Section: US & Canada
Pompeo Says U.S. Will Look Into Claims Former Ukraine Ambassador Was Followed
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the State Department will investigate whether former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was in any danger while she was in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Bipolarity Is Back
We are 30 years out since the end of the Cold War, almost 20 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States, 12 years since the Russian invasion of Georgia, and six years since Russia’s seizure of Crimea. During this time period, we have seen significant changes in the overall power distribution in Europe, Eurasia, the...
“Electability” Is a Poisonous Political Shibboleth
We are several days now into a spat between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren—the Democratic primary’s two progressives who, as has been widely reported, have observed a pact of nonaggression against each other for the majority of the primary campaign. That arrangement collapsed amid two controversies. The first was brought about by the...
Russia: Iran Was Spooked by Reports of US F-35s When it Downed Airliner
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Iran’s accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week occurred at a time when Tehran was spooked by reports of advanced U.S. stealth fighters in the area.”There were at least six (U.S.) F-35 fighters in the air in the Iranian border area (at the time). This...
Plane crash leaves friends in Canada wondering what to do with belongings
It was only a few years ago that Shaho Shahbazpanahi remembers moving his friend Razgar Rahimi and his young family into their home. He’s now trying to figure out what to do without them, not only in terms of grieving their loss, but how to take care of everything they left behind in Stouffville, north of Toronto. Rahimi, his wife, Farideh...
Ukraine’s president has rejected the resignation of prime minister caught on tape disparaging him
Ukraine’s president has rejected the resignation of prime minister caught on tape disparaging him …read more Source:: ABC...
Canada offers immediate funding to families of victims in Iran plane crash
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced funding for the families of Canadian victims killed in the Jan. 8 downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 in Iran. Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, Trudeau said that as a first step, the Canadian government will offer affected families $25,000 per victim to assist with their immediate...
Pompeo says US will examine alleged surveillance of ex-Ukraine ambassador Yovanovitch
“We will do everything we need to do to evaluate whether there was something that took place there,” Pompeo told Tony Katz, a radio show host. …read more Source:: USA...
Pompeo breaks silence on alleged threats to envoy in Ukraine
…read more Source:: Toronto...
Democratic senator asks DOJ and FBI to not cooperate with colleagues’ Ukraine-Chalupa probe
The top Democrat on an important Senate committee is asking that the Trump administration not cooperate with an investigation into a Ukraine-related investigation being conducted by two of his Republican colleagues.In a letter first reported by The Daily Beast on Thursday, Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) urged Attorney...
