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Ukraine a ‘playground’ for white supremacist extremists, report warns
October 03, 2019 8:08 PMWASHINGTON – Apart from allegedly wanting to kill radical leftists and bomb a TV network widely reported to be CNN, 24-year-old US Army private Jarrett William Smith, charged on Sep 23, also wanted to travel to Ukraine to join the Azov Battalion. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Pompeo confirms he was in on Trump call to Ukraine leader
ROME: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed that he listened in on the phone call that is at the heart of the impeachment probe against Trump. “I was on the call,” Pompeo told a news conference in Rome. It was Pompeo’s first public comment on whether he had heard Trump ask the president of Ukraine to dig up dirt on political rival Joe...
Impeachment probe: Democrats respond to Donald Trump’s fury with subpoenas
Democrats have set a blistering pace for their impeachment inquiry of United States President Donald Trump with a line-up of depositions – including the recently departed US envoy to Ukraine – stoking the President’s fury and feeding efforts to discredit the investigation.Kurt Volker, who stepped down last week from his unpaid role...
First President’s Foundation, Kazakh government outline renewable energy project plans at International Renewable Energy Summit
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. NUR-SULTAN – The First President’s Foundation will support green economy development in Kazakhstan by implementing new renewable energy projects such as wind and solar-powered stations, training specialists to develop new standards for energy preservation...
‘You’re good-looking’: Ukraine’s leader woos Tom Cruise
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and American actor, film director and producer Tom Cruise talk to each other during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, late Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. Tom Cruise arrived in Kyiv at the invitation of President of Zelenskiy. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)Kyiv, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s leader...
Trump denounces impeachment inquiry as a ‘coup’
Donald Trump could possibly become a third president ever impeached by Congress. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Tuesday denounced the impeachment inquiry threatening his presidency as a “coup,” as his administration pushed back hard against the investigation. Trump’s comments came after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed to...
Ukraine’s Zelensky claims never spoke with Trump’s lawyer
Trump asked Zelenskiy in a phone call to work with lawyer into case involving Joe Biden’s son. (AP pic)KIEV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he never met or talked by phone with President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, whose contacts in Ukraine are part of an impeachment inquiry in Washington. “I have never...
US agrees to sell US$39 mil anti-tank weapons to Ukraine
The sale was finalised before Trump’s July 25 call with Zalensky. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Ukraine has agreed to buy 150 Javelin anti-tank missiles, in a deal worth US$39 million, a US congressional aide said on Tuesday, referring to a purchase that is separate from US aid at the centre of an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. This...
Impeachment probe: Democrats may charge Donald Trump with obstruction as president’s allies stonewall
US President Donald Trump, desperate to undermine a fast-moving impeachment probe, could be adding to his troubles.House Democrats say Trump’s stonewalling and threats to unmask a whistle-blower could lead to obstruction charges if articles of impeachment are drafted over the president’s request for Ukraine’s government to...
Ukraine agrees to election in separatist-controlled east
Ukraine on Tuesday signed much-anticipated accords with separatists from the country’s east, Russia and European monitors that agree a local election can be held in separatist-controlled territory, paving… …read more Source:: Japan...
