Section: Singapore
Ukraine president denies quid pro quo with Trump
December 02, 2019 4:47 PMBERLIN (AFP) – Ukraine’s president on Monday (Dec 2) renewed his denial of a quid pro quo with Donald Trump over military aid, despite a growing case against the US president in impeachment proceedings in Washington. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Trump faces two impeachment deadlines on Sunday as inquiry shifts focus
December 01, 2019 7:36 PMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump faced two deadlines in Congress on Sunday (Dec 1) as Democrats prepared to shift the focus of their impeachment inquiry from fact-finding to the consideration of possible charges of misconduct over his dealings with Ukraine. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Apple ‘taking a deeper look’ at map policies after calling Crimea part of Russia
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Ukraine president spoke to Germany’s Merkel to prepare for summit on eastern Ukraine
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Apple maps gives Crimea to Russia, gets angry Ukrainian reaction
November 28, 2019 10:51 AMSAN FRANCISCO (BLOOMBERG) – Ukraine’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Vadym Prystaiko accused Apple of insensitivity in having some versions of its Maps application depict the Crimean peninsula as being part of Russia. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Giuliani pursued business in Ukraine while pushing for inquiries for Trump
November 28, 2019 7:54 AMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – As Mr Rudy Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to unearth damaging information in Ukraine about President Donald Trump’s political rivals, he privately pursued hundreds of thousands of dollars in business from Ukrainian government officials, documents reviewed by The New York...
Pompeo suggests debunked Ukraine election meddling theory should be probed
November 27, 2019 3:14 PMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday (Nov 26) suggested that Ukraine should be investigated over allegations that it interfered in the 2016 election, a debunked theory advanced by President Donald Trump that witnesses told the congressional impeachment inquiry was spread by Russian spy...
Two officials resigned in part over concerns about Ukraine aid being withheld, official testifies
November 27, 2019 9:29 AMWASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – Two officials at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently resigned in part over concerns about the holdup on Ukraine aid, a career employee of the agency told impeachment investigators, according to a transcript of his testimony released on Tuesday (Nov 27)....
Trump knew of whistle-blower complaint when he released aid to Ukraine
November 27, 2019 9:06 AMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – US President Donald Trump had already been briefed on a whistle-blower’s complaint about his dealings with Ukraine when he unfroze military aid for the country in September, according to two people familiar with the matter. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Trump denies sending Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine for Biden probe
November 27, 2019 8:02 AMWASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – President Donald Trump has denied directing his lawyer Rudy Giuliani to go to Ukraine to look for dirt on his political rivals, in an interview with former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. …read more Source:: The Straits...
