Section: Africa&ME
Foreign Intel Tapped Phones of US Officials Involved in Ukraine Talks with Trump, Report Claims
The Washington Post has quoted unnamed US officials as saying that during President Donald Trump’s routine communication with his personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani and other individuals involved in the campaign to “pressure” Ukraine, their mobile phone might have not been encrypted and protected from foreign surveillance, including that of...
News24.com | End in sight for eastern Ukraine conflict? Five things you need to know about unrest as leaders meet
Monday’s summit aiming to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine will see Russia’s Vladimir Putin face off with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time. …read more Source::...
WATCH: Joe Biden finds social media buzz with viral video suggesting Donald Trump is laughing stock
For a candidate who has struggled at times to get noticed on social media, Joe Biden finally got some online attention on Thursday – for better or worse. First, the Biden campaign posted a video on Twitter that brutally took down President Donald Trump, suggesting he is the laughing stock to other world leaders. Then a heated back-and-forth...
Trump Vows To Win Impeachment Fight
A defiant President Donald Trump predicted Thursday he “will win,” after the Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives gave the greenlight for impeachment. “The good thing is that the Republicans have NEVER been more united. We will win!” Trump tweeted. Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier asked her party to draft articles of impeachment based...
WHO outraged as measles outbreaks kill 140 000
LONDON – Measles infected nearly 10 million people in 2018 and killed 140 000, mostly children, as devastating outbreaks of the viral disease hit every region of the world, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. In figures described by its director general as “an outrage”, the WHO said most of last year’s measles...
Trump’s Lawyer Meets Ukrainian Lawmaker Over Biden Probe
This undated handout picture obtained from Facebook account of Andriy Derkach shows Ukrainian lawmaker Andriy Derkach meeting with President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani in Kiev. HO / Facebook account of Andriy Derkach / AFP US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer discussed “international corruption” with an MP in...
News24.com | What are US articles of impeachment, and what happens next?
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday asked the House Judiciary Committee to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump over his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate a political rival. But what are articles of impeachment? …read more Source::...
Pelosi says House will draft Trump impeachment articles
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is pressing forward to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday. ‘’Our democracy is what is at stake,” Pelosi said somberly. “The president leaves us no choice but to act.” Pelosi delivered the historic announcement as Democrats push toward a...
Pageant queen stripped of title because she’s a mother
Veronika Didusenko won the 2018 Miss Ukraine contest but was later disqualified because of a rule that prohibits participants from ever being married or having children. Watch the video story below: //fave.api.cnn.io/v1/fav/?video=world/2019/12/04/miss-world-ukraine-mother-orig-jk.cnn amp;customer=cnn amp;edition=international amp;env=p …...
How the Trump impeachment investigation turned Ukraine into a US open testing grounds
On Tuesday the United States House Intelligence Committee, investigating President Donald Trump, issued its report on the impeachment of the republican premier. Yesterday, the process of impeaching him moved to the House Judiciary Committee where actual charges against the president will be articulated. The drama is expected to continue for the...
