Section: US & Canada
Pompeo: 1940 Soviet occupation of Baltics ‘a criminal act’
The top U.S. diplomat says the Soviet occupation and annexation of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 1940 was “a criminal act” and draws parallel with present-day Russia’s military maneuvers in Ukraine and Georgia …read more Source:: The Washington...
Pompeo: 1940 Soviet occupation of Baltics ‘a criminal act’
The top U.S. diplomat says the Soviet occupation and annexation of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 1940 was “a criminal act” and draws parallel with present-day Russia’s military maneuvers in Ukraine and Georgia …read more Source:: ABC...
Belarus: Leader threatens to expel media over election news
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The longtime leader of Belarus warned Thursday that Western media could be expelled from the country over what he described as their “tendentious” coverage of the presidential election next month in which he is seeking a sixth term. President Alexander Lukashenko, 65 became the first president of Belarus 26 years ago and has...
Suspect Armed With Grenade Takes Police Officer Hostage In Ukraine
Police officials in Ukraine say a man suspected in the theft of a car has taken a police officer hostage after threatening to detonate a grenade. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Swiss, Ukrainian Presidents Visit War-Torn East, Inspect Humanitarian Aid
Visiting Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy have visited Ukraine’s eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Criminal suspect takes police chief hostage in Ukraine
A criminal suspect brandishing a hand grenade has abducted a senior police officer in central Ukraine and fled, officials said Thursday. …read more Source:: CTV...
Criminal suspect takes police chief hostage in Ukraine
A criminal suspect brandishing a hand grenade has abducted a senior police officer in central Ukraine and fled, officials say …read more Source:: ABC...
Criminal suspect takes police chief hostage in Ukraine
…read more Source:: Toronto...
Deal Reached For Ukraine Cease-fire from July 27
Ukrainian, Russian, and OSCE negotiators have reached an agreement for a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine from July 27. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Preventing Protectionism
Protectionism made the Great Depression of the 1930s much worse. Although tariffs had already been rising during much of the previous decade, it was the Smoot–Hawley Tariff in the United States, and Britain’s principle of “home producers first, empire producers second, and foreign producers last,” that led to an almost complete...
