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| Ukraine rebels free Swedish hostage; Obama seeks unity against Russia Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 12:02 PM PDT By Matt Spetalnick and Thomas Grove KUALA LUMPUR/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russian rebels paraded European monitors they are holding in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, freeing one but saying they had no plans to release another seven as the United States and Europe prepared new sanctions against Moscow. U.S. President Barack Obama called for the United States and Europe to join forces to impose stronger measures to restrain Moscow. The White House said it will add names on Monday of people close to President Vladimir Putin and firms they control to a list of Russians hit by sanctions over Ukraine, and also impose new restrictions on high tech exports. Full Story | Top |
| Francis presides over historic day of 4 popes Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 08:24 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two 20th-century popes who changed the course of the Catholic Church became saints Sunday as Pope Francis honored John XXIII and John Paul II in a delicate balancing act aimed at bringing together the conservative and progressive wings of the church. Full Story | Top |
| Spooky Atmospheric 'Teleconnections' Link North and South Poles Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 06:22 AM PDT  Long-distance atmospheric connections between the North and South poles are linking weather and climate in distant parts of the globe, according to data from a NASA spacecraft. These so-called "teleconnections" explain why the winter air temperature in Indianapolis, Ind., during the so-called polar vortex correlated with a reduction in high-altitude clouds over Antarctica, thousands of miles away, researchers say. "Changes in the polar regions in the North were 'communicated' all the way over to the other side of the globe," said Cora Randall, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder and a member of the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) spacecraft's science team. Winds in the Northern Hemisphere's stratosphere, the second layer of the Earth's atmosphere, were affecting the Southern Hemisphere mesosphere, the layer above the stratosphere, a few weeks later. Full Story | Top |
| Palin: If I were president, 'Waterboarding is how we'd baptize terrorists' Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 01:58 PM PDT The former Alaskan governor told the crowd at the National Rifle Association's annual convention that if she were in charge, waterboarding is how the United States would "baptize terrorists." Full Story | Top |
| Putin’s Obsession to Reunite the USSR Can Destroy Russia Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 03:15 AM PDT Russia and Ukraine inched closer to all-out war Saturday, with Ukraine threatening to blockade the eastern city of Slovyansk, which is now under the control of pro-Russia activists. The Pentagon also confirmed that Russian war planes made numerous incursions into Ukrainian air space, while foreign military observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), along with their Ukrainian hosts, were imprisoned in Slovyansk. The maneuvers by Russian troops along the Ukrainian border and Russia's continued aggression toward the country prompted the G-7 to announce new sanctions against Russia last week. "We have now agreed that we will move swiftly to impose additional sanctions on Russia," the G7 leaders said in a statement released by the White House Friday. "Given the urgency of securing the opportunity for a successful and peaceful democratic vote next month in Ukraine's presidential elections, we have committed to act urgently to intensify targeted sanctions and measures to increase the costs of Russia's actions." Full Story | Top |
| Obama, black leaders blast Sterling's alleged comments Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 08:39 AM PDT  Black leaders joined President Barack Obama Sunday in speaking out against racist remarks reportedly made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, and urged the NBA to act quickly. Full Story | Top |
| Polar Vortex Revenge? US Heat Waves Melted Greenland's Ice Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 06:24 AM PDT  In a reversal of this year's extraordinary winter weather, Greenland suffered the wrath of North America's epic heat waves in 1889 and 2012, a new study reveals. "Last winter in the eastern United States, people associated the cold with the behavior of the polar vortex," said lead study author William Neff, a fellow at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Though more than a century apart, both massive surface melts were triggered by soaring temperatures east of the Rocky Mountains, according to findings published yesterday (April 24) in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. It turns out that North America's furnacelike heat was funneled toward Greenland by an atmospheric river, a narrow, fast-flowing current of moist, warm air, Neff and his co-authors found. Full Story | Top |
| Abbas calls Holocaust 'most heinous crime' Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 01:57 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian president on Sunday called the Holocaust "the most heinous crime" of modern history, voicing a rare acknowledgment of Jewish suffering shortly before Israel held its annual memorial for victims of the Nazi genocide. Full Story | Top |
| Pope Francis makes John XXIII, John Paul II saints Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 01:22 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in an unprecedented canonization ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. Full Story | Top |
| 12 Things You Didn’t Know About Ukraine Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 02:45 AM PDT  Ukraine is a country that until recently has not been on the minds of most Americans. Here are 12 things you may want to know about Ukraine. At more than 233,000 square miles, including the southern peninsula of Crimea – which Russia is currently claiming – Ukraine is the largest country located entirely within Europe. People have lived in the territory of Ukraine for more than 44,000 years. Full Story | Top |
| NBA probing alleged recording of Clippers owner Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 12:14 AM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Anger, frustration and calls for action echoed around the NBA on Saturday after an audio recording surfaced of a man identified as Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling telling his girlfriend not to bring black people to games. Full Story | Top |
| Holocaust survivors recall most vivid memories Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 11:06 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — In an annual ritual, Israel will come to a standstill Monday morning for the country's official Holocaust remembrance day. Air raid sirens will wail across the country as pedestrians stop in their tracks and drivers exit their vehicles and bow their heads to honor the six million victims of the Nazi genocide of World War II that wiped out a third of world Jewry. Full Story | Top |
| Germans outraged by Berlusconi's comments on concentration camps Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 07:14 AM PDT  German politicians on Sunday condemned as "unacceptable" and "absurd" comments by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi that Germans denied the existence of Nazi concentration camps. Social Democrat (SPD) General Secretary Yasmin Fahimi described the comments as "repugnant, shocking and completely unacceptable". "These lapses ... not only damage the image of Italy but also endanger the political culture and values of Europe," she told Reuters. Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) are allies of Berlusconi's Forza Italia in the European parliament's European Peoples Party conservative grouping. Full Story | Top |
| Elizabeth Warren Hopes Hillary Clinton Makes 2016 Run But Declines to Endorse Her Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 10:07 AM PDT  While Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she hopes former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton makes a run for the White House in 2016, she declined to explicitly endorse Clinton's candidacy today on "This Week." "You know, all of the women – Democratic women, I... Full Story | Top |
| US, Philippines reach deal on military accord Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 09:36 AM PDT  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. military will have greater access to bases across the Philippines under a new 10-year agreement set to be signed Monday in conjunction with President Barack Obama's visit and seen as an effort by Washington to counter Chinese aggression in the region. Full Story | Top |
| Report: Attacks on Jews down, anti-Semitism up Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 05:03 AM PDT TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Violent attacks against Jews worldwide dropped in 2013, but anti-Semitism is becoming more widespread in Europe amid a rise in popularity of extremist parties, according to a report released Sunday. Full Story | Top |
| Obama denounces 'ignorant' alleged racism by NBA owner Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 03:23 PM PDT  US President Barack Obama interrupted his diplomatic initiative in Asia Sunday to condemn "ignorant" and "incredibly offensive" racist remarks allegedly made by the owner of the NBA Los Angeles Clippers. Obama took aim at the reported comments by Clippers owner Donald Sterling and said he was confident the National Basketball Association would address the controversy. They kind of speak for themselves," said Obama. Obama said the NBA was beloved by fans across the United States, had many African American players and was steeped in the community's culture. Full Story | Top |
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