Section: The United Kingdom
Trump says Congress censure over Ukraine would be unacceptable
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday angrily denounced talk among some U.S. lawmakers of censuring him as an alternative to impeachment, saying he finds the concept unacceptable. …read more Source::...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 2 Dec 2019
UN climate talks kick off with warning The UN’s global summit on climate change opens in Madrid today, with Secretary General Antonio Guterres warning that the planet is at tipping point. “The point of no return is no longer over the horizon,” he told reporters in the Spanish capital. “It is in sight and hurtling towards us.” Around 29,000...
Photographic discovery is a window into Soviet-era Ukraine photo essay
In the remains of a bombed-out Soviet darkroom, hundreds of rolls of film were discovered rotting among the rubble by the photojournalist Samuel Eder earlier this year. He shares his experience in recovering these fragments of history and of reuniting them with their subjectsWhen war broke out in eastern Ukraine in 2014, thousands of people were...
NBC host blasts John Kennedy for insisting Ukraine worked to help Hillary Clinton in 2016 election
John Kennedy on Sunday accused Ukraine of assisting Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential elections, prompting MSNBC’s Chuck Todd to compare the conservative senator to Vladimir Putin. …read more Source:: Daily...
HIV on Ukraine’s frontline: Soldier who sought escape in battle
War veteran Vasyl is HIV-positive. He never told anyone, but was shocked by their attitude to sex. …read more Source::...
Beauty queen sues Miss World contest for banning her for being a mother and divorcee
Veronika Didusenko, 24, is a single mum from Ukraine who was banned from the Miss World contest when judges said she should not be a role model because she has a child and is divorced …read more Source::...
The inside story of Trump’s alleged bribery of Ukraine
Public testimony in the impeachment hearings has painted a vivid picture of a president fixated on one thing: his own political gain over the fortunes of an allyDarkness had settled over Kyiv on the evening of 24 April when Marie Yovanovitch, then US ambassador to Ukraine, was summoned from an event she was hosting at her home to answer an urgent...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Saturday 30 Nov 2019
London Bridge attacker had been convicted of terrorism The man named by police as being the perpetrator of Friday’s stabbing attack at London Bridge is as a former prisoner convicted of terrorism offences. Usman Khan, 28, was out of prison on licence at the time of the attack, in which a man and a woman were killed and three others were...
Apple to take ‘deeper look’ at disputed borders
The review comes after the tech giant was criticised for maps showing Crimea as Russian territory. …read more Source::...
Why Apple is under fire for labelling Crimea as a Russian territory
Credits Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Alt Text Apple The US tech giant has changed how the disputed territory is listed on its mapping and weather apps In Depth Gabriel Power Friday, November 29, 2019 – 12:32pm …read more Source:: The...
