Section: US & Canada
World briefs: U.S. eases effects of sanctions on Iran’s elite guard force
Plus: Ukraine furious over Russian citizenship decree targeting separatists; Trump promotes baseless claim of British spying; and more. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Kim, Putin Vow Closer Ties at Vladivostok Summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed closer ties as they began their first summit Thursday in the far-eastern Russian city of Vladivostok. Kim, who is searching for economic help amid deadlocked nuclear talks with the United States, said he hopes to solidify relations with Moscow and looks forward to...
A Kremlin Offer of Expedited Citizenship Challenges Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin simplified citizenship for people in separatist-held regions of Ukraine — a move that could intensify the five-year conflict in the country’s east. …read more Source: The New York...
Swalwell Repeatedly Refuses to Accept Mueller Finding on Trump-Russia Conspiracy: ‘He Acts Guilty!’
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.) repeatedly refused to take Robert Mueller’s conclusion that President Donald Trump didn’t conspire with the Russians during the 2016 election on Wednesday, maintaining his claim that Trump was a Russian asset who could be blackmailed by Vladimir Putin. The 2020 presidential candidate and cable news...
U.S. measles outbreak is largest since disease was declared eliminated in 2000
Measles cases in the United States have surpassed the highest number on record since the disease was declared eliminated nationwide in 2000. Overall, there have been 681 measles cases across 22 states this year, according to CNN’s analysis of data from state and local health departments. The states reporting measles cases are Arizona,...
Ukraine’s Newly Elected President Is Jewish. So Is Its Prime Minister. Not All Jews There Are Pleased.
Anti-Semitism is not the scourge it once was in Ukraine, but some Jews fear becoming targets as their prominence grows. …read more Source: The New York...
Axworthy urges Ottawa to engage with new Ukrainian president
Canada needs to redouble its diplomatic engagement with Ukraine amid some concerns over the country’s newly elected populist president and Kyiv’s possible drift back into Moscow’s orbit, says former foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy. Axworthy, who led a 160-strong Canadian monitoring team in Ukraine during the presidential...
Green New Deal Would Reward Rich, Hurt Poor
The Green New Deal’s goal is to move America to zero carbon emissions in 10 years. “That’s a goal you could only imagine possible if you have no idea how energy is produced,” James Meigs, former editor of Popular Mechanics magazine, says in my latest video. “Renewable is so inconsistent,” he adds. “You can’t just put in wind...
How a Jew Won Over the Land of the Cossacks
Under threat from Russia, national identity in Ukraine—once among Europe’s most viciously anti-Semitic nations—has overpowered religious and ethnic differences. …read more Source: Foreign...
Russia offers passports to residents of occupied eastern Ukraine; UN asked to intervene
Russian President Vladimir Putin widened a rift with Ukraine on Wednesday upon making it easier for residents of the country’s separatist-controlled regions to receive Russian passports. Mr. Putin signed a decree permitting residents of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukraine to apply for Russian citizenship “under a...
