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EXPLAINER: What's the impact of a Russian debt default?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRussia is poised to default on its foreign debt for the first time since the 1917 Bolshevik...
On This Day, March 8: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanishes
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCrew members aboard the Australian navy ship HMAS Success watch as a helicopter participates in a...
On This Day, Nov. 7: Richard Nixon re-elected
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 months agoChief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Warren Burger (R) administers the oath of office to incumbent President Richard Milhous Nixon (L) for his second...
A 'default' when flush with cash: Five signs Russia ain't sinking yet
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoRussia may have defaulted for the first time on foreign bonds since the Bolsheviks refused to pay on...
Hybrid war from Lenin to Putin
The New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPutin’s speech announcing the start of hostilities, shortly after the bombing of Ukrainian cities including the capital and an offensive of large groups of Russian troops along the northern, eastern and southern borders was on Feb. 24 2022.
Six Canadian battles shaped by weather and climate
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOn Saturday, November 11, Canadians will observe Remembrance Day, 105 years after the armistice that ended the First World War. That conflict took a...
Russian ruling party leader says occupied Ukrainian regions should vote on Nov. 4 on joining Russia
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe leader of Russia's governing party said on Wednesday that people in occupied regions of Ukraine...
May I propose a 'Victims of Communism Memorial Day' for Mississippi. Here's why
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe “Victims of Communism Memorial,” located in Washington, D.C., has a simple dedication engraved on the front pedestal: “To the more than one hundred million victims of communism and to those ...
Monument to "Chekist No. 1" Dzerzhinsky installed in Moscow again
Ukrayinska Pravda via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky, head of the All-Russian Emergency Commission, abbreviated as VChK...
Today in History: November 7, Twitter becomes public company
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoToday in History Today is Tuesday, Nov. 7, the 311th day of 2023. There are 54 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 7, 2013, shares of Twitter went on sale to the public ...