Section: US & Canada
Russia welcomes prospect of US troop pullback from Germany
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday welcomed President Donald Trump’s reported plan to withdraw more than a quarter of U.S. troops from Germany, saying it would help bolster security in Europe. Trump has reportedly signed off on a plan to cut the number of troops stationed in Germany from 34,500 to no more than 25,000....
Surrogate Babies United With Parents As Ukrainian Lockdown Eases
Babies born to surrogate mothers in Ukraine were handed over to several Argentinian couples after the country’s coronavirus lockdown prevented them from getting their children for two months. After self-isolation and testing negative on COVID-19, they received their infants on June 10 in Kyiv. Because of travel restrictions, a total of 125...
Foreigners Are Being Allowed Into Ukraine to Collect Their Surrogate-Born Babies
KYIV, Ukraine — Authorities have allowed foreign parents into Ukraine to collect babies who were born to surrogate mothers and stranded in the eastern European country due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ukraine’s human rights ombudswoman, Lyudmila Denisova, said Wednesday that 31 couples had arrived and been united with their children. “It is...
Babies Born To Surrogates In Ukraine Finally Meet Parents After Pandemic Restrictions Ease
Foreign couples who waited two months because of coronavirus-related border closures have finally collected their biological babies from surrogate mothers in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
US Accuses China of Intensifying Religious Repression
An annual U.S. government report finds religious freedom under assault throughout the world, notably in what the State Department calls Countries of Particular Concern — China, Iran, North Korea among others.“In China, state-sponsored repression against all religions continues to intensify. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is now ordering...
I.M.F. Approves Critical Loan for Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine won an endorsement for his anti-corruption policies with the approval of a $5 billion lending program from the International Monetary Fund. …read more Source:: The New York...
Ukraine’s Backlog of Babies Born to Surrogates Begins to Ease
Eleven foreign couples, previously barred by coronavirus restrictions, have entered the country to meet their newborns. But births are still outpacing pickups. …read more Source:: The New York...
Canada asks Iran to explain late handover of black boxes from plane crash
Canada’s transport minister says it’s been 92 days since Iran told the UN aviation council that it would give the flight data and cockpit voice recorders to Ukraine. …read more Source:: Global...
Foreigners allowed into Ukraine to get surrogate-born babies
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The German Drawdown Debacle
In one sense, the contretemps over the White House’s threat to use active-duty Army forces to secure order in Washington, DC has been a blessing to the Trump Administration, for it largely diverted media and political attention from the president’s decision—the day before the anniversary of the “D-Day” landings in Normandy in 1944—to...
