Section: US & Canada
Trump and ‘The Machurian Candidate’ Are Too Similar For Comfort
MOSCOW (Project Syndicate) ― Donald Trump’s transition from U.S. President-elect to taking power recalls nothing so much as a forgotten Hollywood genre: the paranoid melodrama. Perhaps the greatest film of this type, “The Manchurian Candidate,” concerns a communist plot to use the brainwashed son of a leading right-wing family to upend the...
EU officials: EU to extend Russia sanctions for 6 months
The European Union will extend its sanctions against Russia for six more months to keep pressure on Moscow to respect the fragile peace agreement in Ukraine, EU officials said Thursday. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
EU officials: EU to extend Russia sanctions for 6 months
European Union officials say the EU will extend sanctions against Russia for six more months to keep pressure on Moscow to respect the fragile peace agreement in Ukraine …read more Source: U.S....
EU officials: EU to extend Russia sanctions for 6 months
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union officials say the EU will extend its sanctions against Russia for six more months to keep pressure on Moscow to respect the fragile peace agreement in Ukraine. Two officials said EU nations backed the deal at Thursday’s summit of EU leaders and the formal decision will be adopted over the next few days. They...
EU officials: EU to extend Russia sanctions for 6 months
European Union officials say the EU will extend its sanctions against Russia for six more months to keep pressure on Moscow to respect the fragile peace agreement in Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
EU Officials: EU to Extend Russia Sanctions for 6 Months
European Union officials say the EU will extend sanctions against Russia for six more months to keep pressure on Moscow to respect the fragile peace agreement in Ukraine …read more Source: ABC...
Graham Signals He Won’t Vote For Tillerson If He Rejects Russia Sanctions
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) suggested in a Thursday interview that his vote to confirm Rex Tillerson as President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state will depend on the ExxonMobil CEO’s position on imposing new sanctions on Russia. Read More → …read more Source:...
Ukraine to Release 15 Prisoners in ‘Goodwill Gesture’ to Pro-Russia Rebels
Ukraine on Thursday said it would pardon and release 15 prisoners captured in separatist areas of eastern Ukraine as a way to start further prisoner swaps with pro-Russian rebels. The prisoners will receive a presidential pardon and be returned home before the two sides meet for talks in Belarus next week, said Ukrainian lawmaker Iryna...
EU officials: EU to extend Russia sanctions for 6 months
European Union officials say the EU will extend its sanctions against Russia for six more months to keep pressure on Moscow to respect the fragile peace agreement in Ukraine. Two … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Trump Ally Tells Businesspeople In Moscow: Trump ‘Can Look At Sanctions’
Former Donald Trump surrogate Jack Kingston suggested the President-elect may look at lifting sanctions on Russia while speaking Monday to American businesspeople in Moscow about what they might expect from the incoming administration, NPR reported. Read More → …read more Source:...
