Section: US & Canada
John Bolton’s Accidentally Unflattering Self-Portrait
It is a remarkable thing that in our sharply divided political environment, John Bolton has emerged as a rare unifying figure: Almost no one approves of him. Bolton’s saga and that of his book, The Room Where It Happened, has now churned through several news cycles. The notoriously hawkish Bolton served as Trump’s National Security...
Japan’s False Hopes of Courting Russia
As the old Soviet joke goes, it is difficult to predict history in Russia. Against the backdrop of the Kremlin’s longstanding efforts to promote a revisionist version of World War II, this past April the Russian Duma (parliament) passed a law to officially change the war’s end date from September 2nd to the 3rd. The bill’s...
Illegal Logging Is Blamed for Worsening Floods in Ukraine
Environmentalists say illegal logging in the Carpathian Mountains is contributing to flooding. Rising waters forced the partial evacuation of a hospital treating Covid-19 patients. …read more Source:: The New York...
Evelyn Farkas Came for the Free Beacon, Then She Came in Fourth
Evelyn Farkas, the former Obama administration official and advocate for Burisma Holdings, lost her Democratic House primary for New York’s 17th District, coming in fourth place on Tuesday. Although Farkas outraised most of her opponents, bringing in $1.2 million, her campaign platform that focused on combating Russian election influence...
Trudeau should withdraw from the Lima Group, rescind sanctions on Venezuela
President Maduro among other Latin American leaders participating in a 2017 ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America) gathering. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. On June 17, the Trudeau government suffered a humiliating defeat by losing its bid for a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) seat to Ireland and Norway. It was a strong...
3 killed, hundreds evacuated due to powerful flooding in Ukraine
About 5,000 houses in 187 villages remained flooded as of Wednesday morning, according to an emergency service report. …read more Source:: Global...
Polish President Duda Visits Trump at White House
U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Polish President Andrzej Duda at the White House Wednesday, as Duda finds himself locked in a surprisingly tight race for reelection back home.Polish voters will decide in four days whether the right-wing president will serve a second term in office.Duda, a close ally of Trump, reportedly hopes that Trump will...
Trump Is Struggling to Run Against a White Guy
Eight months into Barack Obama’s first term as president, the right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh, who was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump earlier this year, warned that Obama’s election had ushered in a dangerous inversion of power.“Obama’s America—white kids getting beat up on school buses...
Three Die, Hundreds Evacuated in Ukraine Flooding
KYIV (Reuters) – Torrential rains in Ukraine have killed three people, forced hundreds from their homes and cut off villages in western regions,… …read more Source:: U.S....
Three Dead, Hundreds Evacuated After Flooding In Western Ukraine
Rainstorms in western Ukraine have killed three people and forced hundreds of others to evacuate their homes. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
