Section: US & Canada
Nearly 3 months after vote, Belarus protests still go strong
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Nearly three months after Belarus’ authoritarian president’s re-election to a sixth term in a vote widely seen as rigged, demonstrators keep swarming the streets of Belarusian cities to demand his resignation in the most massive and sustained wave of protests the ex-Soviet nation has ever seen. While President...
Georgians vote in hotly contested parliamentary elections
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Voters in Georgia will cast ballots Saturday in a parliamentary election hotly contested between the governing party, founded by a billionaire, and an alliance around the country’s ex-president who’s in self-imposed exile in Ukraine — another former Soviet republic on the Black Sea. The Georgian Dream party,...
Georgians Vote in Hotly Contested Parliamentary Elections
Voters in Georgia will cast ballots Saturday in a parliamentary election hotly contested between the governing party, founded by a billionaire, and an alliance around the country’s ex-president who’s in self-imposed exile in Ukraine. …read more Source:: U.S....
Commentary: No matter who wins Tuesday, expect to hear a lot of claims that the winner is ‘compromised’ and more chatter about the 25th Amendment
Saturday is not only Halloween, but quite appropriately marks the one-year anniversary of the formal House vote to open up a ridiculous impeachment inquiry — the culmination of a post-2016 election vendetta, as I point out in “Abuse of Power: Inside the Three-Year Campaign to Impeach Donald Trump.”After the Democrats...
Ukraine’s president moves to dissolve top court over ruling
Ukraine is facing a new political crisis after the president moved to dissolve the nation’s top court over its decision to freeze the country’s anti-corruption reforms …read more Source:: ABC...
The Linux Foundation wants to help combat COVID-19 with free, open source apps to tell people when they’ve been exposed to the virus
People wearing protective face masks use a smartphone on a street in Kiev Reuters Linux Foundation launched a public health unit in July to use open source software to combat the coronavirus pandemic and future epidemics. The foundation now has two apps: COVID Green, which is built by NearForm developers in Ireland, and COVID Shield, which is...
Eric Metaxas: Character still counts. ‘Trump. Now more than ever’
As a Christian, what do you see as the main argument for Donald Trump in 2020?That he’s not Joe Biden, or Kamala Harris (or whoever she picks for veep when the ref waves his arms signaling it’s all over for Joe, which seems imminent). Any Americans who can fathom what will befall this country — and the world — if these principle-free...
Ukraine’s President, Top Court Clash Over Anti-Corruption Ruling
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the Constitutional Court have clashed over a ruling to abolish some anti-corruption laws, as hundreds of protesters gathered in the streets of Kyiv over the decision. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Why the 2020s Could Be as Dangerous as the 1850s
If Joe Biden beats Donald Trump decisively next week, this election may be remembered as a hinge point in American history: the moment when a clear majority of voters acknowledged that there’s no turning back from America’s transformation into a nation of kaleidoscopic diversity, a future that doesn’t rely on a backward-facing...
Ukraine Gas Chief Urges U.S. To Add More Sanctions Against Russian Pipeline
Ukraine’s natural-gas chief has urged the United States to expand sanctions aimed at stopping construction of a nearly complete Russian energy pipeline that would bring gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
