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Ukraine’s president asks pope to help win release of prisoners of war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked Pope Francis on Saturday for help to win the release of prisoners of war held by Russia and Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source::...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Saturday 8 Feb 2020
Deadliest day for coronavirus as US records first death Yesterday was the deadliest day for the coronavirus as mainland China recorded 86 fatalities in 24 hours. That brought the coronavirus death toll up to more than 720 people, and all but two of those died in mainland China. Across the globe, the virus has infected more 34,400 people across 27...
Alexander Vindman: witness who spoke out against Trump fired from job
Vindman escorted out of White House on Friday afternoonTrump ‘decided to exact revenge’, says Vindman’s lawyerIn an accelerating purge of Donald Trump critics in the days since his impeachment acquittal, Lt Col Alexander Vindman, who defied Trump to deliver public testimony during the impeachment inquiry, was removed from his White...
Mr Jones: how a Welsh journalist exposed the horror of Stalin’s Ukraine famines
A new film on the Soviet-era tragedy resonates powerfully in an age of political deceit. As a child in California, the author Andrea Chalupa heard from her grandfather a tale of two journalists. One was Gareth Jones, the young Welshman who, in March 1933, exposed the extent of Stalin’s man-made famine in Ukraine between 1932 and 1933....
How Donald Trump survived impeachment – and what comes next
Democrat Schumer claims there is ‘giant asterisk next to the president’s acquittal’ In Depth James Ashford Thursday, February 6, 2020 – 12:58pm Donald Trump has been acquitted on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress at the US president’s impeachment trial. See related …read more Source:: The...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 6 Feb 2020
Donald Trump acquitted at impeachment trial US President Donald Trump has been acquitted on two articles of impeachment following a brief trial. The Senate, run by his fellow Republicans, voted to acquit the president by 52-48 on charges of abuse of power, and by 53-47 on obstruction of Congress. Trump is only the third president in US history to...
How the EU can survive Brexit
There are tensions between Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel – but unless France and Germany can work together the bloc will fragment. Britain’s departure from the European Union ends an arduous two years and ten months since 29 March 2017, when Theresa May’s government invoked Article 50 to give notice that it would withdraw. During...
Ukraine’s last planned plane from China to arrive in Kiev
The last planned Ukrainian flight from China before a ban over coronavirus is enforced was due to arrive in Kiev shortly with around 200 passengers on board, Ukraine International Airlines said on Tuesday. …read more Source::...
France’s fake foreign minister trial begins
Description Franco-Israeli suspect Gilbert Chikli denies masterminding the racket Credits Getty Images Alt Text Gilbert Chikli, Seven men on trial accused of posing as French politician to scam high-profile figures including the Aga Khan In Depth …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine plans to evacuate its citizens from China by end of the week: Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine plans to evacuate its citizens from Сhina by the end of the week over coronavirus fears, Interax-Ukraine cited a Ukrainian Health Ministry official as saying on Monday. …read more Source::...
