Section: US & Canada
Germany’s Merkel: Don’t link Navalny case to pipeline plan
BERLIN (AP) — Germany has a duty to do what it can to help get to the bottom of the apparent poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday, but she argued that the issue shouldn’t be linked to the fate of a German-Russian gas pipeline project whose completion the U.S. wants to prevent. Navalny,...
Russian navy conducts major manoeuvrs near Alaska
MOSCOW — The Russian navy conducted major war games near Alaska involving dozens of ships and aircraft, the military said Friday, the biggest such drills in the area since Soviet times. Russia’s navy chief, Adm. Nikolai Yevmenov, said that more than 50 warships and about 40 aircraft were taking part in the exercise in the Bering Sea, which...
Trump Has a Different Definition of Corruption
On Wednesday, in response to criticism that Donald Trump and other administration officials violated federal law by using government resources at the Republican National Convention, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows declared, “Nobody outside of the Beltway really cares. They expect that Donald Trump is going to promote Republican values.”If...
Ukraine Has Frozen Dialogue With Belarus: Foreign Minister
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine has frozen contact with Belarus and joined the European Union in condemning the recent elections in its northerly… …read more Source:: U.S....
The Latest: GOP convention wraps up with opera, fireworks
WASHINGTON — The Republican National Convention — the first political convention ever held at the White House — has ended with opera and fireworks. President Donald Trump wrapped up his speech closing out the RNC on Thursday by recounting the achievements of the nation’s pioneers and pledging to forge achievements in energy development,...
Even Rudy Is Sick of His Biden-Ukraine Conspiracies
2020 Republican National Committee via GettyFour years ago, Rudy Giuliani took to the stage at the Republican National Convention to deliver a shouty monologue about how his friend Donald Trump would usher in a new era of law and order and end the racial strife prompted by police killings of Black men. Four years later, Giuliani is back at the...
The Latest: Protesters look to drown out Trump’s RNC speech
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the Republican National Convention (all times local): 2:40 p.m. A group of activists hopes to drown out President Donald Trump’s speech as he accepts the Republican Party nomination at the White House. Trump is set to speak Thursday night from the South Lawn. As he does, a local band will be blaring Go-Go music, a...
Apocalypse Now?
Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us AllBy Michael ShellenbergerHarperCollins, 430 pp, $29.99“What you’re experiencing and seeing,” Jennifer Manfre, spokeswoman for Southern California Edison, told me back in 2012, “is nuclear safety in action.”At the time, engineers at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), a...
Serbia surprisingly joins EU in condemnation of Belarus vote
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — In a surprise move, Serbia has joined the European Union in its rejection of the election results in Belarus and criticism of a crackdown against those protesting against the country’s longtime autocratic leader. Serbia’s prime minister, Ana Brnabic, said Thursday that Belgrade signed up with the EU resolution...
Trump Is Flaunting His Impunity
Incumbent presidents have two goals for their renomination convention: Show voters what they’ve achieved in their first four years, and tell them what they want to do with another four.Donald Trump and his Republican Party have skipped the second part—the president has repeatedly whiffed on articulating a second-term agenda, and the...
