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    News you might have missed: Morning links for Friday, May 25
    May25

    News you might have missed: Morning links for Friday, May 25

    Trump is deregulating space exploration (Bloomberg) Outer space is no escape from the long arm of bureaucracy. Decades-old restrictions are keeping many space start-ups grounded, while even larger companies like SpaceX are struggling to obtain permits that seem hopelessly outdated. To clean up this process. President Donald Trump signed his...

    Ukrainians Protest In Odesa To Support Sentsov
    May25

    Ukrainians Protest In Odesa To Support Sentsov

    Protests took place in Odesa, Ukraine in support of Oleh Sentsov, a Ukrainian film director who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in Russia on terrorism charges widely seen as politically motivated. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Siren Call: The ‘Distinctly High Voice’ That Led MH17 Sleuths To A Russian Missile Suspect
    May25

    Siren Call: The ‘Distinctly High Voice’ That Led MH17 Sleuths To A Russian Missile Suspect

    When the trail of documentation ended, the suspect’s “high-pitched” voice led the way. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    NATO Chief Wants Russia ‘To Admit Responsibility’ In MH17 Case
    May25

    NATO Chief Wants Russia ‘To Admit Responsibility’ In MH17 Case

    NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg wants Russia “to admit responsibility and also to fully cooperate” with the investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over eastern Ukraine in 2014. Speaking to RFE/RL’s Rikard Jozwiak in Brussels on May 25, Stoltenberg said NATO members will also discuss...

    This Week: ‘Spygate’ Sham Escalates, A Cohen Ally Cooperates With The Gov’t
    May25

    This Week: ‘Spygate’ Sham Escalates, A Cohen Ally Cooperates With The Gov’t

    The White House and conservative media went into overdrive this week with claims that the FBI planted spies in the Trump campaign. We now know there was an informant, Cambridge University professor Stefan Halper, working with the bureau, but there is no indication that he was “embedded” in the campaign as a “spy” for “political” purposes....

    Reports on tensions around Israel’s hosting of Eurovision just ‘speculation,’ organizers say
    May25

    Reports on tensions around Israel’s hosting of Eurovision just ‘speculation,’ organizers say

    AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Eurovision organizers have dismissed as “speculation” reports of political tensions over Israel’s hosting of the song contest next year. The organizers said this week in an email to JTA that they are finalizing the event with Israeli officials. They declined to explain why on Tuesday, they warned followers of the official...

    Is the U.S. Bringing Europe and Russia Closer Together?
    May25

    Is the U.S. Bringing Europe and Russia Closer Together?

    Nearly one year after hosting Russian President Vladimir Putin at Versailles, French President Emmanuel Macron went to St. Petersburg. The French leader, who is addressing the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Friday, held direct talks with his Russian counterpart Thursday, during which the two discussed the crisis in Ukraine, the war...

    Michael Caputo’s Legal Defense Fund Touts $300K In Donations
    May25

    Michael Caputo’s Legal Defense Fund Touts $300K In Donations

    A legal defense fund set up for Trump campaign advisor Michael Caputo has raised more than $300,000, a press release from the fund touted Friday, and is now prepared to pay the legal fees of other Trump associates, including J.D. Gordon, another veteran of the Trump campaign. Caputo’s cooperation with congressional investigators, according...

    Putin says sanctions cause the global economy to suffer
    May25

    Putin says sanctions cause the global economy to suffer

    ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says the global economy has suffered from politically driven sanctions. Speaking Friday at a business forum in St. Petersburg, Putin pointed at “not just erosion but the dismantling of a system of multilateral cooperation that took decades to build.” In an apparent...

    The Latest: Russia blames Ukraine for downing of MH17
    May25

    The Latest: Russia blames Ukraine for downing of MH17

    The Latest on the international reaction to a report on the downing of MH17 in 2014 (all times local): 12:30 p.m. The Russian Defense Ministry claims that a missile that … Click to Continue » …read more Source: Miami...