Section: US & Canada
Russian Court Rejects Crimean Blogger’s Appeal
A Russian military court has rejected an appeal by Crimean Tatar blogger Nariman Memedeminov to overturn his conviction on charges of inciting extremism, leaving him to serve the rest of his sentence in prison. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian police investigating senior official’s request for list of Jews in city after cries of anti-Semitism
A high-ranking police official in Ukraine has sparked an investigation and condemnations of anti-Semitism after requesting a list of all Jews in the western city of Kolomyya. …read more Source:: FOX...
Ukraine police probe senior officer’s request for Jews’ personal info
Letter seeking the names, addresses and contact details for members of the Orthodox Jewish community and Jewish students drew cries of anti-Semitism. …read more Source::...
Merkel Is ‘Outraged’ by Russian Hack but Struggling to Respond
Patience with President Vladimir Putin is running thin in Berlin. But Germany needs Russia’s help on several geopolitical fronts from Syria to Ukraine. …read more Source:: The New York...
Manafort Walks. His Fellow Inmate Is Facing 12 More Years.
Courtesy of Anrica CaldwellWhen at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here …read more Source:: The Daily...
Ukraine Passes a Critical Anticorruption Bill
The Parliament approved a measure to stop insiders from siphoning aid money, but other forms of fraud persist. …read more Source:: The New York...
GOP Senate chairman to hold subpoena vote next week in Biden-Burisma probe
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) will hold a committee vote next week on a subpoena related to his probe into Ukraine gas company Burisma Holdings and Hunter Biden, the son of presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.John… …read more Source:: The...
Same Old, Same Old: How Corporate Canada Puts Profit Above All Else
President Trump delivers remarks with Justin Trudeau, and then Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto at the signing the USMCA trade agreement on the margins of the G-20 Leaders’ Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 30, 2018. State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/Wikimedia Commons. The following is an excerpt from Yves...
Trump’s Former Campaign Chief Manafort Released from Prison
Paul Manafort, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former 2016 campaign chairman who later was convicted of tax and bank fraud, was released from prison Wednesday to serve the remainder of his seven-and-a-half-year term in home confinement.The 71-year-old Manafort had served a little more than a year of his term and was not due to be released...
Ukraine approves law on banks in a bid for IMF aid
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has passed a law preventing former owners of nationalized or liquidated banks from regaining ownership or receiving state compensation, a move that allows the country to get $5.5 billion in loans from the International Monetary Fund. The bill, which some lawmakers tried to sandbag with over 16,000 amendments, was...
