Section: US & Canada
WHO Decries ‘Collective Failure’ as Measles Kills 140,000
Measles infected nearly 10 million people in 2018 and killed 140,000, mostly children, as devastating outbreaks of the viral disease hit every region of the world, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.In figures described by its director general as “an outrage,” the WHO said most of last year’s measles deaths were in...
Ukraine lawmaker seeking Biden investigation meets with Giuliani in Kyiv
On Twitter, Trump’s personal lawyer drew connections between future U.S. aid and investigations by Ukraine into former vice president Joe Biden. …read more Source:: Toronto...
Ally Of Ukrainian Ex-PM Sought Plan To Import U.S. Gas To Ukraine
A Texas-based lobbying firm was hired by a company linked to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s political party to develop a plan to import U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) into Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Rudy Giuliani Poses for Photo in Ukraine as Pelosi Orders Articles of Impeachment
(KYIV, Ukraine) — President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in Ukraine on Thursday, reviving the efforts that landed him and Trump in the impeachment inquiry now roiling Washington. The inquiry was triggered by a July 25 phone call in which Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Democratic...
A reason Democrats won’t wait: Trump cases tied up in court
Legal scholar Jonathan Turley told House Democrats that they are rushing the impeachment of President Donald Trump and that they instead could be enlisting the courts to try to help procure the testimony of key figures in Trump’s effort to get Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden …read more Source:: The Boston...
Biden Blows Up At Iowa Voter: ‘You’re A Damn Liar, Man’
2020 Democratic candidate Joe Biden attacked a voter during a town hall in Iowa on Thursday after he brought up Biden’s age and his son Hunter’s ties to the Ukrainian gas company Burisma. The unidentified voter, who said he was not a Republican, told 77-year-old Biden he had “two problems” with him as a candidate; the first one being...
Joe Biden snaps on Iowa voter who brings up Hunter and Burisma: ‘You’re a damn liar, man’
Former Vice President Joe Biden got very upset Thursday morning with an Iowa man who asked him about his son, Hunter, and his questionable appointment to the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma.Biden was at an event in New Hampton taking questions from attendees when a man got on the microphone and raised concerns about Biden’s age,...
Rudy Giuliani meets with lawyers in Ukraine as impeachment moves forward
An independent Ukrainian lawmaker said on Thursday he had met U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer in Kyiv to discuss the alleged misuse of U.S. taxpayer money by Ukrainian state bodies. …read more Source:: Global...
‘I’m Sorry, Excuse Me’: Biden Off by 40 Years, Mistakes 1976 for 2014
Former vice president Joe Biden on Thursday could not remember during which century the Obama administration took place, and also called a voter a “damn liar.” Speaking in New Hampton, Iowa, at a stop on his “No Malarkey” tour, Biden worked to recall the year the Obama administration signed an executive order, ending up...
Ukraine Court Extends Arrest Of Ex-U.S. Soldier Wanted Over Florida Killings
A Ukrainian court has extended by 60 days the arrest of a U.S. combat veteran who fought in the Donbas conflict and who is wanted in the United States on charges related to a double homicide. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
