Section: US & Canada
Trump’s Efforts at Election Tampering Are Growing Bolder
“I’m actually a very honest guy,” Donald Trump told George Stephanopoulos in an interview aired Monday. And while that claim holds no water in general, Trump was jarringly honest on one topic: his willingness to welcome foreign interference in the 2020 election.“It’s not an interference, they have information—I think I’d take...
More Than 500 Torture Cases Documented By UN In Ukraine Conflict
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has documented more than 500 cases of ill-treatment, incommunicado detention, and torture by both Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists since the conflict erupted in April 2014, the mission’s head said in Kyiv on June 13. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Belarusian Nobel Laureate Says HBO Series Has ‘Completely Changed Perception’ Of Chernobyl
Belarusian Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich says the creators of the hugely successful HBO miniseries Chernobyl have used doses of fear, reasoning, and beauty to create the best film ever about the nuclear disaster. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump Didn’t Learn Anything From 2016
By this point, no one should be more alert to the danger of accepting campaign help from a foreign power than President Donald Trump. Special Counsel Robert Mueller looked hard at whether top Trump campaign officials, including the president’s eldest son, broke the law when they met with a Russian lawyer promising dirt on Hillary Clinton....
U.S. To Change International Database Spelling To Kyiv, Not Kiev
Ukraine says the U.S. officials in charge of an international database on geographic names have agreed to change the official spelling of the Ukrainian capital from the commonly used Russian variant, Kiev, to Kyiv — a spelling that more accurately reflects its spelling and pronunciation in the Ukrainian language. …read more Source:...
Captain of cruise ship in Hungary crash released on bail
A Budapest court says that the Ukrainian cruise ship captain suspected of responsibility in a deadly collision with a sightseeing boat on the Danube River has been released on bail. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Captain of Cruise Ship in Hungary Crash Released on Bail
A Budapest court say that the Ukrainian cruise ship captain suspected of responsibility in a deadly collision with a sightseeing boat on the Danube River has been released on bail. …read more Source: U.S....
Trump Is Set to Send More Troops Overseas—This Time to Poland
With a president forever battling questions about his ties to Russia, Donald Trump’s administration keeps finding ways to confront Russia. There have been sanctions, diplomat expulsions, and NATO buildups; on Wednesday it was the announcement of a framework for deploying a further 1,000 troops into Poland.Those troops will reportedly be...
U.S. Agrees To Station ‘About 1,000’ More Military Personnel in Poland
The United States has agreed to station “about 1,000” more military personnel in Poland as the government of the East European nation seeks to counter what it perceives as a growing Russian threat. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump says he’s considering slapping sanctions on gas pipeline from Russia to Germany
The U.S. opposes Nord Stream 2, arguing the pipeline would allow Moscow to bypass Ukraine and use energy as a weapon against its neighbors. …read more Source:...
