News

U.S. hopes for cooperation from Russia in Syria

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on July 26 that the U.S. hopes to announce in early August details of planned military cooperation and intelligence-sharing with Russia on Syria. But given Moscow's actions so far in going all out to support the regime of Syrian...

Putin regime seen behind hack of Democrats

  Many experts think that the the regime of  Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to throw the U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump, who has expressed admiration for Mr. Putin and other dictators. Cybersecurity experts, as well as the Hillary Clinton...

Ukraine war puts many weapons in hands of criminals

  The Russian-backed attack on eastern Ukraine has   taken vast numbers of weapons  out of the hands of irregular military units and put them into the criminal  international arms business, which is selling the weapons far beyond the conflict zone. "Interviews by...

Greek parliament votes to lower voting age to 17

View of the Acropolis, in Athens. Greek lawmakers voted July 21 to lower the voting age to 17  from 18 and eventually eliminate a 50-seat bonus for the winning party. The drop in voting age will take effect in the next election,  but the seat bonus will end   two...

Why ‘Avengers’ keep attacking Nigerian oil facilities

Nigeria's oil wealth has been more of a curse than a blessing. Meanwhile, "Avengers'' who complain that people in the Niger  River Delta have not received their fair share of oil revenues in this astonishingly corrupt nation step up their daily damage to oil-industry...

Chinese execs flooding into the U.S.

  Thousands of Chinese executives have been moving to the U.S. to work for formerly American companies bought by Chinese firms. "We've seen a huge surge," Bernard Wolfsdorf, founder and managing partner of a U.S.-based immigration law firm, told CNN. "Chinese...