Section: US & Canada
Trump supporters need to remember their patriotic duty — and listen to Bill Maher
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Champs League final: Madrid, Liverpool fans gather in Kiev
Liverpool and Real Madrid fans are gathering in Kiev for the first Champions League final to be played in Ukraine. The final is a rare prestige moment for a country … Click to Continue » …read more Source: Miami...
Trump Ex-Campaign Aide Loses Court Bid To Dismiss Some Criminal Charges
A U.S. judge has rejected a bid by President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort to have some of the criminal charges against him thrown out. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
European Watchdog Criticizes Ukraine For Banning Russia’s RIA Novosti
A European media watchdog has criticized Ukraine for putting Russian state news agency RIA Novosti on a sanctions list that bars the news outlet from operating in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Khodorkovsky: Boycotting Russia World Cup a ‘Big Mistake’
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former Russian oil tycoon-turned-Kremlin foe who spent a decade in prison and now lives in exile, says fellow Kremlin critics should not boycott the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup, slated to kick off June 14 in Russia. Russian aggression abroad, along with domestic human rights violations, has “obviously caused a serious...
Cryptocurrency stunt to climb Mount Everest reportedly turns deadly
A Ukrainian social media network sent group to bury hard drive with digital tokens on Everest, leading to a man’s death, FT says. …read more Source:...
Putin, the European
“Never interrupt an enemy while he is making a mistake.” Vladimir Putin might not hold Napoleon in reverence, but these days he could surely relate to perhaps his most famous dictum. Just a few weeks back, the United States, most of the European Union, and several other states united in a common front to expel more than 100 Russian diplomats (or,...
Putting the New Cohen Revelations into the Early 2017 Timeline
We’ve now had reports from The New York Times that Michael Cohen had three meetings with Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg in the weeks just before and after President Trump’s inauguration. This occurred the US investment affiliate of Vekselberg’s holding company, which is run by his cousin, was in the process of hiring Cohen...
Federal Judge Deals Manafort Another Setback In DC Criminal Case
The federal judge presiding over Paul Manafort’s case in Washington, D.C. dealt him another legal setback Friday by declining to throw out charges brought against him that Manafort alleged were “multiplicitous.” U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson had previously dismissed two seperate legal challenges brought by Manafort alleging that...
‘We Want The Truth’: Parents Of MH17 Victim Seek Justice, ‘Chain Of Command’
The Australian parents of a man killed when Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down in 2014 say they want the truth to come out but stress that they blame the Russian leadership and not the people for the tragedy. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
