Section: Singapore
Democrats prepare to move Trump impeachment inquiry onto public stage
October 24, 2019 9:34 AMWASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – House Democrats are preparing to move their largely private impeachment inquiry onto a more public stage as soon as mid-November and are already grappling with how best to present the complex Ukraine saga to the American people. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Trump ‘tied Ukraine aid directly to Biden probe’
October 24, 2019 5:00 AMWASHINGTON • The top US envoy to Ukraine has testified that a senior diplomat told him in early September that President Donald Trump made US security aid to Ukraine entirely dependent on a public promise to investigate former vice-president Joe Biden and the 2016 election. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Trump says US government should stop hiring ‘Never Trumpers’
October 24, 2019 3:58 AMWASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Donald Trump called on his administration to stop hiring “Never Trumpers,” after a parade of current and former aides added fuel to a House impeachment inquiry with damaging testimony about the president’s actions towards Ukraine. …read more Source:: The Straits...
William Taylor, ‘model’ diplomat, is at centre of impeachment inquiry
October 23, 2019 8:40 AMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked Mr William Taylor, a highly respected former diplomat, to become America’s top diplomat in Ukraine in June, Mr Taylor initially hesitated. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine jail journalist for 15 years for spying
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Putin, Macron discussed Syria, Ukraine by phone: Kremlin
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Trump aide Mulvaney says was ‘absolutely not’ asked to resign
October 20, 2019 11:20 PMWASHINGTON (AFP) – Top White House aide Mick Mulvaney said Sunday (Oct 20) he has “absolutely not” been asked to resign over his public admission that Donald Trump had tied military aid for Ukraine to Kiev’s opening a probe into the Democrats. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Putin and Merkel discussed Syria, Ukraine and Libya in phone call: Kremlin
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US diplomat told Congress he raised red flag about Biden and Ukraine: Source
October 19, 2019 9:37 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A US diplomat told congressional investigators this week that he raised concerns about Hunter Biden’s position with a Ukrainian energy company in 2015, only to be turned away by an aide to then-Vice President Joe Biden, a person familiar with the testimony said on Friday (Oct 18)....
Israel envoy demands probe after effigy of Jewish tycoon left at Ukraine synagogue
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