Section: US & Canada
Top brass shuffled again as army commander becomes military’s second-in-command
OTTAWA — The Canadian Forces’ top brass is being shuffled again following the surprise resignation this week of the military’s second-in-command. Canadian Army commander Lt.-Gen. Jean-Marc Lanthier is being tapped to be the new vice-chief of defence staff, the fifth officer to serve in that position since 2016. He takes over from...
Barr Is Right: The Trump-Russia Conspiracy Is ‘Bogus’
In a recent interview with The New York Times, Attorney General William Barr reiterated his intention to find out why the Obama administration launched an investigation into the Republican Party presidential candidate’s campaign during the 2016 campaign. If the political parties in the sentence above were reversed, we would be in the midst...
Ukrainian Soldier Given 24 Years For Role In Deadly Shelling Of Journalists In Donbas
An Italian court has sentenced Ukrainian National Guardsman Vitaliy Markiv to 24 years in prison for his role in the deaths of an Italian photojournalist and his translator during fighting near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk in 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian convicted in 2014 slaying of Italian photographer
An Italian court has convicted a Ukrainian who was serving as a volunteer in eastern Ukraine of killing an Italian photographer covering the separatist fighting …read more Source: The Washington...
G7 Ambassadors Criticize Ukrainian President’s Lustration Initiative
The Group of Seven countries’ ambassadors to Ukraine have expressed caution about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s proposal to lustrate Ukrainian officials who held office after the Maidan uprising in 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian convicted in 2014 slaying of Italian photographer
An Italian court has convicted a Ukrainian who was serving as a volunteer in eastern Ukraine of killing an Italian photographer covering the separatist fighting …read more Source: ABC...
Ukrainian convicted in 2014 slaying of Italian photographer
An Italian court has convicted a Ukrainian man who was serving as a volunteer fighter in eastern Ukraine of killing an Italian photographer who was covering the separatist fighting. The … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
“Such a System is Chemically Incompatible with Democracy”
Boris Akunin is the pen name of Grigori Chkhartishvili, Russia’s best-known writer of detective and historical fiction. Akunin is an expert on Japanese literature (he’s editor-in-chief of the 20-volume Anthology of Japanese Literature). He is also a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Akunin spoke out in 2014 against the...
Ukrainian Parliament Approves Chemical Castration Of Pedophiles
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has adopted a law allowing the forcible chemical castration of pedophiles. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Open Audition: Ukraine’s Comedian President Invites Citizens to Run in July Poll
By Matthias Williams and Margaryta ChornokondratenkoKIEV (Reuters) – A comedian and entrepreneur, 29-year-old Roman Hryshchuk had only been in… …read more Source: U.S....
