Section: US & Canada
Kolga and Gold: How the Kremlin distorts the past to divide us
The following is offered in rebuttal to a Feb. 25 blog from Citizen writer David Pugliese entitled “Nazi whitewash gathers momentum as memory of the Holocaust fades”: The crimes of all totalitarian regimes that engage in genocide, repression, corruption and the abuse of human rights should be condemned in the strongest terms possible – none more...
Ukraine’s Tymoshenko: ‘Gas Princess’, Prisoner, and Next President?
By Matthias Williams and Pavel PolityukKIEV (Reuters) – Yulia Tymoshenko has been Ukraine’s prime minister twice, was the global face of a… …read more Source: U.S....
Ukrainian Orthodox Archbishop Arrested In Crimea
Russian security officials have detained the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the Russia-annexed Crimean Peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Rogues’ Gallery: Whatever Happened To The First Separatist Leaders In Ukraine?
In 2014 when pro-Russia separatists made their grab for power in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, these were some of the faces grabbing headlines. But, five years later, where are they now? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Manafort Judge Refuses To Change Ruling On His Lies After New Evidence Surfaces
The judge overseeing former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s D.C. case won’t change her ruling that the 69-year old lied to investigators about his contacts with an alleged Russian spy, according to a Friday court order. The ruling came after an unsealed memo from the special counsel on Wednesday suggested that lobbyist Rick...
New Poll Examines How Russians, Americans Perceive Each Other
Americans’ views of Russia have plummeted to levels not seen since the collapse of the Soviet Union, according to a newly released survey by the U.S.-based Gallup polling center. The data say 52 percent of Americans see Russian military power as a direct threat to U.S. vital interests, and that a third identify Russia as the United...
The Atlantic Hires Mike Giglio as Staff Writer Covering National Security
Mike Giglio will join The Atlantic as a staff writer covering national security with a focus on U.S. intelligence, editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg and editor of TheAtlantic.com Adrienne LaFrance announced today. Giglio comes to The Atlantic from BuzzFeed, where he served as senior national security correspondent. He begins with The Atlantic in...
The enduring legacy of Canada’s racist head tax on Chinese-Canadians
On June 22, 2006, Stephen Harper formally apologized for the head tax of up to $500 levied on 81,000 Chinese immigrants to Canada from 1883 until it was repealed in 1923—when the Chinese Exclusion Act came into law, preventing Chinese people from moving to the country until 1947. William Ging Wee Dere, whose father and grandfather paid the tax,...
Ukraine candidate urges talks to end conflict in east
A comedian leading Ukraine’s presidential race says the country needs to negotiate with Russia to put an end to fighting in the east. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine candidate urges talks to end conflict in east
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