Section: US & Canada
Ukrainian Says Russia-Backed Separatists Confirm They Are Holding Blogger
A former Ukrainian lawmaker says Russia-backed separatists in the eastern region of Donetsk have confirmed that they are holding a blogger who contributes to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Checklist for Mueller
Christopher Wray, President Trump’s nominee for FBI director is drawing bipartisan approval and appears headed for confirmation. Wray does not doubt the intelligence community on Russian interference in the 2016 election and he does not consider Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe a witch hunt. As FBI director he would provide...
Police seek witnesses in suspicious fire at Brampton church
Police say the fire at the Ukrainian Catholic Church started in the exterior of the building early Sunday morning. The church previously burned to the ground in 2014 after an accidental fire. …read more Source: Toronto...
Relatives Set Memorial To Victims Of Flight MH17 On Third Anniversary Of Disaster
More than 2,000 relatives will gather in the Netherlands to unveil a memorial to family members on the third anniversary of the day when Flight MH17 was shot down by a missile over conflict-torn Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
If Loving Putin Is ‘Right,’ I Want to Be Wrong
On May 17, I listened to what for me was a mystifying televised conversation between Tucker Carlson and a conservative guest. Tucker expressed his real or feigned astonishment that the Democrats, and the left more generally, would “make such a pivot regarding Russia.” It is “ironic that the left used to ‘love’ what is now Russia” but is now...
See what top Dem on House Intel Committee said when asked about Dems’ collusion with Ukraine
In an interview on Sunday with Jonathan Karl on ABC News’ “This Week,” Rep. Adam Schiff acknowledged it wouldn’t be “appropriate” for Democrats to receive any assistance from the Ukrainian government, but he suggested the alleged scandal involving Donald Trump Jr. and people claiming to have damaging information given by the Russian...
Almost 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers trained by Canada so far
The Canadian military’s Joint Task Force-Ukraine has trained more than 4780 Ukrainian soldiers as of the beginning of this month, according to the Canadian Forces. There have been more than 111 course serials that covered various training, including explosive ordnance disposal, small team training, military police training on military...
Jake Tapper grills Trump attorney in heated interview: ‘I know you want to change the subject’
CNN host Jake Tapper grilled Jay Sekulow, an attorney for President Donald Trump, on his show Sunday over last week’s biggest political news story: the meeting Donald Trump Jr. had with a Russian lawyer last June at Trump Tower. Tapper wasted no time getting down to business. As soon as the interview began, he came out of the gate reading...
Schiff: Not Appropriate for Democrats to Get Help from Ukrainian Government
Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) said Sunday it would not have been appropriate for Democrats to get help from the Ukrainian government in the 2016 campaign, stressing that its efforts to help Hillary Clinton did not come close to Russia’s on behalf of Donald Trump. ABC host Jonathan Karl read from a January Politico article headlined,...
Three Years On, Families of MH17 Victims Still Seeking Justice
Investigators say it’s clear what caused Flight MH17 to crash in eastern Ukraine’s war zone in 2014: a Buk missile brought in from Russia and fired from territory held by Moscow-backed separatists. But they have yet to name a single suspect, and families of the 298 victims can only sit and wait for justice. …read more Source:...
