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    The Rumpelstiltskin Syndrome
    Jun05

    The Rumpelstiltskin Syndrome

    The G7 summit, which Donald Trump just ditched, isn’t exactly the pinnacle of great-power politics. Like the World Economic Forum in Davos, it is just a nice place to be. Nothing is ever decided in either locale. The speeches are canned, the talking points carefully vetted. The key phrases of the G7 communique are hashed out ahead of the...

    Trump Built the Wall, Around Himself
    Jun04

    Trump Built the Wall, Around Himself

    President Donald Trump is trapped inside the White House, as a tall and imposing wall is erected around him, and prison guards stand watch.The fencing is intended to keep other people out, of course, and to provide security for the White House. But walls don’t just keep people out—they keep people in, too, a reality dramatized by the fact...

    Ousted State Department Watchdog Confirms Investigations Into Pompeo
    Jun04

    Ousted State Department Watchdog Confirms Investigations Into Pompeo

    Ousted State Department Inspector General Steve Linick on Wednesday told members of three congressional committees that before he was abruptly fired, he was investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s use of government resources as well as the secretary’s decision to approve a multibillion-dollar arms sale to Saudi Arabia....

    Putin’s Favorite Ex-Congressman Dana Rohrabacher Is Now Pitching a Cure for COVID
    Jun04

    Putin’s Favorite Ex-Congressman Dana Rohrabacher Is Now Pitching a Cure for COVID

    Bloomberg/GettyFormer Rep. at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...

    Ukraine May Grant Visa-Free Access to Citizens of China, Australia, Arab States to Boost Tourism
    Jun04

    Ukraine May Grant Visa-Free Access to Citizens of China, Australia, Arab States to Boost Tourism

    KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is considering cancelling its visa requirement for tourists from China, Australia, New Zealand and Arab states in order to… …read more Source:: U.S....

    On WWI treaty’s centenary, Hungary says its ‘curse’ must go
    Jun04

    On WWI treaty’s centenary, Hungary says its ‘curse’ must go

    BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s president on Thursday stressed the need for mutual respect between Hungary and neighboring countries where some 2 million ethnic Hungarians live following a post-World War I peace treaty signed exactly 100 years ago. At the same time, Janos Ader spoke of Hungarians’ “right” to keep unaltered their...

    How to Shield Investigative Journalism
    Jun04

    How to Shield Investigative Journalism

    They own sports teams and newspapers. They travel in Gulfstreams and mega-yachts. They buy Renoirs and Matisses and entire buildings in New York, London, and Miami. They give endowments to museums, think tanks, and universities. Most came from nothing in the collapsing Soviet Union and now they have everything, including their own definitional...

    Calls For Dismissal Of Ukraine’s Powerful Interior Minister Grow Louder After Alleged Police Rape, Gangland Shooting
    Jun03

    Calls For Dismissal Of Ukraine’s Powerful Interior Minister Grow Louder After Alleged Police Rape, Gangland Shooting

    The alleged rape and torture of a woman by police officers and a shoot-out between criminal gangs follow a series of other cases in which police were accused of involvement or of botching the investigation. Critics of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, the only cabinet member in office since the aftermath of the 2014 Euromaidan uprising, say...

    Ukrainian And German Top Diplomats Talk NATO And Conflict In Eastern Ukraine
    Jun03

    Ukrainian And German Top Diplomats Talk NATO And Conflict In Eastern Ukraine

    Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has discussed ongoing conflict with Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv’s relationship with NATO, and the issue of Russia-annexed Crimea with German officials during a one-day visit to Berlin. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    No. 1 rule for police: Defend human rights, says Ukraine’s former police chief
    Jun03

    No. 1 rule for police: Defend human rights, says Ukraine’s former police chief

    Khatia Dekanoidze knows about police reform. As the former chief of the National Police of Ukraine, she continues to work on police reform efforts in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. She spoke with The World’s host Marco Werman to talk about what US police officers can do now to reform. …read more Source:: Public Radio...