Section: US & Canada
Time to come to Ukraine’s aid
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made clear that he’s trying to reassemble the old Soviet Union. From the standpoint of his domestic audience, that may make sense. Russian citizens need to feel good about something and their economic realities… …read more Source: The...
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort was blackmailed over Russia ties after being hacked: report
(Credit: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) A new report suggests that Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, was the victim of a blackmail attempt by a Ukrainian parliament member who was aware of both Trump’s and Manafort’s connections to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Manafort has ties to Russia including...
Poroshenko Bloc Ukrainian Lawmaker Reported Kidnapped
A lawmaker from the political bloc supporting Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has gone missing and is presumed kidnapped, officials say. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Yiddish-Cuban opera to premiere in Havana
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A new opera based on an 86-year-old Yiddish poem about a Taino indigenous chief who resisted the Spanish invaders will have its premiere in Havana next month. “Hatuey: Memory of Fire,” will first be performed in Havana on March 3, reported the New York Times. Composed by Frank London of the Klezmatics, the opera, “Hatuey:...
The Morning Vertical, February 23, 2017
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A New Home For The Abandoned Dogs Of Donbas
The conflict in Ukraine’s Donbas region has driven countless residents to flee, leaving behind their homes, possessions, and sometimes their pets. In the town of Maryinka, Larisa Tsybulnik takes in as many abandoned and injured dogs as she can manage, providing food and care to the animals stranded by war. (Artem Liutyi, RFE/RL’s...
‘There’s Enough Time to Change Everything’
Last month, David Galernter, the pioneering Yale University computer scientist, met with Donald Trump to discuss the possibility of joining the White House staff. An article about the meeting in the Washington Post was headlined, “David Gelernter, fiercely anti-intellectual computer scientist, is being eyed for Trump’s science adviser.”It...
Manafort faced blackmail attempt, hacks suggest
A purported cyber hack of the daughter of political consultant Paul Manafort suggests that he was the victim of a blackmail attempt while he was serving as Donald Trump’s presidential campaign chairman last summer.The undated communications, which are allegedly from the iPhone of Manafort’s daughter, include a text that appears to...
Bitter Harvest and the Bitter Present in Ukraine
The Ukrainian term “Holodomor” has yet to enter the world’s genocide vocabulary, as “Shoah” and “Cambodia” and “Rwanda” have done. But we should hope that the world soon becomes as familiar with “the Holodomor” as it has with “the Holocaust”: not for the sake of a comparative wickedness contest and still less to deny the singular character...
Poroshenko Says Satisfied Has ‘Built Bridges’ With Trump Administration
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he was satisfied he has established a dialogue with the Trump administration despite early predictions the American president would favor a closer relationship with Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
