Section: US & Canada
After Trump’s Exit from Paris Accord: Just Sanction the Bastards!
By Jean-Francois BoittinAfter Trump’s exiting from the Paris Accord, no more travel freedom for all those involved in the decision-making.The reality of Trump exiting “his” United States from the Paris Accord has sunk in. The key question: What’s the rest of the world to do about it? Unfair United States The answer: Trade sanctions,...
Wouldn’t it be nice? How the Russia investigation intersects with real-world U.S. foreign policy goals
Donald Trump; Vladimir Putin (Credit: AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Evan Vucci) As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump asked a good question: “Wouldn’t it be nice if we actually got along with Russia?” Few Russia watchers — indeed few Americans — would disagree. The debate is over how. Would easing economic sanctions on Russia promote...
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski facing busy of tennis Sunday at French Open
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Yifan Xu of China advanced to the third round of women’s doubles in the French Open on Saturday with a 6-1, 6-2 victory against Madison Brengle of the United States and Anna Smith of Britain. Dabrowski and Xu are scheduled to be back on the court at Paris on Sunday for a match against Raluca Olaru of...
Special Counsel Mueller’s Investigation Seems To Be Growing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel investigating possible ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia’s government has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney general and deputy attorney general in...
View from the Left: Trump trashes the planet to distract from Russia
Among Donald Trump’s cabinet members, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has thus far dominated the pr*sident’s time. By Politico’s count last month, Tillerson had met with Trump 22 times, while Environmental Protection Agency destroyer Scott Pruitt didn’t even get a mention in the tally (graphic below). Pruitt’s Oval...
Trump is still spouting falsehoods about NATO, and it’s yet another sign of his incapacity
Donald Trump’s bizarre speech to NATO last week was yet another opportunity for America’s fact-checkers to do that thing they do, patiently explaining that even though this orange-hued fellow keeps huffing about the members of NATO owing us some cash, that is not even remotely how this works. But Trump is really talking about indirect...
Special counsel Mueller adds to his investigation the probe of ex-Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort
Sadie Gurman, Eric Tucker and Jeff Horwitz report: The special counsel investigating possible ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia’s government has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney...
India Is Building Its Own Aircraft Carriers Now (And It’s All Russia’s Fault)
Kyle Mizokami Security, Asia New Delhi asked Moscow for an aircraft carrier—and that’s where the problems began. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 scattered its military hardware among twelve newly independent republics. One such piece of hardware was the relatively new aircraft carrier Baku. Built in Ukraine, named after an Azeri...
Operation Typhoon: Nazi Germany’s Master Plan to Sack Moscow
Warfare History Network History, Europe Red Army forces mounted a gallant stand against the Germans. The war map gave Adolf Hitler every reason to be confident. Operation Barbarossa, Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union begun on June 22, 1941, had succeeded spectacularly on nearly every front. One Soviet army after another had been...
Montenegro Bars 149 Russians Linked To Annexation Of Crimea
Media reported on June 2 that Montenegro has barred 149 Russians and Ukrainians from entering the country in response to recent bans Moscow placed on Montenegrins traveling to Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
