Section: US & Canada
Coronavirus Fears Aside, Putin Pushes to Expand Power
Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated a nationwide vote on constitutional amendments that would open the door to extending his power might face delays because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, which has affected Russia little but ravaged other parts of the globe.“I really am counting on people to show up on April 22 and support the...
U.S. Senator Criticizes Russia For Rights Abuses in ‘Occcupied Crimea’
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (Democrat-New Jersey) has criticized Russia for what he called “serious human rights” abuses in Crimea during the six years since Russia’s “illegal occupation and annexation” of the peninsula from Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine has opened an investigation into Quid Pro Joe
…read more Source:: Canada Free Press
Hunter Biden Founded a Now-Defunct Record Production Company in 2018
Hunter Biden, the son of former vice president Joe Biden, cofounded a record production company in 2018 that recently defaulted on its mortgage payments and went into foreclosure on its studio, state records show. The company, Biden Enterprise LLC, which claims to work with rising hip hop and country artists, was registered in a Las Vegas suburb...
Five people arrested for stealing 100K surgical masks at gunpoint in Ukraine
Ukrainian authorities arrested several suspects thought to have robbed a private surgical mask seller at gunpoint, stealing more than 100,000 masks.Reuters reported that Kiev police accused the suspects of posing as members of state security forces… …read more Source:: The...
Ukrainian ‘Railroad Ladies’
Ukraine’s traffic controllers and safety officers are a kind of lighthouse: a symbol of how certain things in this country stand firm in the present as a defiant nod to the past. …read more Source:: The New York...
Untested Agricultural Executive Takes Over As Ukraine’s New Economy Minister
Ukraine’s parliament has approved 44-year-old Ihor Petrashko as economy minister, whose management career has been in large-scale farming, investment banking, and consulting. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
News of the Day From Around the World, March 17
1 Murder trial: The murder trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian accused of involvement in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 will be closed to the public and media when it briefly resumes later this month in a Dutch courtroom at The Hague. The decision announced Tuesday to close the March 23 hearing comes after Dutch courts said...
Anti-Russian Protests Erupt in Ukraine, Despite Virus Threat
Organizers of a street protest in Kyiv say resisting Russian influence is more important than honoring a ban on mass gatherings. …read more Source:: The New York...
How Ukraine’s Zelensky lost the anti-corruption movement
The populist has replaced a prosecutor general popular among good-government advocates with a fellow party member who critics say will do his bidding. …read more Source:: The Washington...
