Section: US & Canada
Putin, Merkel Discuss Sea Of Azov Crisis At G20 Summit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged “freedom of shipping into the Sea of Azov” in a private talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Latest: Merkel voices concerns to Putin at G-20 summit
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – The Latest on the Group of 20 summit (all times local): 11:40 a.m. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman says the German leader has voiced her concern about rising tensions in the Kerch Strait off Crimea and pushed for “freedom of shipping into the Sea of Azov” … …read more Source:...
Ukraine Denies Entry To 100 Russians After Ban
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s border service says that around 100 Russian citizens have been denied entry into the country since an entry ban for adult Russian males was announced. Border guards’ spokesman Andrei Demchenko has told Ukrainian television Saturday that “the vast majority of (them) couldn’t confirm the purpose of...
George H.W. Bush: America’s last foreign policy president
George H.W. Bush was the last person elected president of the United States with any prior foreign policy experience. Bush, who has died at age 94, entered office with one of the most impressive resumes of any president, having served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency, ambassador to the United Nations and Ronald Reagan’s vice...
Ukraine Stops 100 Russians From Entering Country Amid Ban
Ukraine’s border guard service says some 100 Russian male nationals were stopped from entering the country on December 1. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The center is not holding — and Trump is our proof
If a devastating new report from The New York Times is to be believed, the falconer’s falcon is but one of the innumerable creatures wiped off the planet just in the past 50 years. As the world’s pre-eminent heads of state gather in Buenos Aires, Argentina, this weekend for the annual G-20 summit, the postwar order has never looked...
Manafort Could Face New Charges, Sentencing Likely In March
The special counsel investigating Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential election may file additional charges against Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
New Projects Light Up Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone
After 32 years and the worst nuclear disaster of all time, the area around Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant is showing signs of life and industry. Faith Lapidus has details about the projects that are lighting up Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone. …read more Source: Voice of...
Ukraine blocks Russian men of fighting age from entering country
Ukraine has blocked Russian men between the ages of 16 and 60 from entering the country as a feud with Moscow over a naval incident continues to escalate.The ban, which was announced Friday, will last 30 days and run alongside a declaration of… …read more Source: The...
No End in Sight: Cohen, Manafort Developments Seen As Keeping Mueller Probe Going into 2019
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation isn’t likely to wrap up anytime soon, as once expected, based on events this week, former federal prosecutors say. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to the Mueller team to lying to Congress about the timing of a proposed Trump building...
