Section: US & Canada
Rivals in Ukraine’s presidential runoff debate at stadium
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Ukraine Readying for Sunday’s Presidential Election
Last minute preparations are underway for voters in the Eastern European country of Ukraine to select their next president on Sunday. They will choose between President Petro Poroshenko and Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a standup comic who plays a fictional president in a popular television series. The 41-year-old Zelenskiy, who has no political...
Trump And Russia Worked Towards The Same Goal In 2016
In the heady days of late July 2016, Donald Trump was ready for Russian help. That much is clear from the Mueller report, which recounts how Trump repeatedly told Michael Flynn to find Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails after publicly asking Russia to “find” them. That episode fits a broader pattern. Throughout the 2016 campaign, Trump...
Photos of the Week: Water Festival, Candy Candidate, Uruguayan Gaucho
Fashion in Pakistan, Ivanka Trump in Ethiopia, ongoing protests in Sudan, Passover in Israel, a huge election in Indonesia, Holy Week celebrations in Spain, an aircraft with the world’s longest wingspan, Notre-Dame cathedral ablaze in Paris, Easter preparations in Ukraine, performances at Coachella, spring skiing in Siberia, and much more....
What happens when a comedian turns politician? Ukraine hopes it’s not the punch line.
Comedians have become politicians in countries from Guatemala to Iceland. The results aren’t always funny. …read more Source: The Washington...
The French Ambassador Is Retiring Today. Here’s What He Really Thinks About Washington.
Kate WarrenGérard Araud, the charmingly blunt French ambassador to the United States, is famous for two things: the lavish parties he hosts at his Kalorama mansion, and his willingness to say (and tweet) things that other ambassadors might not even think, much less state in public.Araud ends his nearly five-year tenure in Washington today, and...
Hungary Is Key to Shoring Up NATO Alliance
Closer ties with the countries of Central Europe are a national security policy priority for the Trump administration—and a long-overdue return to the policies of President George W. Bush after years of neglect by the Obama administration. Within NATO, these countries are reliable allies, and within the European Union, they form a bloc friendly...
As Ukrainians go to the polls, the US supports the nation against malevolent influence from Russia
On April 21, the people of Ukraine will go to the polls to choose their next president.No matter the outcome, the United States stands ready to support the Ukrainian people against foreign actors seeking to undermine Ukraine’s democratic trajectory… …read more Source: The...
Kremlin Spins Redacted Mueller Report Into Another ‘I-Told-You-So’ Moment
MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin argued on Friday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 400-page report has not offered any credible evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The redacted report presented on Thursday said that there was no collusion between the Donald Trump campaign and Russian officials but it did...
The Oligarch Battle Behind Ukraine’s Presidential Election
If Ihor Kolomoisky wants to buy Ukraine’s presidency, as his critics allege, can you really blame him?A lifelong “raider,” as he calls those skilled at exploiting opportunity, Kolomoisky in his youth ferried electronics from Moscow to Ukraine during the collapse of the Soviet Union—a train line once graced by robbers in leather jackets who...
