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    Ukraine gets on the nerves of Pompeo and dumps reporter from the press pool
    Jan28

    Ukraine gets on the nerves of Pompeo and dumps reporter from the press pool

    The U.S. State Department removed a National Public Radio reporter from the press pool for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s upcoming foreign trip, a press association and NPR said on Monday, days after Pompeo angrily responded to another NPR journalist’s interview with him. …read more Source::...

    Canada and US believe Ukrainian airliner was downed, unintentionally, by Iranian missile; Iran denies
    Jan10

    Canada and US believe Ukrainian airliner was downed, unintentionally, by Iranian missile; Iran denies

    Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, was likely brought down by an Iranian missile, Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said on Thursday, citing intelligence from Canadian and other sources. …read more Source::...

    Western intelligence believe the Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran was not a missile target
    Jan09

    Western intelligence believe the Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran was not a missile target

    The initial assessment of Western intelligence agencies is that a Ukrainian airliner which crashed in Iran on Wednesday was not brought down by a missile, said a Canadian security source. The source said the agencies believed the Boeing 737 plane had suffered a technical malfunction. …read more Source::...

    Trump dismisses the impeachment inquiry on Biden-Ukrainian contacts, as “a joke”
    Sep26

    Trump dismisses the impeachment inquiry on Biden-Ukrainian contacts, as “a joke”

    A downbeat Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed as a “joke” the grounds laid out for the impeachment inquiry into him, as Democrats stood firm in accusing the US president of a “mafia-style shakedown” of his Ukrainian counterpart. …read more Source::...

    Argentina and China among the most vulnerable markets, says IIF
    Aug28

    Argentina and China among the most vulnerable markets, says IIF

    The markets of China, Ukraine, Argentina, South Africa and Turkey are the most vulnerable among all developing countries in terms of financing needs, reserve adequacy, asset valuation, institutional quality and trade resilience, according to a review by the analysts of the Institute of International Finance (IIF). …read more Source::...

    US share of global sales of soybean and grains to shrink as South American competition grows
    Aug28

    US share of global sales of soybean and grains to shrink as South American competition grows

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture sees U.S. corn and soybean exports generally increasing over the coming decade but the U.S. share of global sales will shrink as competition from South American producers heats up, the government said in its annual report. …read more Source::...

    Return Malvinas and Gibraltar before talking about Crimea, Russia tells UK
    Aug28

    Return Malvinas and Gibraltar before talking about Crimea, Russia tells UK

    Russia’s ambassador to the UN has suggested that Britain should “clean its conscience” by “giving back” the Falklands/Malvinas and Gibraltar before it passes judgment on the Kremlin’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula. …read more Source::...

    EU extends economic sanctions against Russia over Ukraine until February 2020
    Jun21

    EU extends economic sanctions against Russia over Ukraine until February 2020

    European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to prolong economic sanctions against Russia over the turmoil in Ukraine until the end of January 2020, a spokesman for the bloc said. The EU first slapped sanctions on Russia after Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014 and supported rebels fighting Kiev troops in the east of the country. That...

    Millionaire comedian elected president in Ukraine, defeats establishment candidate
    Apr22

    Millionaire comedian elected president in Ukraine, defeats establishment candidate

    Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has been elected president of Ukraine twice – first as a character in the popular TV show “Servant of the People”, now for real. The 41-year-old performer’s bid started out as a long shot but, on the back of popular discontent with the political class, he sent establishment candidates tumbling....

    Argentina and China among the most vulnerable markets, says IIF
    May07

    Argentina and China among the most vulnerable markets, says IIF

    The markets of China, Ukraine, Argentina, South Africa and Turkey are the most vulnerable among all developing countries in terms of financing needs, reserve adequacy, asset valuation, institutional quality and trade resilience, according to a review by the analysts of the Institute of International Finance (IIF). …read more Source:...