Section: US & Canada
Russian Journalist Feels ‘Doomed’ by Inclusion on Terror List
VOA’s Fatima Tlis contributed to this story from Washington.A Russian journalist who has been pursued by Russian police since last November following a radio commentary on a bombing said she was stunned to find out that authorities have added her to the official list of “terrorists and extremists.”In a telephone interview with...
In Major Foreign Policy Speech, Biden Identifies Trump as the Enemy
It was May, just two weeks after Joe Biden announced his 2020 presidential bid, and Robert Gates sat down for an interview on CBS’s Face the Nation. The host, Margaret Brennan, asked the former secretary of defense whether Biden would be an “effective” commander in chief after reading a memorable line from Gates’s memoir:...
Ukraine-Russia Tensions Spark Human Rights Debate
A U.N. report on extensive human rights violations in the Russian-backed separatist regions of eastern Ukraine and in the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula has triggered a fiery debate at the U.N. human rights council. The conflict between Russian-backed rebels and the Ukrainian government in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk is entering...
Freeland calls ex-envoy’s advice to China about election ‘highly inappropriate’
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is distancing the Trudeau government from its former ambassador to China, a day after he said he has warned Chinese officials that further punishments against Canada could help the opposition Conservatives win the fall election. Asked by reporters today about John McCallum’s remarks,...
Ukraine-Russia Conflict Sparks Human Rights Debate
A U.N. report on extensive human rights violations in the Russian-backed separatist regions of eastern Ukraine and in the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula has triggered a fiery debate at the U.N. human rights council. The conflict between Russian-backed rebels and the Ukrainian government in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk is entering...
Zelenskiy, Putin Discuss East Ukraine Conflict In First Phone Call
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy have held their first telephone call and discussed the conflict in eastern Ukraine as well as swapping prisoners. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Wait, That’s My Name: ‘Clone Candidates’ Fill Ukrainian Parliamentary Election Ballots
People who say imitation is the greatest form of flattery have probably never run for election in Ukraine. Candidates in the July 21 parliamentary vote are facing stiff competition not only from legitimate opponents, but from “clone candidates” with identical or nearly identical names. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe /...
EU Court Annuls Yanukovych Asset Freezes
The European Union’s General Court on July 11 has annulled asset freezes imposed on former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, his son Oleksandr, and five other associates. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU court annuls fund freeze of 7 former Ukraine officials
A European Union high court has annulled an asset freeze against seven former leading Ukraine officials who were accused of siphoning off state funds for their own gain …read more Source: The Washington...
EU court annuls fund freeze of 7 former Ukraine officials
A European Union high court has annulled an asset freeze against seven former leading Ukraine officials who were accused of siphoning off state funds for their own gain …read more Source: ABC...
