Section: US & Canada
Ukrainian Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Resigns
The head of Ukraine’s Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office says he has resigned after five years in the post. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
AP Interview: Ex-official urges transition talks in Belarus
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — As a former culture minister and ambassador to France, Pavel Latushko is the most well-connected member of a new council established by the political opposition in Belarus to facilitate a transition of power amid massive protests challenging the continued rule of the country’s authoritarian five-term president....
AP Interview: Ex-official urges transition talks in Belarus
MINSK, Belarus — As a former culture minister and ambassador to France, Pavel Latushko is the most well-connected member of a new council established by the political opposition in Belarus to facilitate a transition of power amid massive protests challenging the continued rule of the country’s authoritarian five-term president. Questioning...
EU Sanctions Belarus Officials, But Lacks Leverage Against ‘Europe’s Last Dictator’
As protesters continue to take to the streets in Belarus following a disputed August 9 election, Europe says it will impose sanctions on Belarusian officials it says were involved in vote-rigging and in the violent crackdown on opposition demonstrations.Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80 percent of the vote. The United...
Why Putin Is Unlikely to Come to Belarusian President Lukashenko’s Rescue
Another government friendly to Moscow is in trouble. As Belarus continues to be gripped by protests following rigged presidential elections on Aug. 9, many expect to see Russia’s Vladimir Putin intervene. Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus’ President for the past 26 years, certainly hopes Putin steps in to bail him out. He would be better...
India, Ukraine set daily case records; Russia surpasses 16K deaths
India and Ukraine reported record highs in daily COVID-19 cases on Thursday as Russia surpassed 16,000 deaths to the virus. …read more Source:: United Press...
Who Has The Right Stuff?
The Return of Great Power Rivalry: Democracy versus Autocracy from the Ancient World to the U.S. and ChinaMatthew KroenigOxford University Press, 2020, 302 pp., $30 Do democracies prevail over autocracies in great power rivalries? There can hardly be a more timeless—or timely—question. As the United States faces a Russian regime stoking...
NATO resumes disposal of obsolete ammunition in Ukraine
Ukraine’s NATO-funded disposal of old and obsolete ammunition resumed this week after the project was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the alliance said. …read more Source:: United Press...
MSNBC’s Joy Reid wants a ‘Trump Crimes Commission’ installed after the election
MSNBC host Joy Reid floated the idea of a potential future Biden administration establishing a “Trump Crimes Commission” to investigate President Donald Trump’s actions while in office — and perhaps even during his campaign, Mediaite reported.Such a move would be unprecedented in American politics, as it is a longstanding norm...
Russiagate Was Not a Hoax
Rereading the Mueller report more than a year after its publication is an exercise in disappointment. One gets the feeling that Robert Mueller didn’t press his inquiry to its end. Instead of settling the questions that haunt the 2016 campaign, he left them dangling, publishing a stilted document riddled with insinuation and lacunae. He...
