Section: Greece
United Nations passes resolution to stop US economic blockade of Cuba
The draft resolution calling for the end of the United States’ economic blockade against Cuba has been adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. The document dubbed “Necessity of Ending the Economic, Commercial and Financial Embargo Imposed by the United States of America Against Cuba” passed by an overwhelming majority of...
The ramifications of the Ukraine scandal on US politics
There have been impeachment trials in the United States before, but never in an environment as polarized as this. …read more Source::...
Man chops off penis of wife’s rapist
A husband cut off the penis of his wife’s rapist after seeing her being assaulted metres away from their home in Ukraine. The horrific incident occurred in a village in the eastern region of Kharkiv when the 27-year-old husband was returning home from a party near his house. He saw the assailant attacking his wife, who had left the party a...
Greece’s Holy Synod recognizes autonomy of Church of Ukraine
The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece has recognized the autonomy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, in line with a request by the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios, Kathimerini learned on Saturday. …read more Source::...
Why not vote? Democrats say it’s impeachment either way
That’s the legal position of House Democrats, and they are sticking with it, for now, even as President Donald Trump decries impeachment as “illegitimate” without a formal House vote to start it. Trump has said he won’t cooperate with the impeachment investigation, which is looking into his dealings with Ukraine, unless there is a...
Whistleblower had tie to Democratic candidate
In an Aug. 26 letter, the Intelligence Community’s inspector general, Michael Atkinson, wrote that the anonymous whistleblower who set off the Trump-Ukraine impeachment fight showed “some indicia of an arguable political bias … in favor of a rival political candidate”. A few weeks later, news reports said the whistleblower’s possible...
Pompeo calls Ukraine inquiry ‘silly gotcha game’
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the Ukraine inquiry a “silly gotcha game” on Saturday. …read more Source::...
Ukraine top prosecutor says Biden-linked Burisma case will be reviewed
Ukraine’s top prosecutor said Friday that his office is “conducting an audit” of cases that have been previously investigated and closed, including the probe involving the energy giant Burisma, where Hunter Biden had served on the board. Ruslan Ryaboshapka, the country’s prosecutor general, said at a news conference that his office...
Hillary Clinton E-mail server probe revived by State Department
Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server while she served as secretary of state, potentially exposing secret information to foreign governments, is under increased scrutiny by the State Department. The Washington Post reported Saturday that as many as 130 former Clinton aides have been told that emails sent years ago have now been...
Democrats worry Rudy Giuliani would send Impeachment hearing off the rails
If Congress is to get to the bottom of President Trump’s efforts to get the Ukrainian government to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, Rudolph W. Giuliani is an obvious choice for the witness list. But Democrats are split as to whether he would do more harm than good to their nascent impeachment inquiry and some expressed concern...
