Section: US & Canada
Erdogan Is Popular For The Same Reason Duterte, Modi And Putin Are Popular
MANILA, Philippines ― On Sunday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s charismatic president, will face his biggest electoral test yet: A game-changing referendum that will decide whether he will become an all-powerful president until 2029.The failed 2016 coup against the Turkish government provided Erdogan the perfect pretext to fully consolidate...
Paul Manafort’s off-the-books funding appears to include $20 million from Trump associates
On August 19, just weeks after the Republican convention, Paul Manafort resigned as campaign chairman of Donald Trump’s campaign. Manafort left under pressure as stories of his corruption, secret funding by the Russians, and anti-NATO activities were growing almost daily. Fresh details of alleged secret payments allocated for Paul Manafort...
Coppola, Kidman and virtual reality in Cannes lineup
PARIS (AP) — A Civil War film by Sofia Coppola, a Ukrainian road movie and a drama about AIDS activism are among 18 films competing for prizes at… …read more Source:...
Trump’s Plan to End Europe
Within weeks of his inauguration, President Donald Trump had already wrought a strategic revolution in U.S. foreign policy. Russia, formerly an antagonist, has been promoted to preferred partner. In its place, Team Trump has identified a new enemy. With this enemy there can be no coexistence, no cooperation. It must be humbled and divided, not...
NATO’s chief on how to prevent Russian tensions from spiraling
JUDY WOODRUFF: As we reported earlier, President Trump hosted the NATO secretary-general this afternoon at the White House. And a short time later, I spoke with Jens Stoltenberg. Mr. Secretary-General, welcome to the NewsHour. We heard President Trump say today that relations between the United States and Russia may be at their lowest point since...
NATO’s chief on how to prevent Russian tensions from spiraling
JUDY WOODRUFF: As we reported earlier, President Trump hosted the NATO secretary-general this afternoon at the White House. And a short time later, I spoke with Jens Stoltenberg. Mr. Secretary-General, welcome to the NewsHour. We heard President Trump say today that relations between the United States and Russia may be at their lowest point since...
Paul Manafort’s exit strategy: Trump’s campaign chairman set up shell company to get loans from Trump-tied businesses
(Credit: AP Photo/Matt Rourke) In the aftermath of reports that Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager to President Donald Trump, received payments that can be traced back to an infamous Ukrainian “black ledger,” it also emerged on Wednesday that Manafort will register with the Department of Justice as a foreign agent. Manafort created a...
Cannes Film Festival releases broad lineup, high security
PARIS (AP) — A Civil War film by Sofia Coppola, a Ukrainian road movie and a film about AIDS activism are among 18 films competing for the top prizes at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which organizers hope can help counter nationalist sentiment. …read more Source: CNS...
Former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort Set To Register As Foreign Agent For Past Work in Ukraine
U.S. lobbyists are obliged to detail work they were paid to carry out for foreign governments. …read more Source:...
The Trump-Putin Reset Is Dead-but Don’t Rule Out an Amicable Settlement
In the end, Vladimir Putin agreed to see the envoy from the Trump Administration. After a week of mutual recriminations over the war in Syria, the Russian President did not snub Rex Tillerson during the U.S. Secretary of State’s first official visit to Moscow. Instead, Putin showed a willingness to grit his teeth and accept the U.S. attack...
