Section: US & Canada
New Federal Charges Filed Against Manafort, Gates
CAMERON CARNES/UPI/NewscomPaul Manafort, former campaign leader for Donald Trump, and business partner Rick Gates face a new raft of federal charges in Special Counsel Robert Muller’s Russia-related probe for the Department of Justice. A grand jury indictment filed this afternoon accuses the two men of hiding millions of dollars in income...
Yulia Tymoshenko Warned Us About Paul Manafort Years Ago
Vereshchagin Arkhip/ZUMA Press/NewscomYulia Tymoshenko warned us about Paul Manafort years ago. In a civil complaint, the former Ukrainian prime minister accused Manafort—who would go on to chair Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign—of conspiring with Ukrainian and Russian partners to launder dirty money through “a labyrinth of...
Macron Says Europe Should Reach Out to Russia
French President Emmanuel Macron says the European continent will never be stable and safe if its relationship with Russia is not resolved. Speaking to foreign diplomats following the end of the G-7 summit which France hosted, Macron acknowledged that some allies will reject any talks with Russia because of its aggression in Ukraine. During the...
Two Killed In Suspected Natural-Gas Explosion In Western Ukraine
An explosion has destroyed part of a residential building in the city of Drohobych in western Ukraine, killing two people. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
In Ukraine, Top Zelenskiy Aide Is Likely Favorite To Be Next Prime Minister
The political party of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will likely offer the post of prime minister to Oleksiy Honcharuk, one of the presidential office’s deputy heads, Reuters reports, citing one of the party’s lawmakers on August 27. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Second U.S. Senator Barred From Entering Russia For Official Visit
A second U.S. senator who is critical of Moscow has said Russia denied him a visa to visit the country as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Parliament Speaker Signs New Electoral Code Long Pushed For By The West
Outgoing Ukrainian parliament speaker Andriy Parubiy on August 27 signed a bill that amends the electoral code to make political party lists open and eliminates single-mandate constituencies in future elections. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Denies Visas to Two US Senators, Amid G-7 Tensions
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators said Russia refused to grant them visas for a visit to Moscow next week, amid disagreement within Washington and among U.S. allies over whether the country should be readmitted to the Group of Seven.Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said on Tuesday that Russia denied him a visa. Senator Ron Johnson, a...
Chris Jansing Accuses Trump of Trying to ‘Rewrite History’ on Crimea
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In U.S. Standoff With Tehran, ‘the Iranian People Are the Real Losers’
As the United States and Iran continue to trade barbs in a tense international standoff, leading lawmakers are starting to pressure Iranian leaders to consent to new nuclear negotiations that could help ease American sanctions and provide relief for the Iranian people, who have been hardest hit by the international community’s economic...
