Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine anti-graft body questions former central bank deputy governor
Ukraine’s anti-corruption body has questioned former central bank First Deputy Governor Oleksandr Pysaruk regarding the insolvency of VAB bank while he worked at the central bank, Pysaruk’s new employer said Tuesday. VIENNA, Nov 12 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s anti-corruption body has questioned former central bank First Deputy...
Republicans shrug off growing evidence, stand with Trump against impeachment
WASHINGTON – Congressional Republicans are sticking with their party leader in the face of thousands of pages of evidence showing President Donald Trump leveraged foreign policy for political favours, raising the possibility that not a single House Republican will vote for his impeachment. As they prepare to hold the first open impeachment...
Pentagon Raised Concerns over Stalled Ukraine Military Aid, Transcript Reveals
TEHRAN(Tasnim) – The Pentagon raised concerns over the US government’s hold-up of military aid to Ukraine, which a national security official saw as “essential”, according to a congressional hearing transcript released on Monday. …read more Source:: Tasnim News...
Rabbi’s death in Ukraine was part of a $660 robbery, court rules
Two defendants received 11 and 9 years in jail for robbery and causing severe bodily harm, but were neither charged with murder or manslaughter. The remaining defendants were sentenced to 7 years. …read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
Democrats release transcripts from impeachment inquiry
House Democrats release three transcripts from closed-door depositions given as part of Ukraine probe. …read more Source:: Arutz...
How Ukraine’s bloody 2014 revolution affected Jews
Ukraine’s parliament voted to oust President Viktor Yanyukovych, and voters elected Petro Poroshenko — who was replaced earlier this year by Zolodymyr Zelensky, the country’s first Jewish president. …read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
US national security officials objected to stopping Ukraine aid
Democrats release new batch of testimony from Trump impeachment inquiry before public hearings. …read more Source:: AL...
How Ukraine’s bloody 2014 revolution affected Jews
Embroiled in conflict both internally and in Russia, Ukraine elected a Jewish man as president. …read more Source:: Arutz...
Trump fumes over impeachment probe with public hearings days away
Washington – President Donald Trump seethed on Monday as Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives prepared to enter a crucial new phase – the first public hearings – in their impeachment inquiry centered on his request that Ukraine investigate political rival Joe Biden. On Wednesday and Friday, U.S. diplomats William...
Ukraine’s Burisma lobbied Obama admin to drop probe: Report
Burisma Holdings lobbied for the Obama administration to drop the probe investigating corruption allegations John Solomon provides insight. …read more Source:: Arutz...
