Section: US & Canada
Donbas Development: Will ‘Advisory Council’ Unlock Door To Direct Talks Between Kyiv and Russia-Backed Separatists?
Since the war in eastern Ukraine began in 2014, Kyiv has refused to hold direct talks with the Russia-backed separatists, arguing it would play into Moscow’s hands by lending legitimacy to its proxy forces. Now, things may have changed with a plan to create an “advisory council” that would include seats for the separatists....
EU Pledges Financial Support For Eastern Partnership Members
The European Commission says it has reallocated more than 140 million euros ($154.4 million) to help Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Lawmakers Fire Finance, Health Ministers, Fail To Approve Replacements
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has approved the firing of Finance Minister Ihor Umanskiy and Health Minister Illya Yemets just weeks into their mandates, but failed to approve new candidates to the posts. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Dusts off Soviet-Era Ventilator Designs to Help Fight Coronavirus
By Natalia ZinetsKIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is dusting off Soviet-era ventilator designs that lay forgotten in a mothballed military factory for… …read more Source:: U.S....
Ukraine’s Parliament To Hold Special Session On IMF Bills Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has scheduled an extraordinary session for the afternoon of March 30 to adopt legislation that would protect the eastern European country during the COVID-19 pandemic. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
2020 Time Capsule #10: Projection
At his rally/press conference this evening, Donald Trump effectively said that doctors and hospitals are selling masks “out the back door,” accounting for current shortages.You can see it for yourself here, on this C-Span video, starting at time 12:00. Trump notes the shortage of masks and says: Something’s going on. And you ought to look...
2020 Time Capsule #9: ‘That Woman in Michigan’
Just before the 2016 election, and then again after its results became clear, I did a series of Atlantic items on a challenge I thought the press was not prepared for.The challenge was dealing with a major political figure—Donald Trump—who fit no previous pattern of how presidents or other major figures conceived of “truth” versus “lies.”All...
Pray For Rain: Crimea’s Dry-Up A Headache For Moscow, Dilemma For Kyiv
After Russia cut Crimea off from the rest of Ukraine by seizing control in 2014, Kyiv cut off the water supply with the grand-scale equivalent of a twist of the wrist. Now Moscow is scrambling to supply water to the desiccated peninsula and its people, and Kyiv is wondering whether to turn the taps back on. …read more Source:: Radio Free...
Fox Business Host Who Ranted About Coronavirus ‘Scam’ Gets Axed
Fox Business announced on Friday that Trish Regan, the host of the network’s “Trish Regan Primetime” program, has been let go in the aftermath of her infamous tirade claiming that the COVID-19 outbreak was part of some kind of anti-Trump scheme run by Democrats and the media. “FOX Business has parted ways with Trish Regan,” the network said...
The Problem With China’s Victory Lap
On January 24, a few days after the United States confirmed its first coronavirus case, President Donald Trump expressed his gratitude for China’s “efforts and transparency” in combatting a virus that the country’s leadership tried for weeks to cover up. On behalf of the American people, Trump wrote, “I want to thank President Xi!”By...
