Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Denies Supplying North Korea With Missile Technology, Alleges Russia To Blame
Ukraine says it has never supplied missile technology to North Korea, reacting after The New York Times quoted experts as saying Pyongyang may have purchased rocket engines from a Ukrainian factory. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Cruz Calls Out NYT Reporter Who Labeled His Response to Charlottesville Attack ‘Posturing’
When a New York Times reporter on Sunday accused Sens. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) and Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) of political posturing with their statements against white supremacists, Cruz had a response ready. Both Cruz and Rubio called the attack over the weekend in Charlottesville, Va, where someone plowed their car into pedestrians amid clashes...
North Korea’s missile success linked to black-market purchases from Ukrainian plant, investigators say
North Korea’s success in testing a intercontinental missile may have been made possible by a Ukrainian factory with historical ties to Russia’s missile program …read more Source: Vancouver...
North Korea’s New Missiles Came From Ukraine and Russia, Report Claims
A new report claims the North could not have developed better rockets so quickly without foreign technology. …read more Source:...
The Daily Vertical: What’s Mine Is Mine And What’s Yours Is Mine
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine coal shipments show how doors can open for exports
In 2014, when fighting broke out in the eastern parts of Ukraine, much of the world was focused on the stakes for Russia, Europe and the United States. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
The Daily Vertical: What’s Mine Is Mine And What’s Yours Is Mine
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
US Takes Another Look at Providing Lethal Weapons to Ukraine
Seeking leverage with Russia, the Trump administration has reopened consideration of long-rejected plans to give Ukraine lethal weapons, even if that would plunge the United States deeper into the former Soviet republic’s conflict. The deliberations put pressure on President Donald Trump, who’s fighting perceptions he is soft on the...
The Morning Vertical, August 14, 2017
Your daily roundup …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Five Crimean Tatars Detained During Pickets In Simferopol
Five Crimean Tatar activists have been detained while protesting the jailing of Server Karametov, a 76-year-old man who has Parkinson’s disease, by the Russian-imposed authorities. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
