Section: US & Canada
PACE To Vote On Reinstating Russia In Human Rights Body
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) may allow Russia to return to the continent’s main human rights body in its opening summer session due to be held later on June 24. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Federal election easy prey for social media manipulators, experts warn
The angst and effort around preventing voters from being manipulated through social media has accomplished little, experts on fake news warn — and online interference is happening in the run-up to Canada’s fall federal election. Despite investigations that have clearly shown how foreign and domestic actors have used fake news campaigns to...
Thousands Take To Kyiv’s Streets For Pride Parade
Thousands of supporters of LGBT rights marched in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv under a heavy police presence on June 23. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
US judge lets case against Manafort-linked oligarch stand
A Chicago federal judge has refused to dismiss bribery charges against a Ukrainian oligarch who prosecutors say had business ties to President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign manager, Paul Manafort …read more Source: ABC...
Protesters Try To Block Ukrainian LGBT Parade
Thousands took part in a gay-pride parade in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on June 23. The march had the highest turnout ever. It was heavily guarded by police, who had to intervene at one point when counterprotesters attempted to engage in scuffles with the gay-parade participants. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Thousands March in Kiev for LGBTQ Pride Parade
(MOSCOW) — Thousands of supporters of LGBT rights have marched through the center of Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, under a heavy police presence to separate them from opponents. Police said Sunday that nine people were arrested on suspicion of preparing provocations against participants in the Kiev Pride event. Ukrainian news reports estimated the...
Gay-Pride Parade Kicks Off In Kyiv
Thousands of supporters of LGBT rights are marching in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv under a heavy police presence.Organizers of the “March of Equality” have said that they expect 10,000 people to participate in the event on June 23.Several Western diplomats are also attending the event.Police said that nine people were arrested on...
Thousands march in Ukraine’s largest ever Pride parade
Ukrainian politicians and foreign diplomats joined thousands marching in a gay pride parade in Kiev on Sunday, the biggest and most peaceful ever in the former Soviet country. …read more Source: Global...
The Near-Future Shock of Years and Years
There’s a moment about 15 minutes into the first episode of Years and Years that made me gasp at its audacity, its prescience, its visual horror. The new six-part series from the British writer Russell T. Davies (Doctor Who, A Very English Scandal) charts the life of the Lyons family over the course of 15 years, starting in 2019 and ending...
Gay-Pride Parade Kicks Off In Kyiv
Thousands of supporters of LGBT rights are marching in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv under a heavy police presence. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
