Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s leader vows more weapons pullbacks in the works
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says that government troops will begin the pullback in a second location in eastern Ukraine next week if a cease-fire there persists …read more Source:: ABC...
Top Russia official arrives for testimony in Trump impeachment inquiry
Tim Morrison, a top White House Russia expert, arrived Thursday to testify behind closed-doors about President Trump’s contacts with Ukraine, the latest in a growing string of witnesses to buck the president and appear as… …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine’s leader vows more weapons pullbacks in the works
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Anonymous Is a Coward
The Ukrainian scandal has been marked by profiles in both courage and cowardice.A succession of career officials from the State Department and the Department of Defense—beginning with Bill Taylor, the chargé d’affaires at the embassy in Ukraine—have defied the Trump White House, testifying under oath to Congress about presidential abuses of...
Former Trump adviser next in line to be asked about Ukraine
House investigators expect to hear from Tim Morrison, who until recently was President Donald Trump’s top adviser for Russian and European affairs …read more Source:: The Boston...
Ukraine’s plan to sell farmland raises fears of foreigners
Most of Ukraine’s rich farmland is carved up into small plots owned by about 7 million people, like Tetiana Petrovych, the postmistress in this village west of the capital. They … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...
Ukraine’s plan to sell farmland raises fears of foreigners
Plans by the new Ukrainian government to lift the ban on sales of farmland are stirring fears that Ukraine’s coveted black earth will be bought up by foreigners, including Russians …read more Source:: ABC...
Near party-line vote expected on impeachment ground rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have set the stage for certain House approval of the ground rules lawmakers will use when they consider impeaching President Donald Trump as the chamber braced for its first showdown over the inquiry. There was no doubt that the Democratic-controlled body would approve the eight pages of procedures on Thursday, with...
Zelenskiy Meets In Kyiv With NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has held talks in Kyiv with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and a small group of other officials from NATO and Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A Nobel Peace Prize for Vladimir Putin? That’s the Talk in Moscow.
Adam Berry/GettyMOSCOW—For those who live outside Russia and the enormous bubble of admiration inflated around President Vladimir Putin, this story may be a bit hard to believe. But there is a movement afoot here, apparently in all sincerity, to nominate Putin for the Nobel Peace Prize.From the outside, one must wonder how the dossier for the...
