Section: US & Canada
Ukraine launches criminal investigation into alleged surveillance of US ambassador Marie Yovanovitch
Ukraine on Thursday announced that it would launch a federal criminal investigation into alleged threats against Marie Yovanovitch, the US’s former ambassador to Ukraine. …read more Source:: National...
Giuliani associate Lev Parnas says Trump had knowledge of Ukraine pressure
A close associate of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer says he delivered an ultimatum in May to the incoming president of Ukraine: No senior U.S. officials would attend his inauguration and all American aid to the war-torn country would be withheld if an investigation into Joe Biden wasn’t announced. …read more Source::...
‘Barr had to have known everything’: Giuliani associate Lev Parnas alleges AG Barr was ‘basically on the team’ to pressure Ukraine
“Mr. Barr had to have known everything,” Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian associate of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, told MSBC’s Rachel Maddow on Wednesday. …read more Source:: Business...
NATO Is Expanding, and Everyone Is Curiously Silent
North Macedonia has existed, technically, for only about a year. Not the nation itself—that country, an outgrowth of the Yugoslavian collapse, will soon be entering its fourth decade as an independent polity. But “North Macedonia” only came into being in early 2019, when the Macedonian government in Skopje officially changed the country’s...
Ukraine’s president was told no U.S. aid without Biden investigation: Giuliani associate
A close associate of U.S. President Donald Trump‘s personal lawyer says he delivered an ultimatum in May to the incoming president of Ukraine that no senior U.S. officials would attend his inauguration and all American aid to the war-torn country would be withheld if an investigation into Joe Biden wasn’t announced. …read more...
Putin Pays Backhanded Tribute to Democracy
Yesterday’s government shake-up in Moscow and the institutional changes Vladimir Putin proposed with it are plainly a response to what Russian observers call “Problem-24.” As in 2024—when Putin’s current, fourth presidential term expires.In 2024, Putin will turn 72. He will have been in power for 24 years. Because of the toxic...
Foreign affairs minister in London to chair meeting on plane crash
Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is chairing a meeting in London today that the federal government hopes will lead to justice and financial compensation for the families of the victims of a Ukrainian jet shot down by Iran. All 176 people aboard were killed last week, including at least 89 with ties to Canada. Champagne is...
Leaders meet on plane crash and John Crosbie’s funeral; In The News for Jan. 16
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. 16 … What we are watching in Canada … LONDON — Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is chairing today a meeting at Canada House in London that the federal...
Parnas: Trump ‘Knew Exactly What Was Going On’ in Ukraine
Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer who worked to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, told the New York Times and the U.S.-based cable news network MSNBC that Trump was aware of his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani’s activities in Ukraine.Trump “knew exactly what was going...
Senators to be Sworn In For Trump Impeachment Trial
The Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins Thursday with preliminary proceedings, including House lawmakers who will act as prosecutors presenting the articles of impeachment to the Senators who will serve as the jury.Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will be sworn in for his role in overseeing the process, and then will...
