Section: US & Canada
Belarus Protests Enter Their Sixth Week With Continued Demands for President Lukashenko’s Resignation
KYIV, Ukraine — More than 100,000 demonstrators calling for the authoritarian president of Belarus to resign marched through the capital of Minsk on Sunday as the daily protests that have gripped the nation entered their sixth week. Many in the crowd, which the human rights group Viasna estimated as numbering more than 150,000, carried placards...
Belarus protests enter 6th week, still demand leader resign
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100,000 demonstrators calling for the authoritarian president of Belarus to resign marched through the capital of Minsk on Sunday as the daily protests that have gripped the nation entered their sixth week. Many in the crowd, which the human rights group Viasna estimated as numbering more than 150,000, carried...
Joe Biden-Ukraine leaked audio goes viral
WASHINGTON — The leaked recordings were hardly a political bombshell: The apparent phone conversations between Joe Biden and Ukraine’s then-president largely confirm Biden’s account of his dealings in Ukraine. But the choppy audio, disclosed by a Ukrainian lawmaker whom U.S. officials described Thursday as an “active Russian...
Whistleblower’s claims on Russian interference fits pattern
WASHINGTON — A whistleblower’s allegation that he was pressured to suppress intelligence about Russian election interference is the latest in a series of similar accounts involving former Trump administration officials, raising concerns the White House risks undercutting efforts to stop such intrusions if it plays down the seriousness of...
A seaweed-based rum is giving this company a new lease on life after COVID-19 decimated its bartending business
F Stop Photography The Yorkshire Explorer Distillery makes rum using local seaweed. Its first batch sold out in less than two weeks. Though the company launched two years ago as side business to an events company, the sales of its gin and rum have allowed both businesses to stay afloat during the pandemic. The company credits the rum’s...
10,000 Women March to Demand That Belarus President Resign
KYIV, Ukraine — About 10,000 women marched noisily through the Belarusian capital on Saturday, beating pots and pans and shouting for the resignation of the country’s authoritarian president in the 35th consecutive day of large anti-government protests. Many carried portraits of Maria Kolesnikova, a leader of the opposition Coordination...
Trump Made a Bad Bargain With Woodward
A Bob Woodward book is a record of a sequence of transactions. In exchange for access and information, Woodward offers Washington power holders the opportunity to disparage their rivals and aggrandize themselves. But be warned that a Woodward proposition is never guaranteed. It comes hedged with dense, finely printed terms and conditions. And...
Biden Audio First Shared by ‘Russian Agent’ Thrives Online
Heavily edited recordings of conversations between Joe Biden and Ukraine’s former leader represent a new front in foreign election interference. …read more Source:: U.S....
Giuliani Claims He Had No Idea His Ukraine Pal Andriy Derkach Was A Russian Agent
Screenshot/MSNBCFaced with a at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Athletes, priests and politicians: 9 public figures who didn’t take the coronavirus seriously and then got infected themselves
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro adjusts his protective face mask at a press statement during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Brasilia, Brazil, March 20, 2020. Picture taken March 20, 2020. Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters Some political figures, athletes, and celebrities didn’t take the COVID-19 pandemic threat seriously,...
