Section: US & Canada
Rudy Giuliani’s Conflicts Of Interest Would Place Donald Trump In A Bind
In the closing of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly attacked his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton for the donations the government of Qatar made to her family’s foundation. He argued that the money undermined Clinton’s claims of compassion for women and LGBTQ people since Qatar was oppressive to both groups. He...
Kyiv Locked Down As Hundreds Protest Ukraine’s Government
Ukrainian authorities locked down the heart of the capital on November 15 as hundreds of demonstrators protested outside government buildings over poor economic conditions and rising prices for vital necessities such as natural gas and bread. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Crimean Safari Park Fights For Survival
Russian businessman Oleg Zubkov bought an abandoned Soviet military base in Crimea and turned it into a safari park. The park once had 500,000 visitors a year, but since Russia’s annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula, numbers are way down. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Arctic is the First Stop in the United States Reset with Russia
Mark E. Rosen Security, Much work is needed to find ways to accommodate Russian fears of NATO encirclement and its concerns that the heavily ethnic Russian populations in Eastern Ukraine and Crimea have political and social protections. Throughout the primaries President elect Donald Trump asserted that he wanted to have a more constructive...
Ukrainian MPs brawl over Kremlin link accusations
Allen ConeKIEV, Ukraine, Nov. 15 (UPI) — Ukrainian ministers of parliament have engaged in fights in back-to-back days — and they both involved allegations of ties to Russia. …read more Source: United Press...
Stoltenberg Says NATO Wants Dialogue With Russia
NATO wants dialogue with Russia, the chief of the alliance said ahead of talks with EU defense ministers in Brussels. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump-Putin phone call hints at new era: common ground
From their stands on the Ukraine to Syria, President-elect Trump and Russia’s Putin have remarkably similar viewpoints that mark a shift in relations …read more Source: The Globe and...
Trump’s first ambassador: Barack Obama
ATHENS — There was a time, a week ago, when the Obama White House was focused on questions like who would take over tending to the first lady’s vegetable garden.Now President Barack Obama is setting out on what was supposed to be a fun post-election farewell trip to Greece and Germany with not just his entire domestic record at risk of...
Fistfight Erupts in the Ukrainian Parliament
Ukrainian Opposition leader Yuriy Boyko started a fistfight after being accused of working for the Kremlin during a meeting at the Parliament. …read more Source:...
Three Millennia of Safety Pins
My mother, with her carefully trained eye, always knew when I had lost a button on my school uniform. She would rummage around her bag and produce a safety pin, fastening my blouse gently with it, taking extra care not to prick me. I always marveled at how elegantly she fastened the safety pin, with only the slightest trace showing on the...
