International – Page 147

Today in history: A joke from the USSR for April Fools’ Day

April 1, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon

I heard the following joke in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, then part of the USSR, as was Moldavia.

Greece: debt and memory of war

March 23, 2015 By Conn Hallinan

Memory is selective and therein lies an explanation for some of the deep animosity between Berlin and Athens in the current debt crisis.

Brazil: Amid coup talk, massive demonstrations for and against Dilma

March 18, 2015 By Emile Schepers

Mass demonstrations took place Mar. 14 in a number of Brazilian cities in support of President Dilma Rousseff of the Workers' Party.

Support builds for Peace and Planet mobilization

March 17, 2015 By Joelle Fishman

Peace, faith, environment and labor organizations are mobilizing for the Peace and Planet conference and march at the United Nations April 24-26.

Rise of Joint List’s Ayman Odeh shakes up Israeli politics

March 16, 2015 By Karin Laub

A politician who wants to build an Arab-Jewish "alliance of the disadvantaged," has emerged as one of the biggest surprises of Israel's election campaign.