Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
US House Democrats subpoena White House for documents in Trump impeachment
October 05, 2019 10:02 AMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – US House impeachment investigators widened the reach of their inquiry on Friday (Oct 4), subpoenaing the White House for a vast trove of documents and requesting more from Vice-President Mike Pence in a bid to better understand President Donald Trump’s attempts to pressure Ukraine to...
Second US official is weighing whether to blow the whistle on Trump’s Ukraine dealings
October 05, 2019 9:12 AMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – A second intelligence official who was alarmed by US President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine is weighing whether to file his own formal whistle-blower complaint and testify to Congress, according to two people briefed on the matter. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Five killed as cargo plane crash-lands in Ukraine
October 05, 2019 5:00 AMKIEV • Five people died when a cargo transport plane crashed yesterday while coming in to land in western Ukraine, said the country’s emergency services. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Ukraine to review criminal case of firm linked to Joe Biden’s son
October 04, 2019 8:36 PMKIEV, UKRAINE (NYTIMES)- Ukraine’s top prosecutor said Friday (Oct 4) that he would review several important cases previously handled by his predecessors, including a criminal case involving a natural gas company that employed a son of former United States Vice President Joe Biden. …read more Source:: The...
At least four killed in cargo plane crash landing in Ukraine
October 04, 2019 4:02 PMKIEV (REUTERS) – At least four crew were killed on Friday (Oct 4) when a Ukrainian Antonov-12 cargo airplane made an emergency landing near the western airport of Lviv after disappearing from radar, officials said. …read more Source:: The Straits...
US diplomat Kurt Volker thought it was ‘crazy’ to withhold Ukraine aid: Texts
October 04, 2019 1:01 PMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A top US diplomat in Ukraine thought it was “crazy” to withhold military aid for the country as it confronted Russian aggression, according to evidence presented on Thursday (Oct 3) in an impeachment probe of President Donald Trump. …read more Source:: The Straits...
In growing Ukraine turmoil, Joe Biden’s son Hunter is thrust into limelight he never sought
October 04, 2019 7:32 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Republican President Donald Trump appears to have narrowed in on his preferred foe for the 2020 election: Hunter Biden, the son of leading Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden. …read more Source:: The Straits...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pillar of Trump team, drawn deep into Ukraine scandal
October 04, 2019 7:28 AMWASHINGTON (AFP) – Less than a month ago, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo triumphed over rivals to emerge as the dominant force in US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Pentagon wasn’t listening to Trump call with Ukraine’s Zelenskiy
October 04, 2019 5:18 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – No one from the US Defence Department was listening to a July phone conversation between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that is at the heart of a House of Representatives impeachment inquiry, the Pentagon said on Thursday (Oct 3). …read more Source::...
Ukraine a ‘playground’ for white supremacist extremists, report warns
October 03, 2019 8:08 PMWASHINGTON – Apart from allegedly wanting to kill radical leftists and bomb a TV network widely reported to be CNN, 24-year-old US Army private Jarrett William Smith, charged on Sep 23, also wanted to travel to Ukraine to join the Azov Battalion. …read more Source:: The Straits...
