Section: Singapore
‘I couldn’t believe what I was hearing’: Highlights from Day 3 of impeachment hearings
November 20, 2019 2:14 PMArmy Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, the White House National Security Council’s top Ukraine expert and a decorated Iraq war veteran, told impeachment investigators that President Donald Trump’s request that Ukraine investigate a political rival was an improper demand as he fended off Republican efforts...
US impeachment inquiry: Trump’s Ukraine envoy Kurt Volker denies role in pushing for Biden probe
November 20, 2019 8:16 AMWASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – President Donald Trump’s former envoy to Ukraine said he wasn’t initially aware of attempts to prod that country into investigating Mr Joe Biden but came to realise that the anti-corruption efforts being demanded by the administration meant probes involving the former vice...
‘The facts as I understood them’: Quotes from Trump impeachment hearing
November 20, 2019 5:34 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The following are quotations on Tuesday (Nov 19) from the third day of US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee public hearings in an impeachment inquiry examining President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine: …read more Source:: The Straits...
Ukraine ‘tired’ of Trump impeachment scandal, says president Zelenskiy
November 20, 2019 1:11 AMKIEV (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday (Nov 19) that his country is “tired” of questions related to the Trump scandal, amid a critical week of public impeachment hearings in Washington. …read more Source:: The Straits...
White House official Alexander Vindman criticises Trump call, decries ‘cowardly’ attacks
November 19, 2019 11:05 PMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A White House official testified in the impeachment inquiry against US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Nov 19) that the president’s phone call urging Ukraine’s leader to investigate Mr Trump’s political rivals was improper and blasted what he called “cowardly”...
Ukraine ready to accept ‘reasonable compromise’ at summit on Donbass conflict: minister
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Who are the 9 witnesses scheduled to testify this week in the Trump impeachment inquiry?
November 19, 2019 9:44 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The US House of Representatives’impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump shifts into higher gear this week when a parade of officials will face questioning by lawmakers over Mr Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Ex-envoy Kurt Volker to tell impeachment inquiry he was unaware of Trump-Ukraine pressure as this week’s hearings begin
November 19, 2019 9:26 AMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – Mr Kurt D. Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, plans to tell lawmakers on Tuesday (Nov 19) that he was out of the loop at key moments during President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine to turn up damaging information about Democrats, according to an account of his...
Russia to return Ukraine captured naval ships on Monday: Russian news agencies
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Ex-US envoy to Ukraine testifies as Trump slams her on Twitter
November 17, 2019 5:00 AMWASHINGTON • The former US ambassador to Ukraine has told an impeachment inquiry in Congress that she felt threatened by President Donald Trump and “shocked, appalled, devastated” that he vilified her in a call with another foreign leader, as Mr Trump attacked her in real time on Twitter, drawing a stern...
