Section: Australia&NZ
Trump impeachment: Pompeo confirms listening in on Ukraine call
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has confirmed he was listening in as the US President asked Ukraine to investigate a political opponent. …read more Source:: Radio New...
UKRAINIAN OPERA STAR IN SYDNEY – УКРАЇНСЬКА ОПЕРНА ЗІРКА У СІДНЕЇ
Bogdan Rudnytski interviewed the Ukrainian Opera Star Andrei Bondarenko. Ukrainian baritone is one of the most exciting young baritones of today around the world (Sydney Opera House, The Marriage of Figaro – 18, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31 Oct; 1, 2 Nov 2019). Despite his youth, he has already appeared at Salzburg Festival, Carnegie Hall, Wigmore...
Kiev agrees to election for eastern Ukraine zones under control of Kremlin-backed separatists
The meeting in Minsk was largely seen as the new Ukrainian government taking a major step toward a resolution of the prolonged armed conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
Donald Trump wanted help with the Mueller investigation. He saw a friend in Australia’s Scott Morrison
Last month, as Washington dug into a July phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump still made time for dinner.A state dinner, to be exact. His guests of honor? Australian Prime… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Kyiv agrees to election for eastern Ukraine zones under control of Kremlin-backed separatists
The meeting in Minsk was largely seen as the new Ukrainian government taking a major step toward a resolution of the prolonged armed conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
‘You’re good looking’: Tom Cruise meets Ukraine’s president amid Trump impeachment crisis
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky knows a thing or two about the silver screen.Before the political newcomer won Ukraine’s presidential election in a landslide in April, he was an actor – appearing in a number of films and… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Trump’s Ukraine scandal ‘worse than Watergate’
A former adviser to President Donald Trump has claimed the Ukraine phone call and subsequent whistleblower complaint is “far worse” than Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal, as a poll found 55 per cent of Americans support removing… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Joe Biden is determined not to get ‘Ukrained’ by Trump in 2020
John Kerry got “Swift Boated” in 2004. Hillary Clinton was lashed over “her emails.” Joe Biden is determined not to get “Ukrained” in 2020. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
Donald Trump asked Scott Morrison to help discredit Mueller probe
Details of the phone call were restricted to only a select number of senior officials, mirroring the handing of Trump’s controversial phone call with Ukrainian President. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine call suggests White House staff knew of serious wrongdoing
I served under President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama and worked for four national security advisers on the National Security Council staff. It is difficult to overstate just how abnormal and suspicious treating the call in that manner would be. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...