To the Plane's Left, Ladies and Gentlemen, a War
Malaysia Airlines MH17 crashed this morning near the Ukraine-Russia border, killing the 295 persons on board the flight. The Boeing 777, which was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 280...
View ArticleNewsweek Rewind: When Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Was Shot Down
If it turns out that the Malaysia Airlines 777 that crashed in Ukraine was indeed shot down, it won’t be the first time a commercial airliner was downed by military action. The most infamous instance...
View ArticleWorld Leaders Demand Answers After MH17 Tragedy
HRABOVE Ukraine (Reuters) - World leaders demanded an international investigation into the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner with 298 people on board over eastern Ukraine in a tragedy that could...
View ArticleIsrael's Incursion Into Gaza Sows Terror, Kills 23
GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza's Palestinians hunkered down in fear for their lives while Hamas militants urged defiance after Israel sent forces into the densely populated territory on Thursday after 10 days...
View ArticleUkraine Releases Recording of Militants Allegedly Discussing Downing of...
Security forces in Ukraine have released recordings which they claim are intercepted calls between pro-Russian militants and a Russian intelligence officer admitting to shooting down shortly after...
View ArticleRocket: The Copycat Kings Building a €3bn Global Tech Empire
Some time this year, German media report, the country’s hottest tech firm will go public at an expected valuation of up to €3 billion. Its name: Rocket Internet. Never used it or even heard of it?...
View ArticleCivil War in Venice as Corruption Scandal Grows
In November 1966, when I was six months old, Venice was nearly destroyed by the largest flood in its history. My parents weren’t home. I have been told that my Dutch babysitter would put on her...
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Are Unmanned Drones the Future of Global Transport?
On a bright, sunny afternoon on July 9th, a white unmanned air vehicle (UAV), its two 2.75 horsepower engines whirring, taxied smoothly down a finely mowed field of dark green grass. After a short...
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Edible Flowers Are Back on the Menu
Elderflowers. Nettle. Rosehip. We’re used to drinking flowers in the form of infusions, but swallowing them whole? Don’t be surprised if rose petals are served at Noma in Copenhagen or sweet peas at...
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Open for Business: Modi's Budget Promises a New India
When US Senator, and former presidential candidate, John McCain met with India’s newly elected prime minister Narendra Modi earlier this month, he joked, “You have the greatest expectations since the...
View ArticleHobby Lobby Owners Hope to Save America With New Bible Museum
The evangelical Christian family behind Hobby Lobby is in talks to build a nonprofit Bible museum two blocks from Washington, D.C.’s National Mall. The unnamed museum is scheduled to open in 2017,...
View ArticleNo Firing Squad for CIA in German Spy Fiasco
CIA officials who oversaw one of the most embarrassing screw-ups in the spy agency’s recent history are not at risk of being punished, a U.S. intelligence officials says, but the agency’s internal...
View ArticleAs Hamas Fights Israel, It Might Get More Cash
GAZA (Reuters) - For years, lack of cash has hobbled Hamas's Gaza government yet the military capabilities of the Islamist group's armed wing have expanded and it may rake in donations now that it is...
View ArticleUp to 100 AIDS Researchers En Route to Conference Killed on Malaysia Airlines...
Dozens of AIDS researchers who were onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17 have been killed, robbing the global health community of some of the world’s best researchers on the disease. There may have...
View ArticleU.S. Says It Can't Rule Out Russian Help in Shooting Down Plane
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it could not rule out Russian help to separatists in Ukraine in firing an SA-11 surface-to-air missile that likely downed a Malaysian...
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Turkish Prime Minister Accuses Israel of Genocide as Diplomats Are Pulled Out
Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned Israel’s assault on Gaza with fiery rhetoric yesterday, as protesters charged the Israeli embassy in Ankara and consulate in Istanbul.“We have been...
View ArticleObama Says Spoke With Netanyahu, Supports Israel's Right to Self-defense
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday said he spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the conflict in Gaza, underscoring the U.S. support for Israel to defend...
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On the Ground With the Pro-Russian Separatists Suspected of Shooting Down...
The shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine has brought the rumbling conflict in east of the country into sharp focus and put it at the top of the agenda around the world. Although...
View ArticleWhy Would Putin Shoot Down a Plane?
With Russia and Ukraine blaming each other for shooting down a commercial airliner in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 298 people on board, a veteran American scholar of Russia sees Ukraine’s...
View ArticlePhotos: Life, Death, and Prayer in Gaza
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