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Trump allies sought changes at Ukraine utility
KYIV: As Rudy Giuliani was pushing Ukrainian officials last spring to investigate one of Donald Trump’s main political rivals, a group of individuals with ties to the president and his personal lawyer were also active in the former Soviet republic. Their aims were profit, not politics. This circle of businessmen and Republican donors touted...
CITY NOTES: The speech that shook the world
The country has not yet recovered from Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech. Kashmir has not either, it seems. The Nadrendra Modi government has though, and the initial reaction of fleeing from Kashmir is apparently over. The world too has recovered from the speech and decided to let the bigger market win. Imran had one arrow left in his...
Second whistleblower in Trump-Ukraine scandal comes forward: lawyer
WASHINGTON: A second whistleblower, with first-hand knowledge of President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, has spoken with the intelligence community’s internal watchdog, the lawyer representing the official said on Sunday. Mark Zaid confirmed in an interview with ABC’s “This Week” that the second official, also from the...
Pompeo: State Dept. will follow law as Dems seek documents
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the State Department intends to follow the law in the House impeachment investigation and vigorously defended President Donald Trump, dismissing questions about the president’s attempts to push Ukraine and China to investigate a Democratic political rival. The Trump administration and House...
Four killed in cargo plane crash landing in Ukraine
KIEV: At least four crew were killed on Friday when a Ukrainian Antonov-12 cargo airplane made an emergency landing near the western airport of Lviv after disappearing from radar, officials said.The Soviet-designed four-engine plane vanished from radar at 7:10 a.m. (0410 GMT) when it was 13.7 km (8.5 miles) from the airport, the emergencies...
Ukraine reviews case into company that employed Biden son
ZHYTOMYR: Ukraine’s Prosecutor General said on Friday that his office is reviewing all the cases that were closed by his predecessors, including several related to the owner of a gas company where former Vice President Joe Biden’s son sat on the board. Ruslan Ryaboshapka’s comments came amid an impeachment inquiry against U.S....
White House attempting gambit to slow House impeachment push
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s bitter fight against an impeachment inquiry has not slowed down the Democrats’ push to investigate whether he sought personal political gain by urging Ukraine to probe Democratic opponent Joe Biden. But in a new tactic, the White House plans to argue that U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy...
Kurt Volker: First witness testifies in Trump impeachment probe
WASHINGTON: Ex-US special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker has become the first witness to testify to Congress in the impeachment probe of US President Donald Trump. Mr Volker was among those mentioned in an anonymous whistleblower’s complaint about Mr Trump’s call to the president of Ukraine. The Republican foreign policy expert...
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...
Pompeo accuses Democrats of bullying in impeachment probe
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday accused Democrats of intimidation in their impeachment enquiry into President Donald Trump and refused to let State Department employees comply with orders to appear in coming days. In a letter to Congress, Pompeo said the subpoenas “can only be understood as an attempt to intimidate, bully and treat...
