Section: US & Canada
Pompeo visits Zelensky in Kyiv, vows U.S. support for Ukraine ‘will not waver’
The secretary of state offered backing as Ukraine battles Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source:: The Washington...
The Founders Set an Extremely High Bar for Impeachment
The statistics on impeachment are quite stark. Since 1789, 20 federal officials have been impeached by the House; only eight of them were convicted after a Senate trial. None of those, quite obviously, were presidents. And President Donald Trump is unlikely to be the first: In the face of a mountain of evidence regarding his conduct toward...
Pompeo Says U.S. Backs Ukraine Against Russian Aggression
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, during the impeachment trial of President Trump over a pressure campaign against Ukraine. …read more Source:: The New York...
‘Something To Hide?’ CPJ Urges Russia To Allow Journalists To Travel Freely To Crimea
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged Russia to immediately lift a ban imposed on Ukrainian journalist Taras Ibragimov and allow him to freely report in Ukraine’s Russia-occupied region of Crimea. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ottawa has agreed to DNA-test remains of Iran plane crash victim, family says
A family member of a Canadian who died when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was shot down over Iran says the federal government has agreed to DNA-test his loved one’s repatriated remains to ensure Iran didn’t make a mistake. Canada has now finished the process of repatriating the remains of Canadians and permanent...
Brexit a ‘step backwards’ and Canada’s coronavirus plans; In The News for Jan. 31
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 31 … What we are watching in Canada … Canada is already taking the right steps to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, so there is no need to change things now...
‘A descent into constitutional madness’: Legal defence of Trump’s Ukraine quid pro quo draws ire
As if the impeachment trial taking place south of the border weren’t alienating enough, with its arcane protocols, dense arguments and predictable partisanship, there is now a legal battle raging outside the Senate chamber that has the country’s leading constitutional experts taking to Twitter and the op-ed pages. …read more...
Secretary of State Pompeo Touches Down in Ukraine as Impeachment Trial Hangs in the Balance
(KYIV, Ukraine) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo opened a visit to Ukraine on Friday facing a delicate balancing act as he tries to boost ties with a critical ally at the heart of the impeachment trial while not providing fodder for Democrats seeking to oust President Donald Trump. The highest-ranking American official to visit Ukraine since...
Pompeo visits Ukraine as impeachment trial hangs in balance
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Ukraine as the Senate prepares to vote on whether to hear witnesses testify at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial …read more Source:: ABC...
Pompeo visits Ukraine as impeachment trial hangs in balance
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Ukraine as the Senate prepares to vote on whether to hear witnesses testify at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial …read more Source:: The Washington...
