Section: US & Canada
CNN: Prosecutors Close To Charging Obama White House Counsel Greg Craig
Prosecutors in Washington D.C. are close to charging Greg Craig, the Obama White House Counsel whose work for Ukraine ensnared him in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, CNN reported Thursday. Craig’s case has taken a complicated path, according to CNN, from an initial referral by the D.C.-based Mueller investigation to...
BBC Pays Damages To Ukraine’s Poroshenko Over ‘Incorrect’ Report
The BBC says it has agreed to pay damages to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko over an “incorrect” report last year. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
She Was Next in Line to Be the President. He Plays One on TV. Who Will Win Ukraine’s Election?
She was next in line for president He plays one on tv At first it was hard to tell whether the clip was serious. Standing next to a Christmas tree, Volodymyr Zelensky, one of the most famous comedians in Ukraine, posted a video on New Year’s Eve announcing his bid for the presidency. Most people in Ukraine already knew him as the guy who...
David Attenborough Isn’t Sure We Can Save the Natural World. But at 92, He’s Not Giving Up Trying
It’s the voice you notice first. In person, David Attenborough speaks in the same awestruck hush he has used in dozens of nature documentaries, a crisp half whisper that is often mimicked but seldom matched. Ninety-two years of use may have softened its edges, but still it carries the command of authority. Sitting in his home in the...
The Last Warrior Passes
“I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord.” – Book of Tehillim (Psalms), 122:1 KIEV, Ukraine—On March 26, America lost Andrew W. Marshall, one of its great foreign policy and military strategists, who succumbed to various complications associated with congestive heart failure. He was a man who was more...
A look at Ukraine’s 3 top presidential contenders
By their nicknames, the top contenders in Ukraine’s presidential election resemble a colorful operetta cast: “The Chocolate King,” ”the Gas Princess,” ”The Servant Of The People.” Opinion polls before the … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
What’s at stake in Ukraine’s presidential election
Awash in corruption, plagued by a war with Russia-backed separatists, reliant on international institutions for billions of dollars in aid, Ukraine presents stern challenges for its next president. Sunday’s election, which will require a second round if none of the 39 candidates wins an absolute majority, comes five years after …...
What’s at stake in Ukraine’s presidential election
Awash in corruption, plagued by a war with Russia-backed separatists, reliant on international institutions for billions of dollars in aid, Ukraine presents stern challenges for its next president. Sunday’s election, … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
The Fall and Troubled Rise of a Ukrainian Populist
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine—Yulia Tymoshenko is nothing if not a crowd-pleaser. Running to be Ukraine’s next president, she has promised to triple pension payouts and halve heating-fuel charges; pushed to impeach the incumbent president, Petro Poroshenko, weeks before the presidential election; and said that immediately after being elected, she will...
Pompeo Says Hopes To Set New Measures Soon Against Russia Over Actions In Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he hopes to be able in the coming days to announce additional measures along with Western allies to counter Russian aggression in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
