Section: US & Canada
Protest Against Ukraine’s Interior Minister Causes Chaos Outside Parliament
Hundreds of protesters calling for the resignation of Ukraine’s interior minister, Arsen Avakov, set off smoke bombs and fireworks in front of the parliament in Kyiv on June 5. Avakov, who was inside making a speech, has come under intense criticism in recent days. Critics say the minister has failed to rein in police abuses, bring about...
Crimean Court Jails Jehovah’s Witness To 6 Years For ‘Extremist’ Activity
A court in Russia-annexed Crimea has sentenced a Jehovah’s Witness to six years in prison for being a member of an extremist group. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Rumpelstiltskin Syndrome
The G7 summit, which Donald Trump just ditched, isn’t exactly the pinnacle of great-power politics. Like the World Economic Forum in Davos, it is just a nice place to be. Nothing is ever decided in either locale. The speeches are canned, the talking points carefully vetted. The key phrases of the G7 communique are hashed out ahead of the...
Ousted State Department Watchdog Confirms Investigations Into Pompeo
Ousted State Department Inspector General Steve Linick on Wednesday told members of three congressional committees that before he was abruptly fired, he was investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s use of government resources as well as the secretary’s decision to approve a multibillion-dollar arms sale to Saudi Arabia....
Trump Built the Wall, Around Himself
President Donald Trump is trapped inside the White House, as a tall and imposing wall is erected around him, and prison guards stand watch.The fencing is intended to keep other people out, of course, and to provide security for the White House. But walls don’t just keep people out—they keep people in, too, a reality dramatized by the fact...
Putin’s Favorite Ex-Congressman Dana Rohrabacher Is Now Pitching a Cure for COVID
Bloomberg/GettyFormer Rep. at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Ukraine May Grant Visa-Free Access to Citizens of China, Australia, Arab States to Boost Tourism
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is considering cancelling its visa requirement for tourists from China, Australia, New Zealand and Arab states in order to… …read more Source:: U.S....
On WWI treaty’s centenary, Hungary says its ‘curse’ must go
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s president on Thursday stressed the need for mutual respect between Hungary and neighboring countries where some 2 million ethnic Hungarians live following a post-World War I peace treaty signed exactly 100 years ago. At the same time, Janos Ader spoke of Hungarians’ “right” to keep unaltered their...
On WWI treaty’s centenary, Hungary says its ‘curse’ must go
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s president on Thursday stressed the need for mutual respect between Hungary and neighbouring countries where some 2 million ethnic Hungarians live following a post-World War I peace treaty signed exactly 100 years ago. At the same time, Janos Ader spoke of Hungarians’ “right” to keep unaltered their...
How to Shield Investigative Journalism
They own sports teams and newspapers. They travel in Gulfstreams and mega-yachts. They buy Renoirs and Matisses and entire buildings in New York, London, and Miami. They give endowments to museums, think tanks, and universities. Most came from nothing in the collapsing Soviet Union and now they have everything, including their own definitional...
