Section: US & Canada
Media Watchdogs Urge Ukraine To Investigate Arson Attack On Journalists’ Car
Media watchdogs have called on Ukrainian authorities to investigate intimidation and attacks against journalists from Skhemy (Schemes), a joint investigative project by RFE/RL and UA: Pershy television, after one of their cars was torched. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
READ: Senate Intel Drops Final Russia Probe Report With New Details On Manafort, Stone
The Senate Intelligence Committee released its final report into Russian interference in the 2016 election on Tuesday, documenting Russian intelligence operations during the election and alleged ties between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign. Several members of the Trump campaign and its unofficial circle are labeled by the committee as...
Wife of Jailed Iranian Dissident Criticizes Iran’s Rulers for Ordering Her Son to Prison for Protesting Ukraine Plane Shoot-down
The wife of a jailed Iranian dissident has criticized her nation’s Islamist rulers for ordering the couple’s son to go to prison for protesting the Iranian military’s January shoot-down of a Ukrainian passenger plane, saying the wrong people were being imprisoned for the incident. Fatemeh Maleki announced in an August 11...
Prominent Republicans Endorse Biden at Democratic Convention
John Kasich, the former Republican governor of Ohio, crossed party lines on Monday to speak at the Democratic National Convention in support of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. “I’m a lifelong Republican, but that attachment holds second place to my responsibility to my country. That’s why I’ve chosen to...
Ukraine Summons Belarus Ambassador, Saying Release Of Alleged Russian Mercenaries Undermined Trust
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says Ukraine has summoned the Belarus ambassador for consultations on deteriorating relations between the two countries. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
No Country for Simple Solutions
While the future of Aleksander Lukashenko’s regime in Belarus following the grotesquely rigged presidential election seems bleaker by the day, the prospects of the country’s conversion to democracy, rule of law, and market economy remain equally uncertain. But that is not a reason for despair. It is a reason for Western policymakers...
Ukraine announces deal to end violence
Ukraine says it has negotiated an agreement between the country’s president and the opposition to end a three-month political crisis that exploded this week into deadly violence. CBS News’ Danielle Nottingham reports. …read more Source::...
Ukraine crisis: New deal to end violence after dozens killed
Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych has agreed to hold elections later this year and to form an interim coalition government. But it is not enough for his opponents, and the protesters in Kiev’s Independence Square say they’ll stay put until the president leaves office. …read more Source::...
Ukrainian president makes concessions in wake of deadly violence
After several days of deadly violence, Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych made several concessions to the opposition, which include agreeing to early elections by the end of the year. Police officers from western Ukraine joined protesters, more determined than ever to help in the struggle against the government. Holly Williams reports....
Trump retweets purported audio of Biden call with Ukraine
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has retweeted an audio recording that U.S. intelligence officials have described as part of a Russian campaign to denigrate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The leaked conversation, purportedly between Biden and former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, dates from Feb. 18, 2016, and centres on...
