at the first proposed tar sands mine in the United States, a group of climate justice activists is readying its own mobilization: a permanent protest vigil at the site to protest what they see as the project’s “swift obliteration” of ecosystems, danger to waterways and contribution…
The world’s oceans face irreparable damage from climate change and overfishing, with a five-year window for intervention, an environmental panel said Tuesday. Neglecting the health of the oceans could have devastating effects on the world’s food supply, clean air, and climate stability, among other factors. The Global Oceans Commission, an environmental group formed by the…
There will be no tar sands pipeline. That is the message stressed by First Nations communities who say that even if Canada’s Prime Minister Harper gives the federal OK to Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project, First Nations law and their “responsibilities to future generations” will stop the project dead in its tracks. A federal decision on…
Dozens of major U.S. corporations are preparing to jump ship in a mass wave of tax-dodging corporate expatriation, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. According to Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) a “huge number” of companies are currently shifting their headquarters offshore or are contemplating deals to do so thanks to a tax loophole called “corporate…
President-elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE on Wednesday said his transition process is going “very, very smoothly.” Trump told reporters his meetings were…