Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
At Iowa event, Joe Biden gets into spat with voter over Ukraine, calls him a ‘liar’
December 06, 2019 4:21 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – On a day when Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden sought to fortify his foreign policy credentials in his quest to take on Donald Trump next year, he mixed it up with an Iowa voter over his son’s alleged role in the Ukraine scandal that has been dogging the president. …read...
Amid impeachment drama, Trump lawyer Giuliani back in Ukraine
December 05, 2019 8:48 AMWASHINGTON (AFP) – President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani returned to Ukraine on Wednesday (Dec 4), shrugging off the scandal over seeking dirt from Kiev on rival Democrats. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Records show many calls between White House, Giuliani
December 04, 2019 9:29 AMWASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – Phone call records disclosed in the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment inquiry report released on Tuesday (Dec 3) show extensive contact between President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Mr Rudy Giuliani, and the White House during key moments of the Ukraine saga....
Senior US diplomat to travel to Ukraine amid Trump impeachment probe
December 04, 2019 1:20 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A top US diplomat for Europe and Eurasia will travel to Ukraine, Slovakia and Italy over the next week, the State Department said on Tuesday (Dec 3), at a time when Ukraine is at the center of an impeachment probe of President Donald Trump. …read more Source:: The Straits...
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 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)....
