US Re-Establishing Diplomatic Relationship with Cuba, Eases Trade and Travel Restrictions
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US Re-Establishing Diplomatic Relationship with Cuba, Eases Trade and Travel Restrictions

President Barack Obama today announced the end to over 50 years of non-diplomacy with Cuba, as well as an easing of both trade and travel restrictions. The United States severed diplomatic ties with Cuba in 1961 at the height of the Cold War. While the Soviet Union has fallen, the trade embargo along with its…

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Exxon Mobil Begins Drilling Russia’s Arctic Waters in Spite of Sanctions

Despite increasing western sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, Exxon Mobil has begun drilling their first well in Russia’s pristine Arctic territory on Saturday. “Today, commercial success is driven by efficient international cooperation,” Reuters reported Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying on a video conference with Glenn Waller, ExxonMobil’s lead manager in Russia,…

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Senator Joe Donnelly Wants More Sanctions for Russia

Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN) offered tough words to Russia in an interview with a local TV station. The senator spoke to Tom Powell about the conflict in Ukraine and the recent attack on a civilian jetliner. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down last Thursday in the rebel-controlled eastern half of Ukraine, killing all 295…