Kerry: US and Russia Announce Syria Truce Plan
The United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal on Saturday to put Syria’s peace process back on track, including a nationwide ceasefire effective from sundown on Monday, improved aid access and joint targeting of banned militant Islamist groups. “Today,…
Syria war: Russian helicopter shot down, killing five on board
From BBC A Russian military helicopter has been shot down in Syria killing all five on board – the deadliest single incident for Russia’s military since its air campaign began last September. The Mi-8 transporter was brought down by rebels,…
Early hair dryers
Early hair dryers looked like terrifying sci-fi experiments By Chris Wild from Mashable 1928-1948 Early hair dryers – Settle in, you’ll be here awhile. Before the invention of hair dryers, women and men would often attach hoses to the exhaust…
abandoned Soviet spaces
Eerie photos of abandoned Soviet spaces By Sarah Jacobs From Business Insider When Nikon approached photographer David de Rueda with the opportunity to help make his ultimate dream project come true, de Rueda knew he wanted to create something “post-apocalyptic…
Putin slams Obama on Syria: US has ‘mush for brains’
From Newsmax President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday slammed Washington for refusing to share intelligence with Russia on Syria, and accusing it of muddled thinking. “I believe some of our partners simply have mush for brains,” Putin said, expressing some of…
Second Russian man pleads guilty in U.S. credit card hacking scheme
By Nate Raymond And Jonathan Stempel From Reuters A second Russian citizen has pleaded guilty to U.S. charges that he participated in a computer hacking scheme that compromised more than 160 million credit card numbers and caused hundreds of millions…
Russia crisis hits Pimco Fund, wipes out options as ruble sinks
From Newsmax After the single worst day in Russia’s nine-month-old financial crisis, the fallout is spreading across global markets. Pacific Investment Management Co. is facing mounting losses on its Russian bond holdings; almost every bullish ruble option contract registered in…
UPDATE: Ordinary Russians are furious about Putin’s new food sanctions/Putin retaliates against sanctions with food-import limits
Ordinary Russians are furious about Putin’s new food sanctions By Rob Wile And Elena Holodny From Business Insider On Thursday we learned Russia will ban the imports of meat, dairy, fruit, and some vegetable products from the West. Combined with…
Usain Bolt’s World Championship shoes for CTO New York auction
From TN Global Industry News BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A pair of training shoes handcrafted by Puma for the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, will go on sale at a Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Education Foundation auction in New York City…
OPINION: Bought by the Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and now the ‘Russianese’
By Peter Binose From Caribbean360 Prior to the Crimean crisis vote at the UN this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced free scholarships to all the non aligned movement, this included the whole of alba and its member states says…
