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    In Ukraine the ‘Great Patriotic War’ Is History
    May12

    In Ukraine the ‘Great Patriotic War’ Is History

    KYIV, Ukraine—What a difference a day makes. Along with Europe and the United States, Ukraine on Friday marked the 75th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany —a day earlier than in Russia, where “Victory Day” is celebrated on May 9, according to Soviet tradition. Nazi Germany initially surrendered to the Allies in the French city of Reims...

    Why Transatlantic Relations Are In Trouble
    May12

    Why Transatlantic Relations Are In Trouble

    Transatlantic relations are not in a good shape. While Trump’s hostility toward the European Union is a contributing factor, it is not the only or even the most important one. For the partnership’s long-term survival, what happens in Europe matters at least as much as the outcome of the November election in the United States.Of...

    The Orangutans Are Crying: Ukrainian Zoo Animals Suffer During COVID-19 Lockdown
    May12

    The Orangutans Are Crying: Ukrainian Zoo Animals Suffer During COVID-19 Lockdown

    The owner of a private zoo in Ukraine is struggling to protect his animals from hunger, cold, and depression. Mykhaylo Pinchuk has had to modify feed for animals to save costs after the zoo closed to visitors as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukraine’s hospitals under strain, even with few virus cases
    May12

    Ukraine’s hospitals under strain, even with few virus cases

    Ukraine’s troubled health care system has been overwhelmed by the coronavirus, even though it has reported a relatively low number of cases at below 16,000 …read more Source:: Pittsburgh...

    Winning the Great Power Competition Post-Pandemic
    May12

    Winning the Great Power Competition Post-Pandemic

    The COVID-19 pandemic has inspired a new wave of familiar argument: that the democratic, free-market system that ushered in an era of unprecedented global prosperity and political freedom for decades was always destined to decline, with the global health crisis only hastening its departure as authoritarian rivals rise.It is true that the...

    NYT: Skadden Paid $11M To Settle Claim Arising From Manafort’s Ukraine Work
    May11

    NYT: Skadden Paid $11M To Settle Claim Arising From Manafort’s Ukraine Work

    The New York Times has an answer to a mystery first launched by Ukrainian financial disclosures last week. White shoe law firm Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom paid out at least $11 million to settle allegations stemming from an operation imprisoned former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort ran to whitewash the Ukrainian...

    Coronavirus Overwhelms Ukraine’s Hospitals Even With Low Number Of Cases
    May11

    Coronavirus Overwhelms Ukraine’s Hospitals Even With Low Number Of Cases

    CHERNIVTSI, Ukraine (AP) — Medical workers in homemade protective masks and suits, with plastic bags over their shoes. A hospital intended for 150 coronavirus patients now holding 250. A lack of filtration systems that forces autopsies to be done outside, under the trees, instead of in the hospital morgue. Ukraine’s troubled health care...

    How to Destroy the Balance of Powers
    May11

    How to Destroy the Balance of Powers

    In 1922, the United States Senate launched an investigation into what would become the most infamous story of executive-branch corruption in American history until Watergate. Teapot Dome, as the scandal came to be known, involved secret deals given out by Warren Harding’s administration for access to oil reserves in Wyoming and California....

    Why No One Is Calling on Trump to Resign
    May11

    Why No One Is Calling on Trump to Resign

    In late March, The Boston Globe published an editorial excoriating President Donald Trump over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. It said that Trump was “epically outmatched” by the public-health emergency and that his “callousness, self-concern, and a lack of compass” had plunged the country into disaster. Trump, the Globe declared in its...

    Ukraine’s hospitals under strain, even with few virus cases
    May11

    Ukraine’s hospitals under strain, even with few virus cases

    Medical workers in homemade protective masks and suits, with plastic bags over their shoes. A hospital intended for 150 coronavirus patients now holding 250. A lack of filtration systems that … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...