Section: US & Canada
German government calls Navalny recovery ‘encouraging’
BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Wednesday welcomed news that poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s condition has further improved after his poisoning in Russia and confirmed that Moscow had sent a second request for judicial assistance in the case. Navalny, who fell ill on a domestic flight in Russia on Aug. 20, posted...
Gloves Off: Mitt Slams RonJohn Ukraine Probe Comments As Illegitimate ‘Political Exercise’
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) slammed a Senate GOP probe into Joe Biden as a waste of taxpayer resources and a “political exercise” unfit for Congress on Wednesday. Romney’s comment’s came one day after Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee chair Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) told a Wisconsin radio station that “what our...
Belarus charges protest leader Kolesnikova with undermining national security
Kolesnikova, 38, is currently in jail in Minsk after ripping up her own passport last week to thwart an attempt to expel her to Ukraine. …read more Source::...
Russian Court Sentences Seven Crimean Tatars To Lengthy Prison Terms
A court in Russia has sentenced seven Crimean Tatars to lengthy prison terms on charges of being members of a banned Islamic group. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A Simple Way for Congress to Hold ICE Accountable
It is hard to choose the worst story of the Trump era, but a whistleblower complaint filed on Monday with the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general is surely among them. The complaint, which was brought by a coalition of legal-advocacy and human-rights groups in the South, focuses on alleged medical misconduct at the Irwin...
U.S. Embassy Calls On Kyiv To Investigate All Crimes Against Journalists On Gongadze Anniversary
The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine has called on Kyiv to invetsigate all crimes against journalists as the country marked the 20th anniversary of the day when prominent reporter, Heorhiy Gongadze, disappeared and later found dead. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian spymaster accuses US of fomenting Belarus protests
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s intelligence chief on Wednesday accused the United States of fomenting massive demonstrations against Belarus’ authoritarian president that have entered their sixth week. Protesters in Belarus are seeking the resignation of Alexander Lukashenko, denouncing his landslide re-election in the Aug. 9 vote as rigged...
Hundreds Of Hasidic Pilgrims Stuck Along Belarus-Ukraine Border Due To Coronavirus Restrictions
More than 700 Hasidic Jews who are trying to reach the Ukrainian city of Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, remain stuck in neutral territory on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, held up by measures banning foreigners from entering the country to help tackle the coronavirus. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A Simple Way for Congress To Hold ICE Accountable
It is hard to choose the worst story of the Trump era, but a whistleblower complaint filed on Monday with the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general is surely among them. The complaint, which was brought by a coalition of legal-advocacy and human-rights groups in the South, focuses on alleged medical misconduct at the Irwin...
Hundreds Of Hasidic Pilgrims Stuck Along Belarus-Ukraine Border Due To Coronavirus Restrictions
NOVAYA HUTA, Belarus — More than 700 followers of the Breslov Hasidic movement who are trying to reach the central Ukrainian city of Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, remain stuck in neutral territory along the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, held up by measures banning foreigners from entering the country to slow the...
