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    Goodbye Lenin? Not In These Ukrainian Villages
    Jan19

    Goodbye Lenin? Not In These Ukrainian Villages

    All of Ukraine’s statues of Soviet leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin should have been taken down under a law passed in 2015. But in three small villages, indomitable Lenins still hold out — due to lack of money for demolition, apathy, and, in one case, a road so bad they couldn’t get a crane to it. …read more Source:: Radio...

    James Comey says the GOP needs to be ‘burned down or changed,’ calling the pro-Trump riot at the Capitol ‘our own Chernobyl’
    Jan19

    James Comey says the GOP needs to be ‘burned down or changed,’ calling the pro-Trump riot at the Capitol ‘our own Chernobyl’

    Former FBI Director James Comey. Alex Wong/Getty Images Former FBI Director James Comey eviscerated President Donald Trump, his supporters, and the Republican Party in an interview with The Guardian. He described the pro-Trump riot at the Capitol as the US’s “Chernobyl” — referring to the 1986 nuclear accident — saying it was...

    How should Joe Biden handle Donald Trump’s post-presidency? Gerald Ford provides a guide
    Jan19

    How should Joe Biden handle Donald Trump’s post-presidency? Gerald Ford provides a guide

    President Donald Trump has achieved many shameful firsts. He is the first sitting president to refuse to accept his reelection loss, making him a historic loser. He is the first president to urge his followers to commit an insurrection so he can stay in power. And he is the first president to be impeached twice. That’s just a shortlist....

    Critics to McConnell: Trump would already be convicted ‘if the Senate trial were a right-wing judicial confirmation’
    Jan19

    Critics to McConnell: Trump would already be convicted ‘if the Senate trial were a right-wing judicial confirmation’

    With the U.S. Senate set to reconvene Tuesday—President Donald Trump’s final full day in office—progressives are demanding that the chamber immediately get to work on convicting the outgoing incumbent for provoking the violent mob attack on the Capitol Building earlier this month and barring him from holding office again in the...

    Three samples of ice cream tested positive for COVID-19 in China
    Jan19

    Three samples of ice cream tested positive for COVID-19 in China

    Pat Gray discussed a report released on Friday about COVID-19-contaminated ice cream produced in China by Tianjin Daqiaodao Food Company. “It’s likely this has come from a person, and without knowing the details, I think this is probably a one-off,” Dr. Stephen Griffin, a virologist based at the University of Leeds, told Sky...

    Chinese ice cream tests positive for COVID-19
    Jan17

    Chinese ice cream tests positive for COVID-19

    Ice cream in China has been contaminated with COVID-19, according to a new report. During recent routine government testing, three samples from the ice cream manufacturer tested positive for coronavirus. The tainted ice cream was produced by the Tianjin Daqiaodao Food Company, a frozen dessert business located in north China’s Tianjin...

    Ukrainians Sing And Dance The Old Year Out And The New One In
    Jan16

    Ukrainians Sing And Dance The Old Year Out And The New One In

    Old and young danced, sang, and marched from morning till morning in Krasnoyilsk, a village in southern Ukraine close to the Romanian border, to see in the new year according to the popular Malanka tradition — sometimes referred to as the Ukrainian Mardi Gras. Falling near the end of the month-long holiday season, Malanka is how Ukrainians...

    Biden Names Iran, Ukraine Veterans To Top State Department Posts
    Jan16

    Biden Names Iran, Ukraine Veterans To Top State Department Posts

    U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Wendy Sherman, the country’s lead negotiator of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, to be the No. 2 official at the State Department. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Biden Fills Out State Department Team With Obama Veterans
    Jan16

    Biden Fills Out State Department Team With Obama Veterans

    President-elect Joe Biden is filling out his State Department team with a group of former career diplomats and veterans of the Obama administration, signaling his desire to return to a more traditional foreign policy after four years of uncertainty and unpredictability under President Donald Trump. A transition official said Biden intends to...

    Here’s why Rudy Giuliani is having an absolutely terrible week
    Jan16

    Here’s why Rudy Giuliani is having an absolutely terrible week

    On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department placed sanctions on seven foreign members of Rudy Giuliani’s inner circle who sought to interfere in the U.S. election and sway the results in Trump’s favor. The president has also reportedly dropped his reliance on Giuliani for his second impeachment trial, refusing to pay Giuliani for his...