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Ukraine: Troubled, unwitting star of Trump impeachment drama
People rally to commemorate victims of clashes with security forces six years ago at the Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. People mark the sixth anniversary of the beginning of the protest movement and the subsequent events in late Feb. 2014 which led to the departure of former Ukraine’s President Victor...
Frustrated, Trump lashes out at impeachment probe
US president bashes the testimony as ‘total nonsense’, says he relished the chance to defend himself. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: An irate Donald Trump said Friday he welcomes the prospect of an impeachment trial, as the US leader lashed out at “crazy” and “corrupt” opponents probing potential abuse of presidential power. After a week of dramatic...
US impeachment hearings: What’s next in the House
November 23, 2019 5:00 AMWASHINGTON • Now that House Democrats have wrapped up their last scheduled public hearing on Ukraine, here are some of the important decisions ahead: …read more Source:: The Straits...
Donald Trump accuses impeachment witness of lying, defends use of Giuliani
President Donald Trump on Friday accused a witness in the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry of lying and offered an explanation for his controversial use of his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine policy, saying Giuliani’s crime-fighting abilities were needed to deal with a corrupt country. …read more Source:: The Times of...
Armenia President, Ukraine PM discuss issues on bilateral agenda
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Indian-American official named as source for Ukraine information
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff on Thursday named Kashyap Patel as a source providing information on Ukraine matters directly to U.S. President Donald Trump. …read more Source:: The...
Donald Trump’s Ukraine quid pro quo is ‘beyond anything Nixon did’, impeachment chair Adam Schiff claims
Donald Trump’s conduct with Ukraine was far worse than the behaviour that led to Richard Nixon’s downfall, the head of the congressional impeachment probe said on Thursday as he summed up the case for the US president’s removal.Lawmakers investigating whether Trump abused his office by bullying Ukraine into assisting his...
Nur-Sultan’s new international composers contest discovers young talents
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh capital drew 115 composers under 35 years old from 24 countries to compete in the first New Music Generation international composers’ competition in Zhambyl Zhabayev Hall at the Kazakh National University of Arts Nov. 15 to 19,...
Former Trump adviser undercuts GOP impeachment defences
WASHINGTON: A former White House official said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s top European envoy was sent on a “domestic political errand” seeking investigations of Democrats, stunning testimony that dismantled a main line of the president’s defence in the impeachment inquiry. …read more Source:: The Himalayan...
Former Trump aide calls Ukraine meddling theory fiction; Trump would welcome Senate trial
President Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser urged lawmakers in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry on Thursday not to promote “politically driven falsehoods” that cast doubt on Russia’s interference in the 2016 US election. …read more Source::...
