Section: US & Canada
NATO’s standing maritime group arrives for exercises in Black Sea
NATO ships entered the Black Sea to conduct routine patrols and participate in a massive show of force exercise in Ukraine. …read more Source: United Press...
What If Trump Had Lost In 2016?
“Never had a Presidential campaign flamed out so spectacularly as that of Donald J. Trump in 2016,” wrote Mark Halperin in Game Over: The Shock Cruz Victory. “The object of media fascination in Iowa and a surprise winner in New Hampshire, the ludicrous political dreams of the host of the Apprentice were toast, sunk by the Access Hollywood Tape...
Former Guard Commander says Iran Should Seize UK Oil Tanker
A former leader of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said on Friday that the Islamic Republic should consider seizing a British oil tanker in response to authorities detaining an Iranian oil tanker off the coast Gibraltar. The comments by Mohsen Rezaei came amid heightened tensions over Iran’s unraveling 2015 nuclear deal, which the...
Will Ukraine Corruption KO Klitschko’s Political Ambitions?
picture allianceKIEV—A rueful smile played across Vitaly Klitschko’s lips as the former world heavyweight boxing champion spoke about the challenges he’s faced as the mayor of Ukraine’s capital city. Even after five years in office, he’s dealing with “corrupt and criminal” officials up and down the municipal government....
Putin meets pope, Italian leaders on one-day visit to Rome
ROME — Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Pope Francis for “substantive talks” at the Vatican Thursday, and thanked the pontiff for discussions on a range of topics including Ukraine and the Catholic Church in Russia. Francis received Putin in an hour-long audience at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. The two addressed “various questions of...
Putin Meets With Pope, Italian Leaders During Rome Visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Italy on Thursday for the first time in four years, at the invitation of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who was in Moscow last October. Amid heavy security in Rome, Putin went from the airport to the Vatican to speak with Pope Francis, with whom he had met twice before. The Russian leader thanked the pope...
Pope Francis and Putin meet at Vatican, discuss Syria, Ukraine
A day before he is scheduled to meet with Ukranian Catholic leaders, Pope Frances welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday, speaking with him for just under an hour about a variety of issues. …read more Source: FOX...
Putin meets pope, Italian leaders on one-day visit to Rome
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Pope Francis for “substantive talks” at the Vatican Thursday, and thanked the pontiff for discussions on a range of topics including Ukraine and the … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Trudeau shoots back at China’s claim it is being ‘naive’ in courting allies
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that President Donald Trump made good on his pledge to raise the plight of the two Canadians imprisoned in China with President Xi Jinping. Trudeau said Trump did raise the cases of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor with Xi during their meeting at the G20 leaders’ summit in Japan this...
Woman, 68, charged in hit-and-run death of Holocaust survivor
Gennady Bolotsky, 91, who escaped the Nazi occupation and came to the U.S. from the Ukraine, was killed in the June 17 hit-and-run. …read more Source:...
