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      Donald Trump trial defence delivers bombshell 'quid pro quo' claim saying it's not impeachable
      Jan30

      Donald Trump trial defence delivers bombshell 'quid pro quo' claim saying it's not impeachable

      Donald Trump’s alleged “quid pro quo” with Ukraine was “in the public interest” if it helped his re-election prospects, the President’s defence has told the Senate impeachment trial. …read more Source:: London Evening...

      US Senator: Trump could be acquitted in impeachment trial as early as Friday
      Jan30

      US Senator: Trump could be acquitted in impeachment trial as early as Friday

      A Democratic push to force Republicans to accept witnesses at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate appeared to be flagging on Wednesday, raising the possibility the president could be acquitted as early as Friday. As senators spent the day posing questions to both the Trump legal team and the Democratic managers of the trial,...

      U.S. issues fresh sanctions over Ukraine’s Crimea: Treasury website
      Jan29

      U.S. issues fresh sanctions over Ukraine’s Crimea: Treasury website

      The United States on Wednesday issued a fresh round of sanctions related to Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea, targeting eight individuals and one entity, according to a notice on the U.S. Department of Treasury’s website. …read more Source::...

      Between toughness and talking: 75 years since Yalta
      Jan29

      Between toughness and talking: 75 years since Yalta

      At the Yalta Conference 75 years ago, as the Red Army was taking control of eastern Europe, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met to plan the peace. What did the “Big Three” want? And what did they get? Seventy-five years on from the summit of 1945, “Yalta” remains a dirty word. Not as tainted as Munich”, now lodged in the English language as a...

      Why some Democrats might acquit Trump
      Jan29

      Why some Democrats might acquit Trump

      Description West Virginia’s senator Joe Manchin is among the Democrats sitting on the fence Credits (Patrick Smith/Getty Images) Senators struggling to retain seats in ‘red states’ face tricky balancing act One-Minute Read Wednesday, January 29, 2020 – 12:18pm …read more Source:: The...

      Putin’s new Ukraine man lifts hopes for peace talks
      Jan29

      Putin’s new Ukraine man lifts hopes for peace talks

      Dmitry Kozak has spearheaded prisoner exchange and helped revive ‘Normandy’ talks …read more Source:: Financial...

      Who will replace Putin?
      Jan29

      Who will replace Putin?

      MOSCOW — The race to become the next Russian president has already begun. The constitutional changes Vladimir Putin announced earlier this month raised more questions than they answered, but they suggest he will have to choose someone to replace him when his term in the presidency ends in 2024. The proposed overhaul, now making its way through...

      Trump lawyers urge senators to ‘end the age of impeachment’ and acquit Trump – video
      Jan29

      Trump lawyers urge senators to ‘end the age of impeachment’ and acquit Trump – video

      Donald Trump’s defence team has urged senators to acquit the president as they wrapped up their arguments in his impeachment trial. Dismissing objections to Trump’s conduct towards Ukraine as ‘policy disagreements’, Trump’s lawyers also sought to marginalise former national security adviser John Bolton’s...

      BNR: Turkish Stream has Delivered 460 Million Cubic Meters of Gas to Turkish-Bulgarian Border
      Jan29

      BNR: Turkish Stream has Delivered 460 Million Cubic Meters of Gas to Turkish-Bulgarian Border

      Since January 1, when Russian gas sales to Turkey and Europe started, the Turkish Stream pipeline has delivered 1 billion cubic meters of gas, BNR reported. About 54% of this volume was aimed for the Turkish market, and about 46% was delivered to the Turkish-Bulgarian border, Russian Energy Company Gazprom has informed. Turkish Stream is planned...

      Trump lawyers dismiss Ukraine scandal and urge swift end to impeachment trial
      Jan29

      Trump lawyers dismiss Ukraine scandal and urge swift end to impeachment trial

      Legal team says president had ‘policy dispute’ – before telling senators not to ‘lower the bar of impeachment’ by voting to convictLawyers for Donald Trump concluded their opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial on Tuesday, dismissing objections to Trump’s conduct towards Ukraine as “policy disagreements” and warning...