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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
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
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
Dmitry Kozak has spearheaded prisoner exchange and helped revive ‘Normandy’ talks …read more Source:: Financial...
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...
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...
Trump impeachment team concludes opening arguments with plea to ‘end this now’ – live
White House counsel to senators: reject articles of impeachmentSchiff says Trump’s lawyers ‘cannot defend president on facts’Help us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution 9.14pm GMTExiting a meeting with fellow Republican senators, John Cornyn said the caucus had not reached a decision on calling witnesses...
EU blacklists seven more people in Russian-annexed Crimea
The European Union added seven Russian-backed officials in Crimea to its sanctions blacklist on Tuesday for organizing local elections in the peninsula last year. …read more Source::...
Democrats demand John Bolton gives evidence in Donald Trump impeachment trial
Mr Trump’s former national security adviser writes in a forthcoming book that Mr Trump told him he wanted to withhold aid from Ukraine. …read more Source::...
Democrats intensify demand for John Bolton testimony after explosive book draft – live
Trump pushes back against potential testimony Bolton wrote that Trump linked Ukraine aid to Biden inquiryHelp us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution 2.55pm GMTArriving at the Capitol this morning, House speaker Nancy Pelosi reiterated her support for calling new witnesses to testify in the Senate impeachment trial,...
