Section: US & Canada
Perfect Storm, Part II
One of the particular characteristics of the Trump presidency is the way Trump consistently creates drama – some by design, some not – that makes it hard to see the broader outline of events. Nowhere is this more clear than in considering the 2020 election. We’re inundated by reports about the President’s turbo-powered campaign, his...
Czech Soldier Gets Suspended Sentence For Joining Separatists In Eastern Ukraine
A court in the Czech Republic has handed a suspended three-year prison sentence to a soldier after finding him guilty of joining Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Council of Europe to allow Russia to vote again
The Council of Europe adopted a declaration Friday that allows Russia to start voting again at the continent’s main human rights body following a spat related to its annexation of the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 …read more Source: ABC...
Council of Europe restores Russia’s voting rights
MOSCOW (AP) – The Council of Europe, the continent’s main human rights body, adopted a declaration Friday that restores Russia’s voting rights following a spat related to its annexation of the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine in 2014. Foreign ministers from the council’s 47 member states voted overwhelmingly to support a...
Council of Europe restores Russia’s voting rights
The Council of Europe, the continent’s main human rights body, adopted a declaration Friday that restores Russia’s voting rights following a spat related to its annexation of the Crimea peninsula … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukraine’s coalition collapses in blow to president-elect
Ukraine’s ruling parliamentary coalition has collapsed in what represents a setback for the country’s president-elect’s plans to hold early elections. …read more Source: CTV...
Peace Fever
Whatever the opposite of a rush to war is—a crawl to peace, maybe—America is in the middle of one. Since May 5, when John Bolton announced the accelerated deployment of the Abraham Lincoln carrier group to the Persian Gulf in response to intelligence of a possible Iranian attack, the press has been aflame with calls for America to show restraint,...
Ukraine’s coalition collapses in blow to president-elect
Ukraine’s ruling parliamentary coalition has collapsed in what represents a setback for the country’s president-elect’s plans to hold early elections. The speaker in the Supreme Rada said Friday that he … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukraine’s coalition collapses in blow to president-elect
Ukraine’s ruling parliamentary coalition has collapsed in what represents a setback for the country’s president-elect’s plans to hold early elections. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine’s coalition collapses in blow to president-elect
Ukraine’s parliament has announced the collapse of the ruling parliamentary coalition in a setback to the president-elect’s plans to hold early elections …read more Source: ABC...
