Section: US & Canada
Ex-president of Georgia accepts top Cabinet job in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Georgia’s former president on Friday accepted a top Cabinet job in Ukraine — a move that angered his home country. Mikheil Saakashvili, who served as Georgia’s president from 2004-2013, told reporters that he accepted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s offer to become a deputy prime minister in charge...
Ex-president of Georgia accepts top Cabinet job in Ukraine
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Ex-president of Georgia accepts top Cabinet job in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Georgia’s former president on Friday accepted a top Cabinet job in Ukraine – a move that angered his home country. Mikheil Saakashvili, who served as Georgia’s president from 2004-2013, told reporters that he accepted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s offer to become a deputy prime...
Photos of the Week: Tiny Pony, Quiet Wedding, Bosphorus Strait
Orthodox Easter in Ukraine, healthcare workers on the job, a fundraiser in New Jersey, empty streets in Moscow, the U.S. Air Force Academy commencement in Colorado, surfers in Australia, idle aircraft in Denver, preparations to reopen Austria, and much more. …read more Source:: The...
Ousted HHS Official Has Retained Christine Blasey Ford’s Legal Team
The federal health official who claims he was demoted for opposing the Trump administration’s alleged politicization of coronavirus treatments has hired Christine Blasey Ford’s legal team to represent him in a whistleblower complaint against the government. Rick Bright, who was a registered Democrat until at least the 2016 election,...
US, EU, Other WTO Countries Pledge to Keep Food Channels Open
The United States, the European Union and 20 other members of the World Trade Organization have agreed to keep the trade of food and agricultural products open in the face of restrictions designed to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus.In a joint statement dated April 22, the WTO members – which include Australia, Brazil, Canada and...
Trump campaign tests lines of attack to define Biden
NEW YORK — Air Force One is mostly grounded. Fundraisers are cancelled. And the closest thing to a campaign rally is President Donald Trump’s nightly coronavirus briefing. The president’s reelection campaign has been thoroughly upended by the coronavirus. But Trump’s team has revived a plan to quickly define Joe Biden, painting...
UN rejects 2 COVID-19 resolutions from Russia, Saudi Arabia
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. officials said the General Assembly rejected two resolutions on the coronavirus pandemic Wednesday, one from Russia and one from Saudi Arabia. It was the second defeat for a Russian resolution on COVID-19 by the 193-member world body. Under voting rules instituted because the assembly isn’t holding meetings during...
Germany Says Ukraine Talks To Be Held Next Week
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said April 22 he would hold talks next week with his Russian, Ukrainian, and French counterparts to revive efforts to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin, Trump, and the Pandemic
As COVID-19 continues to claim lives and roil markets, it is also transforming political fortunes—not least those of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. Both have faced blistering criticism for their oversight—or lack thereof—of the pandemic response in their countries. Both have doubled down on longstanding habits of deflection and delegation that...
