Section: US & Canada
Trump’s a Paper Tiger, and Everyone Knows It
The United States is, yet again, facing an unnecessary crisis of its own making. On October 6, Donald Trump decided, during a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to withdraw U.S. military forces from northern Syria. And not for the first time. Erdoğan persuaded Trump to withdraw U.S. forces during a phone call back in...
Bomb Threat Disrupts Kyiv Court Hearing Into Kolomoyskiy’s Appeal Of PrivatBank’s Nationalization
The Kyiv Economic Court had to suspend a hearing into the appeal filed by one of Ukraine’s most powerful tycoons, Ihor Kolomoyskiy, and Triantal Investments against the nationalization of PrivatBank after the court received a bomb threat. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Experts Strike Back
Donald Trump came into the office without much experience in diplomacy—literal or figurative—but it doesn’t take a career Foreign Service officer to realize that if you spend enough time saying someone is your enemy, that person might begin to feel the same way about you.From the start of his administration, the president demonized...
Gordon Sondland, The Ambassador Whose Texts Put Him At The Center Of Ukraine Scandal
Based on interviews with people who know Sondland, what emerges is a portrait of a man fixated on getting an ambassadorship in Europe and, once in the job, would do what it took to keep it.(Image credit: Evan Vucci/AP) …read more Source::...
Top diplomat testified Giuliani was “impeding” Ukraine mission — live updates
The former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine returned to Capitol Hill for an unannounced second meeting …read more Source::...
US Ambassador to EU Set to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry
After the State Department blocked him from appearing last week, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland is scheduled to appear Thursday before House lawmakers conducting an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s relations with Ukraine.The House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees are holding the...
Ukrainian Deputy Prosecutor Says No Foreign Assets Recovered By Predecessors
Ukraine’s first deputy prosecutor-general, Vitaliy Kasko, has said that in the 3 1/2 years since he left his post, the authorities haven’t provided convincing evidence to recover frozen assets abroad that allegedly belong to former President Viktor Yanukovych and his inner circle. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Envoy key to Ukraine debate is due up in Trump impeachment inquiry
The U.S. ambassador to the European Union is expected to tell House lawmakers conducting an impeachment inquiry that he was merely repeating President Donald Trump’s reassurances when he told another envoy that there was no quid pro quo in the administration’s dealings with Ukraine. …read more Source:: Los Angeles...
U.S. Ambassador To EU Up Next As Impeachment Probe Moves Quickly
As the U.S. Congressional impeachment inquiry progresses, European Union Ambassador Gordon Sondland is scheduled to be the next official to testify and answer questions about whether the president’s dealings with Ukraine have been appropriate or constituted an abuse of office. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Envoy key to Ukraine debate is due up in impeachment inquiry
US ambassador to the European Union is scheduled to be the latest witness to appear before Congress in its impeachment inquiry …read more Source:: The Boston...
