Section: US & Canada
Venice Biennale invites heavy thinking on political issues
VENICE, Italy — Fake news. Migration. Poverty. Global warming. Armed conflict. Political issues that excite newsprint, the airwaves and social media are getting a very open airing at the 58th Venice Biennale contemporary art fair, like so much laundry hung out to dry in the lagoon breeze. American curator Ralph Rugoff, director of London’s...
UN court hears case of Ukraine sailors, ships held by Russia
A U.N. court said Friday it will deliver a decision this month on Ukraine’s demand for the release of 24 sailors and three naval vessels captured by Russia in November. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Kyiv: UN Tribunal Should Order Russia To Release ‘Illegally’ Seized Ukrainian Sailors, Ships
Ukraine has called upon the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to order the immediate release of 24 Ukrainian sailors and three navy ships that were seized by Russia in the Kerch Strait in November 2018, off the coast of Russia-occupied Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
UN begins hearing case of Ukraine sailors held by Russia
A U.N. court is considering a legal case brought by Ukraine over the capture of 24 sailors and three naval vessels held by Russia since November …read more Source: ABC...
UN begins hearing case of Ukraine sailors held by Russia
A U.N. court is considering a legal case brought by Ukraine over the capture of 24 sailors and three naval vessels held by Russia since November. …read more Source: FOX...
Trump’s Allies Want to Clintonize Joe Biden
Donald Trump is clearly spooked by Joe Biden—but some of the president’s supporters say there’s an easy solution: Make Biden out to be Hillary Clinton, just older and with a longer record of not getting things done in Washington.Go ahead and try, Biden and his advisers say, offering a list of reasons why they believe that strategy...
McCaul: U.S. Pushing Back on Chinese IP Theft and Global Aggression
The United States is finally pushing back against the mounting threats from China, including intellectual property theft, global expansion through coercive economics, and the attempted takeover of the South China Sea, a senior Republican member of Congress says. Members of Congress in particular, from both parties, are waking up to the problem,...
Giuliani Plans Trip to Kiev to ‘Meddle’ in Trump-Friendly Probes
Regis Duvignau/ReutersPresident Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, says he is heading to Ukraine to meet with the country’s incoming president in the hopes of persuading him to do Trump’s bidding. “It’s not confirmed yet,” Giuliani at The Daily Beast. …read more Source: The Daily...
Giuliani traveling to Ukraine to push for investigations that could be 'very helpful' to Trump
President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani says he plans to travel to Ukraine in the coming days in an attempt to push for investigations that he says could benefit Trump.Giuliani told The New York Times in a Thursday interview that… …read more Source: The...
Shanahan Finishes His Four-Month Audition for Defense Secretary
After keeping him in the audition phase for more than four months, the White House finally announced President Donald Trump’s intent to nominate Patrick Shanahan to drop the acting in his secretary-of-defense job title and make it official. He is likely to be confirmed by the Republican-held Senate, which means he will formally take...
