A University of Arizona Russia expert called Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on Thursday both “predictable and avoidable.” Read more
As part of International Education Week, the UA hosted an annual event Tuesday evening to recognize a campus musical group and two individuals for global excellence. Read more
The UA was recently named one of the best colleges at producing employable students. Read more
A 44-year-old high school teacher from the destroyed provincial capital of Tacloban City recounts how she abandoned her dying daughter, stabbed by splinters of their house, which was razed by Friday’s killer Typhoon Haiyan. Read more
Swiss forensics examiners found sufficient traces of the deadly radioactive isotope polonium-210 in the exhumed remains of Yasser Arafat to conclude with relative certainty that the late Palestinian leader died of poisoning in 2004, Al-Jazeera channel reported Wednesday. Read more
India launched its maiden mission to Mars in an effort to become the first nation in Asia to reach the Red Planet, and show the world how it can be done at a relatively low cost. Read more
India is set to launch a space mission to Mars on Tuesday that, if successful, would beat China to the punch, although some wonder whether the undertaking is the best use of money when many Indians lack food, clean water or basic sanitation facilities. Read more
The elderly gentleman appeared nervous when police questioned him during a customs check aboard a train from Switzerland to Germany. Read more
The School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies is hosting a talk on Friday about the Gezi Park protests in Turkey that captured the world’s attention last summer. Read more
UA faculty members recently launched an international project to study religion’s role in politics. Read more
LONDON – France reacted angrily Monday to a news report of mass electronic surveillance of its residents by the U.S. National Security Agency Read more
MOSCOW – One day after rioting youth demanded the eviction of migrant workers from outside Russia, police swept through the vegetable market that was the target of the violence Read more
BOGOTA, Colombia – One of the hemisphere’s most contentious and longest-running environmental trials is going on trial itself. Read more
