TEL AVIV – The coming week marks two months since the horrible Hamas terror attack on Israel that left 1,200 dead and 240 held hostage. And it also marks our second trip to the region during this crisis. Some things have gotten a
It was a global battle of the bands. Seventy-three-year-old New Jersey native Bruce Springsteen and his E Street band. Versus 73-year-old Long Island, New York, native Billy Joel and his fine musicians. Two of the best singer-songwriters the U.S. has ever produced.
Ukraine nears 500 days of war Senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot reports 80% of all Ukrainians have a relative or friend killed as the result of the war on ‘America’s Newsroom.’ This week will mark 500 days of war in Ukraine. An
At the height of the just-concluded “armed uprising” by the Wagner mercenary forces in Russia, Ukraine’s Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov jumped into the breach. Posting a video online addressed to Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine, telling them to “…go home, protect your
KYIV – It is the sixth time I have been in Ukraine in the last 18 months and it doesn’t get any easier. The more things change, the more they stay the same. As we drove into Kyiv this time there was
Plumes of smoke Russian visual artist Danila Tkachenko had a plan to fill Red Square with smoke the color of the Ukrainian flag, but while his art display failed he continues his anti-war activism in exile in Italy. One commentator watching Russia’s
KYIV OBLAST, Ukraine — The sharp sound of AK-47 fire pierces the silence in the farmland of Europe’s breadbasket. Before the invasion, a furniture salesman, prominent businessman and a professional wrestler would’ve never found themselves together in this field. Fifteen months into
BROVARY, Ukraine—Victoria Andrusha had never been part of the armed forces of Ukraine. But she was willing to do anything to help her country. While many decided to flee after Russia’s invasion, the Kyiv teacher went back to her home in Chernihiv.
Believe it or not, Mario Biasetti surprised us with his announcement, but he is not going to sit on a Mediterranean beach. Ninety-six-year-old Mario Biasetti, a man who’s been called one of the deans of international journalism and whom we have effectively
Migrant tragedies—deaths at sea—are all too familiar in this part of the world. But the demise of a rickety boat called “Summer Love” late last month struck a particularly painful chord. It happened close to Italy’s southern coast—the vessel packed with migrants broke