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    AG Barr: ‘No reason’ to appoint special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden
    Dec21

    AG Barr: ‘No reason’ to appoint special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden

    Outgoing Attorney General William Barr said Monday he saw “no reason” to appoint a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden. Barr, in his final press conference before leaving the Trump administration, assured reporters that the investigation into Biden’s business dealings with foreign associates is “being handled...

    How Russia’s Feminist Poets Are Changing What it Means to Protest
    Dec21

    How Russia’s Feminist Poets Are Changing What it Means to Protest

    When Russian poet Galina Rymbu saw images from online flash mobs protesting the arrest of LGBT feminist activist Yulia Tsvetkova in June, she knew she had to add her voice in support. Tsvetkova is based in the Khabarovsk region in the far-east of Russia and has been fined multiple times under Russia’s “gay propaganda” law. The 27-year-old...

    How Long Can This Continue?
    Dec20

    How Long Can This Continue?

    On Friday, December 18, the secretary of the Army and the Army chief of staff formally disavowed any intention of participating in a military coup: “There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election.”That’s a fine statement, in line with the long-standing traditions of the U.S. military. It’s...

    About 100 anti-govt protesters detained in Belarus capital
    Dec20

    About 100 anti-govt protesters detained in Belarus capital

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Around 100 people were detained in the Belarusian capital on Sunday during the anti-government protests that were prompted by the reelection of the country’s authoritarian leader and continued for over four months. Crowds of people have taken part in dozens of small rallies scattered all around Minsk — a new tactic used...

    President Trump Contradicts Pompeo, Downplaying SolarWinds Cyber Hack
    Dec20

    President Trump Contradicts Pompeo, Downplaying SolarWinds Cyber Hack

    WASHINGTON — Contradicting his secretary of state and other top officials, President Donald Trump suggested without evidence that China — not Russia — may be behind the cyber espionage operation against the United States and tried to minimize its impact. In his first comments on the breach, Trump scoffed at the focus on the Kremlin and downplayed...

    UN Report: Ukrainian Measures to Slow COVID-19 Are Inadequate
    Dec20

    UN Report: Ukrainian Measures to Slow COVID-19 Are Inadequate

    A report submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council criticizes Ukraine’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and warns that the Russian-backed conflict in eastern Ukraine threatens efforts to curb the pandemic. The report, which assesses the impact of COVID-19 on human rights in Ukraine, covers the period from February 20 to December 6....

    With Trump Fading, Ukraine’s President Looks to a Reset With the U.S.
    Dec19

    With Trump Fading, Ukraine’s President Looks to a Reset With the U.S.

    “They roped us in, but I think we behaved with dignity,” Volodymyr Zelensky said of his encounter with American politics. …read more Source:: The New York...

    Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been reduced to selling cigars and coins on YouTube
    Dec19

    Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been reduced to selling cigars and coins on YouTube

    Rudy Giuliani, the personal attorney of Donald Trump, has repeatedly and thoroughly discredited himself by pushing far-fetched lies about how President-elect Joe Biden allegedly stole the election. But just when you thought he couldn’t get any lower, he’s now on YouTube selling cigars and gold coins on his personal YouTube channel.As...

    Russia to Give Icon That Sparked Controversy Back to Bosnia
    Dec19

    Russia to Give Icon That Sparked Controversy Back to Bosnia

    Russia says it will return an Orthodox icon presented to the Russian foreign minister in Bosnia, a gift that has triggered a protest from Ukraine. …read more Source:: U.S....

    Russia to give icon that sparked controversy back to Bosnia
    Dec19

    Russia to give icon that sparked controversy back to Bosnia

    MOSCOW (AP) – Russia said Saturday it will return an Orthodox icon presented to the Russian foreign minister in Bosnia, a gift that has triggered a protest from Ukraine. The presiding Serb member of Bosnia’s three-member presidency, Milorad Dodik, gave the icon to Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov when he …...