Section: US & Canada
Sen. Romney breaks with GOP, will vote to convict Trump
WASHINGTON — Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said Wednesday he will vote to convict President Donald Trump, becoming the first and likely only Republican to break ranks in the Senate’s impeachment trial and favour removing Trump from office. In a remarkable spectacle, Romney’s decision meant the GOP’s unsuccessful 2012 presidential...
Journalists See Specter of Censorship in Ukraine’s Proposed Media Laws
Journalists and free speech advocates say proposed laws to regulate Ukraine’s media pose a threat to free expression and independent reporting in the eastern European country.Before ascending to Ukraine’s highest office last year, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had campaigned on a pledge to limit the influence of oligarchs over...
Husband of Iran plane crash victim seeks answers, justice from investigation
OTTAWA — The husband of one of the victims who died when a Ukrainian jetliner was shot down by the Iranian military last month wants the people he says are responsible for his wife’s death to be charged and tried at the International Criminal Court. Hassan Shadkhoo has been barely able to sleep since his wife, Sheyda, was killed along with...
Boredom Is Winning
Late on Monday, following the chaos of the Iowa caucus, Pete Buttigieg did the same thing several of his fellow Democratic-primary candidates did that evening: He gave a rousing speech to his supporters. The former South Bend, Indiana, mayor talked about optimism, and about change. But he talked about something else as well—something his fellow...
Impeachment manager says Democrats will subpoena John Bolton, continue investigating Trump after Senate acquittal
Impeachment is set to end Wednesday. As senators make their speeches before the final vote, the only real uncertainty is whether a couple of moderate Democrats will vote to acquit President Donald Trump along with most or all Republicans.But the resistance will continue, according to Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), impeachment manager and House Judiciary...
Champagne demands black boxes from Iran plane crash be sent to France
Canada’s foreign minister says he’s asked for international help to pressure Iran to give up the black boxes recovered from the wreckage of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752. …read more Source:: Global...
Vulnerable Democrat Doug Jones will vote to convict Trump
WASHINGTON — Alabama Sen. Doug Jones, the most endangered Democrat in this November’s elections, said Wednesday that he will vote to convict President Donald Trump when t he Senate impeachment trial reaches its climax. In remarks on the Senate floor, Jones said the sum of the evidence produced “a picture of a president who has abused the...
‘After many sleepless nights,’ Democratic Sen. Doug Jones announces that he’ll vote to remove President Trump from office
A Democratic senator viewed as a possible swing vote in the Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will vote to remove the president from office.”After many sleepless nights, I have reluctantly concluded that the evidence is sufficient to convict the President for both abuse of power and...
In Kyiv, Erdogan Said All The Right Things — Unless You’re A Turkish Dissident In Ukraine
In Kyiv this week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to help him go after Turkish dissidents living in Ukraine. Zelenskiy’s remarks suggested that he would oblige, deepening fears among a community that is wary of the warmth between two governments that see eye to eye on Crimea. …read...
Life In No-Man’s-Land Between Ukraine And Belarus
It’s a kind of no-man’s-land: three Ukrainian villages lie beyond their country’s last border post on the road to Belarus, complicating life for the inhabitants who must pass through border checks to enter their own country. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
