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House Democrats subpoena Pompeo for Ukraine documents
Democrats in the US House of Representatives who are pursuing an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump forged ahead with their probe on Friday, issuing a subpoena to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for documents concerning contact with the Ukrainian government. …read more Source::...
Kremlin says it hopes calls with Trump are kept secret
Amid the uproar over President Donald Trump’s call to the leader of Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Friday that it hoped the contents of Trump’s phone conversations with President Vladimir Putin of Russia would not be made public — a disclosure that would likely generate far more attention. …read more Source::...
Trump envoy to Ukraine Volker resigns
US President Donald Trump’s special representative for Ukraine, Kurt Volker, resigned on Friday, sources familiar with the situation said. …read more Source::...
Trump-Ukraine scandal: US special envoy Kurt Volker reportedly steps down as crisis widens
Kurt Volker, the US special envoy for Ukraine, has become the first casualty in the rapidly growing impeachment crisis surrounding Donald Trump, with multiple reports that he has resigned from his post.Volker was due to appear before congressional committees and was mentioned in the whistle-blower complaint as helping Ukraine president Volodymyr...
Trump told Russians he’s not concerned with election meddling in 2017
Trump’s comments were limited to a few officials in an attempt to keep them from being disclosed publicly. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump told two Russian officials in a 2017 meeting that he was not concerned about Moscow’s meddling in the US election, which prompted White House officials to limit access to the remarks,...
US House Democrats subpoena Pompeo for Ukraine documents
WASHINGTON: Democrats in the US House of Representatives who are pursuing an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump forged ahead with their probe on Friday, issuing a subpoena to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for documents concerning contact with the Ukrainian government.Following a whistleblower complaint that Trump, a Republican,...
Hong Kong protesters set busy schedule ahead of China National Day
HONG KONG: Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters have set themselves a busy schedule for Saturday, rebuilding ‘Lennon Walls’ of anti-government graffiti and marking the fifth anniversary of the ‘Umbrella’ street movement that gridlocked the city for weeks.Thousands of protesters rallied at the harbourside on Friday, chanting slogans...
US envoy for Ukraine resigns as Congress pursues his testimony
September 28, 2019 9:27 AMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – Kurt Volker, the US State Department’s special envoy for Ukraine who got caught in the middle of the pressure campaign by US President Donald Trump and his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to find damaging information about Democrats, abruptly resigned his post Friday (Sept 27). …read more...
HK protesters set busy schedule ahead of China National Day
HONG KONG: Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters have set themselves a busy schedule for Saturday, rebuilding “Lennon Walls” of anti-government graffiti and marking the fifth anniversary of the “Umbrella” street movement that gridlocked the city for weeks. Thousands of protesters rallied at the harbourside on Friday, chanting slogans accusing the...
Caught in Trump scandal, US envoy on Ukraine resigns
Volker is a veteran diplomat involved in Europe. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US special representative on Ukraine Kurt Volker resigned Friday after Congress ordered him to answer questions in an impeachment investigation on President Donald Trump, a source said. A person familiar with the matter who requested anonymity confirmed Volker’s...
