Section: US & Canada
Ukrainian Anti-graft Body May Struggle to Investigate MPs’ Wealth
The head of Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency compared its first failed attempt to launch an online wealth declaration program to a little bird hitting a glass window. The tool eventually got off the ground in October. But this handed the NAZK a more formidable task – to sift one-by-one through more than 100,000 forms submitted by...
At quick summit meeting, Obama and Putin talk Syria, Ukraine
In what is likely to be their last meeting before the US president leaves office, Mr. Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Syria and Ukraine for about four minutes Sunday as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Obama: I’ll Push Back on Trump If Needed to Defend US Ideals
LIMA, Peru—President Barack Obama said Sunday he doesn’t intend to become his successor’s constant critic—but reserved the right to speak out if President-elect Donald Trump or his policies breach certain “values or ideals.” Offering a rare glimpse into his thoughts on his post-presidency, Obama suggested once he was out of office he...
Stoltenberg: NATO’s Global Actions ‘Defensive and Proportionate’
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance’s actions over the years have been “defensive and proportionate,” in line with international commitments. Addressing a NATO parliamentary assembly meeting in Istanbul Monday, Stoltenberg touched on relations with Russia, the failed coup attempt in Turkey and presidential...
Stoltenberg: NATO’s Global Actions ‘Defensive and Proportionate’
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance’s actions over the years have been “defensive and proportionate,” in line with international commitments. Addressing a NATO parliamentary assembly meeting in Istanbul Monday, Stoltenberg touched on relations with Russia, the failed coup attempt in Turkey and presidential...
Obama briefly meets Putin while in Peru to talk Ukraine, Aleppo
Andrew V. PestanoLIMA, Nov. 21 (UPI) — President Barack Obama briefly met with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru. …read more Source: United Press...
The Morning Vertical, November 21, 2016
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Donald Trump’s New World Order
Ten days after the election of Donald J. Trump to be the 45th President of the United States, there is a more or less complete lack of certainty as to which direction his foreign policy will take, but a great deal of speculation—much of it alarmist—based on things Mr. Trump has said in speeches and interviews. Yet few if any Presidents base their...
Russia Says More Ukrainian ‘Saboteurs’ Apprehended In Crimea
Two more suspected members of a Ukrainian “saboteur group” have been arrested in Russian-annexed Crimea, Russian law enforcement officials say. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Until The Kremlin Denies It
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
