Section: US & Canada
Hague Court Will Hear Case Brought By Ukrainian Firms Against Russia
The Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague says that it has jurisdiction and will hear the case of a Ukrainian company seeking to recover damages for property lost when Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
In Europe, Trump gets second chance to make a first impression
US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania arrive at Fiumicino’s Leonardo Da Vinci International airport, near Rome, Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (Massimo Percossi/AP/CP) WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will learn this week whether he gets a second chance to make a first impression as he returns to Europe and has his first encounter with...
Hague Arbitration Court Will Hear Case on Ukrainian Companies Vs. Russia
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague said on Tuesday it has jurisdiction and will hear the case of a Ukrainian… …read more Source: U.S....
No ‘Specific Agenda,’ But Trump and Putin Have Lots to Discuss
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s first face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week will be brimming with global intrigue, but the White House says there’s “no specific agenda.” So in the absence of a set list of topics, what are two of the world’s most famously unpredictable leaders to discuss?...
No ‘specific agenda,’ but Trump, Putin have lots to discuss
Trump, who prefers to have neatly packaged achievements to pair with high-profile meetings, may be looking for some concessions from Russia to show he’s delivering progress and helping restore a productive relationship between the two powers. Ahead of the meeting, White House National Security Council and State Department officials have...
Is Trump’s Attraction to Russia About Shaping the U.S. Version of Putin’s 21st-Century, Postmodern, Authoritarian, Kleptocratic Regime?
Yale historian Timothy Snyder asserts that Trump’s ties to Russia are far deeper and more dangerous than campaign collusion. The links between President Trump and Russia will prove to be deeper and darker than many Americans now believe. This is according to Timothy Snyder, a noted historian of the 20th century’s tyrannical regimes in...
Firebomb hurled at Ukrainian synagogue
(JTA) — Unidentified individuals hurled a firebomb at a synagogue in Lviv and, in a separate incident, wrote anti-Semitic slogans on another Jewish community building in the western Ukrainian city. The incident involving a firebomb occurred on June 30 but was discovered only Monday, according to the Strana news site. The perpetrators may have...
Small Ukrainian Tax Firm Connected To Cyberattack Could Face Charges
A small Ukrainian tax software company is facing possible charges because of its alleged connection with last week’s major cyberattack that brought down computer systems worldwide, but the firm says it is innocent. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
In Europe, Trump may discover if 1st impressions stick
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will learn this week whether he gets a second chance to make a first impression as he returns to Europe and has his first encounter with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Trump’s first visit to the continent in May stirred anxieties among his European allies when he declined to endorse NATO’s common...
Michael Cohen pushed out of Trump’s inner circle, into center of FBI investigation
While Donald Trump seems to be constantly increasing his legal team under Marc Kasowitz, there is one name that rarely features in his recent legal announcements—longtime personal attorney, Michael Cohen. In fact, Cohen seems to have been given a quiet heave-ho from Trump’s inner circle. After years of loyal service to Mr. Trump, Mr. Cohen,...
