Section: US & Canada
The ‘New Normal’: A New Era of Bigger Migrant Caravans Has Begun
KYIV, Ukraine—Over the past year, migrant caravans from Central America have become bigger and better organized, experts and officials say, underscoring a looming immigration crisis that will test U.S. immigration laws and strain the U.S.-Mexico relationship. On Jan. 29, John Rood, U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy, told Congress that...
For Mueller, It’s More Than A Cigar Room
It’s Rudy Giuliani’s favorite New York City hangout spot: the Grand Havana Room on Fifth Avenue. The members-only club (located in a building owned by the Kushner family) played host to an August 2, 2016 meeting between then-Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, his deputy Rick Gates, and Konstantin Kilimnik, a former Russian military...
Photos of the Week: Hair Dress, Frosty Bison, Bajadasaurus Pronuspinax
A moment at a piano on the front lines in Ukraine, motorcycles on the ice in Kazakhstan, snow monkeys in hot springs in Japan, President Trump’s State of the Union address, World Hijab Day in Kyrgyzstan, eel fishing at night in Japan, a Titan missile silo in Arizona, a Super Bowl celebration in Boston, a “Year of the Pig” parade in Hong...
Comedian who portrays Ukraine’s president on TV series leads real race for country’s leader
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who plays the president in a popular TV series, is the leading candidate in Ukraine’s upcoming presidential election. …read more Source: FOX...
Record 44 Candidates To Run In Ukraine’s Presidential Race
Ukrainian election officials said a record 44 candidates have registered to run in the March presidential election. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Unsealed Manafort Transcript Reveals Inner Workings Of Mueller Probe
Since Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort’s plea deal fell apart last year amid accusations from prosecutors that he had lied to them (and separate claims in the press that he had funnelled information to President Trump), there’s been little to pierce the veil of what Manafort was discussing with the special counsel prosecutors about...
Ukraine’s 44 Presidential candidates Set All-Time Record
Ukraine’s election officials say they have registered 44 presidential contenders — an all-time record for the nation. The latest polls show that comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who plays the nation’s president in a popular TV series, has surged ahead of both incumbent President Petro Poroshenko and the ex-prime minister in the run-up to...
Artist Draws On Mother’s Life And Death In Donbas
Kyiv-based artist Alevtina Kakhidze draws on her mother’s experience of war in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Agrees To Talks With Netherlands On MH17 Shootdown
Moscow is ready to engage in talks with the Netherlands about the 2014 downing of a Malaysian passenger jet over territory held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, said Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine has 44 presidential candidates in all-time record
…read more Source: Toronto...
