Section: US & Canada
DOJ Sues John Bolton To Block Publication Of His Book
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block the publication of former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s book, which is scheduled for release next week. The lawsuit alleges that Bolton breached his non-disclosure agreement with the government by moving forward with the release, despite having not finished the...
Russia-linked disinformation operation still active, report finds
Dubbed “Secondary Infektion” by researchers, the network was part of Russia’s bid to use social media to polarize Americans ahead of the 2016 elections. It’s been linked to similar efforts in Ukraine, France, Britain and elsewhere. …read more Source:: Toronto...
Families of Flight 752 victims demand plan, timeline for holding Iran to account
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to keep fighting for answers into Iran’s shooting down of a civilian airliner in January even as victims’ families prepare to grill Canada’s foreign minister over plans to hold the Islamic Republic to account. Families of those killed on Ukraine International Airlines Flight...
Families of Flight 752 victims demand plan, timeline for holding Iran to account
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to keep fighting for answers into Iran’s shooting down of a civilian airliner in January even as victims’ families prepare to grill Canada’s foreign minister over plans to hold the Islamic Republic to account. Families of those killed on Ukraine International Airlines Flight...
Wife of Ukraine’s President Zelensky Is Hospitalized After Contracting the Coronavirus
(KYIV, Ukraine) — The wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been hospitalized with double pneumonia after contracting the new coronavirus, joining the ranks of several first ladies around the world who got infected with COVID-19 earlier this year. Zelensky’s office said in a statement Tuesday that Olena Zelenska’s...
Ukraine president’s wife hospitalized with virus
KYIV, Ukraine — The wife of Ukrainain President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been hospitalized with double pneumonia after contracting the new coronavirus, joining the ranks of several first ladies around the world who got infected with COVID-19 earlier this year. Zelenskiy’s office said in a statement Tuesday that Olena Zelenska’s...
Despise Bolton, but Read His Book Anyway
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton—or, as he once insisted on calling himself on Twitter, #JohnBolton—has a book coming out.According to his publisher, the memoir will be the “most comprehensive and substantial account of the Trump Administration,” a chronicle of a “President addicted to chaos, who embraced our enemies and spurned our...
Ukraine’s Top Court Rules In Favor Of Government In PrivatBank Case
Ukraine’s Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision in favor of the government in a landmark case related to state-owned PrivatBank. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump: Former adviser Bolton faces charges if book released
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that his former national security adviser, John Bolton, could face a “criminal problem” if he doesn’t halt plans to publish a new book that describes scattershot, sometimes dangerous, decision-making by a president focused only on getting re-elected. Trump said it would be up to Attorney...
Trump Denounces John Bolton’s Book, Says Conversations Are ‘Highly Classified’
President Trump on Monday attacked ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton’s forthcoming book, arguing that any conversation with him as president is “highly classified.” Trump also suggested that criminal charges should be pursued against anyone who writes a book based on those supposedly “classified” chats. Trump said he disapproved of...
