Section: US & Canada
The Trudeau government’s foreign policy is perfect—for the 1990s
Such a happy moment. It was Nov. 6, 2015. The just-elected Justin Trudeau and his cerebral just-appointed foreign affairs minister, Stéphane Dion, were mobbed by applauding officials at the imposing edifice affectionately known as Fort Pearson, the Global Affairs headquarters on Sussex Drive in Ottawa. It was quite the hullabaloo. They were all...
Germany’s Maas calls Pompeo over pipeline sanctions threat
BERLIN — German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Monday he personally reached out to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to express “dismay” over a warning by three Republican senators who threatened sanctions against a German port operator for its part in a pipeline project with Russia. The U.S. has long opposed the project, which has been...
Germany’s Maas calls Pompeo over pipeline sanctions threat
BERLIN (AP) — German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Monday he personally reached out to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to express “dismay” over a warning by three Republican senators who threatened sanctions against a German port operator for its part in a pipeline project with Russia. The U.S. has long opposed the project, which has been...
Russia Holds 133 Ukrainians On Politically Motivated Charges, Ombudswoman Says
Ukrainian Ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova says Russia is currently holding 133 Ukrainian citizens on politically motivated charges, including 97 Crimean Tatars. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Forest Fires Are Setting Chernobyl’s Radiation Free
In the clear, calm, early hours of May 15, 2003, three miles west of the hulking ruins of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Vasyl Yoschenko was bustling around a stand of Scotch pines planted 30 years earlier. The trees were spindly and closely spaced, but he was skinny enough to move easily among them, taking samples of biomass and litter. Just...
GOP senator subpoenas FBI over Russia, defends Biden probe
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said Monday that he has subpoenaed the FBI to produce documents to his committee related to the Trump-Russia investigation. The Wisconsin senator also defended a separate investigation he is leading into Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Ukraine, even as Democrats say the probe has the effect...
2020 Watch: How will Joe Biden handle the spotlight?
NEW YORK — Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign: Days to general election: 85 Days to first state offering early voting (North Carolina): 26 ___ THE NARRATIVE The 2020 spotlight is about to shift, at least temporarily, away from President Donald Trump and onto his Democratic...
Lindsey Graham says declassified documents show FBI lied to Senate about Steele dossier: ‘Somebody needs to go to jail for this’
Sen. Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on Sunday that newly declassified FBI documents from 2018 show that the bureau lied to the Senate Intelligence Committee about Christopher Steele’s anti-Trump dossier.”This document clearly shows that the FBI was continuing to mislead regarding the reliability...
German far-right leader welcomes US troop withdrawal
BERLIN (AP) — The leader of Germany’s biggest far-right party has welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw thousands of American troops from the European Union country. Tino Chrupalla, the co-chairman of Alternative for Germany, told public broadcaster ZDF the move was in line with his party’s program, which...
How to Beat Populists When the Facts Don’t Matter
A few weeks ago, I went to a political rally in a farmyard. The Polish presidential candidate Rafał Trzaskowski was speaking; in the background, a golden wheat field shimmered in the late-afternoon sun. The audience was enthusiastic—the host, a local farmer, had spread news of the candidate’s visit only the day before—but the juxtaposition...
