After months without natural gas from Russia, Ukraine could face a cold, cold ... - National Post
National Post After months without natural gas from Russia, Ukraine could face a cold, cold ... National Post Ukrainian citizens are layering their sweaters in preparation for yet another tough confrontation with the Kremlin, this time over energy. It is a replay of previous wintertime gas cut-offs ...
How Ukraine Lost the Conflict Against Russia - Mashable
Mashable How Ukraine Lost the Conflict Against Russia Mashable The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, stopped short, however, of acknowledging that Ukraine has effectively surrendered a swath of territory that accounts for 15 percent of its population –- about 6.8 million people –- and 1 ...
Apple’s massive global iPhone 6/Plus rollout back on track
> “Apple Inc. introduced a fresh iPhone software update free of major glitches and rolled out its latest smartphones in 22 countries, moving beyond a week of apologies and facing an Internet outcry over bent handsets,” Tim Higgins reports for Bloomberg. “” “Long lines formed at stores as Apple intro ...
Hungary Stops Delivering Gas to Ukraine - Wall Street Journal
Hungary Stops Delivering Gas to Ukraine Wall Street Journal Hungary stopped delivering gas to Ukraine late Thursday, further isolating Kiev just ahead of Friday's talks between Russia, the European Union and Ukraine on gas supplies to the former Soviet state. Hungary's gas transmission company FGSZ ...
Ukraine's Gas Deal With Russia Reflects Shifting Pressures - Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal Ukraine's Gas Deal With Russia Reflects Shifting Pressures Wall Street Journal Ukraine moved closer to resolving its monthslong dispute with Russia over natural gas Friday, as mounting economic pain at home—and pressure from Europe—increasingly force the pro-Western government in ...
Ukraine prime minister doesn't trust Putin to implement peace plan - PBS NewsHour
Kyiv Post Ukraine prime minister doesn't trust Putin to implement peace plan PBS NewsHour NEW YORK, NY — NATO says many Russian troops have left Eastern Ukraine, but Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk — leading his country's delegation to the UN General Assembly in New York — voiced deep doubt that Ru ...
Lift Off!
Tommy and I were honored to be invited to NASA this week to watch the launch from Russia. One of our church members, Barry 'Butch' Wilmore, left Thursday afternoon - along with two cosmonauts - for the International Space Station. The Space Station has been constantly manned since 2000. We were able ...
Graeber, Thiel, Stephenson: Utopia, Risk, and Space
This too is possible: painting by Robert McCall To imagine a better future, you have to entertain some sort of utopian vision. This notion comes to mind reading about the debate between David Graeber and Peter Thiel. If there is one lesson from the past it’s that utopias are doomed to failure. But a ...
End of Illusions & New Beginnings
This is meant as something of a followup to our previous post on Neo-Calvinism in the Catholic Church. I missed the 1970s-2007 Traditionalist milieu. I have attended Mass in a FSSPX chapel once in my life, otherwise having gone entirely to diocesan "indult" and Summorum sponsored Masses, both in the ...
Russia beats Uruguay 22-21 in 1st leg of last 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying playoff
KRASNOYARSK, Russia - Russia barely held off Uruguay 22-21 in the fight for the last 2015 Rugby World Cup berth, with the winner unhappy and the loser satisfied on Saturday. After enduring near-freezing conditions in Siberia, Uruguay was happy to take a ...
Russia demands truth about Libyan chemical weapons
Russia has demanded the facts about Libya’s remaining chemical weapons, with foreign minister Sergei Lavrov that NATO could not pretend the problem did not exist. Lavrov told the United Nations General Assembly today: “We would like to see truthful ...
