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Three navy ships held by Russia return to Ukraine port
KIEV: Three navy vessels that Moscow seized last year and handed back to Ukraine have arrived at a Ukrainian port, though Kiev said they were stripped of equipment.The Nikopol, the Berdyansk and the Yany Kapu were seized in November last year in the Kerch Strait, in the most serious confrontation between Russia and Ukraine since the beginning of...
Lawmakers to quiz eavesdropping US embassy official in Trump impeachment inquiry
November 21, 2019 2:19 PMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Lawmakers will question an official from the US embassy in Ukraine on Thursday (Nov 21) as they seek to learn more about a phone call in which he says he overheard President Donald Trump ask about the status of an”investigation” into a political rival. …read more Source:: The...
‘Everyone was in the loop’ about Ukraine pressure campaign
A US diplomat said on Wednesday that “everyone was in the loop” about a Trump administration effort to get Ukraine to carry out investigations that might ultimately benefit US President Donald Trump, including Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. …read more Source::...
Top diplomat implicates Trump in explosive impeachment testimony
US Ambassador to EU Gordon Sondland told lawmakers he followed President Donald Trump’s orders in seeking a ‘quid pro quo’ deal for Ukraine. Photo: AFP/Getty Images A senior US diplomat directly implicated President Donald Trump Wednesday in a… …read more Source:: Geo...
Opera returns to Turkmenistan after nearly 19 years
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Opera has returned to Turkmenistan after nearly 19 years of being banned along with ballet by the Central Asian country’s first post-Soviet president as “incompatible with Turkmen mentality,” RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service reported. Nineteenth-century Italian composer Ruggero Leoncavallo’s opera Pagliacci...
Kazakhstan holds doctor over illegal organ transplants
NUR-SULTAN: Police in Kazakhstan detained a doctor this week for harvesting organs from poor people and using them in illegal transplants for wealthy foreigners, the interior ministry said.People from Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan were among those who had been “forced to sell their kidneys due to (their) difficult financial situation,”...
Ambassador brings Pompeo deeper into Trump impeachment
WASHINGTON: A US envoy said Wednesday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo directed him to coordinate Ukraine policy with President Donald Trump’s lawyer, further implicating the top US diplomat in the impeachment drama.Gordon Sondland — the US ambassador to the European Union who, unlike previous diplomats who testified in the inquiry, is a...
Pompeo emerges as a major Trump enabler in Ukraine affair
…read more Source:: The Indian...
In debate, Democratic White House contenders back impeachment inquiry of Trump
November 21, 2019 11:41 AMATLANTA (REUTERS) – Democratic White House contenders backed the impeachment inquiry of Republican President Donald Trump during a debate on Wednesday (Nnov 20), saying his efforts to press Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden was an example of the administration’s corruption. …read...
White House aide says Trump’s Ukraine call ‘improper’
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: A top White House official with the National Security Council told lawmakers Tuesday that US President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart was “improper” and “inappropriate.” “It is improper for the president of the United States to demand a foreign government investigate a US citizen...
