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    Over 100,000 protest in Belarus for 9th straight Sunday
    Oct05

    Over 100,000 protest in Belarus for 9th straight Sunday

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100,000 people marched in Belarus’ capital for the ninth straight Sunday to protest against the country’s authoritarian leader, who won his sixth term in office in an election widely seen as rigged. The demonstrators demanded the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko, and freedom for political...

    Tens of millions in PPP loans went to corporate polluters after  companies were fined $52 million: analysis
    Oct05

    Tens of millions in PPP loans went to corporate polluters after  companies were fined $52 million: analysis

    I remember as a kid watching President Nixon’s resignation speech on a black-and-white television. That was a simpler and more innocent time. After burglars were caught red-handed breaking into the DNC headquarters at the Watergate Office Complex, Nixon resigned rather than face almost certain removal by the Senate for covering up the...

    New Ukraine decree offers eased rules for Belarus IT workers
    Oct05

    New Ukraine decree offers eased rules for Belarus IT workers

    Ukraine’s president has signed a decree simplifying regulations for IT workers from Belarus who are willing to relocate to the neighboring country amid mass protests and continuing crackdown on demonstrators in Belarus …read more Source:: ABC...

    Shorthanded US Supreme Court Returns with Major Challenges Ahead
    Oct04

    Shorthanded US Supreme Court Returns with Major Challenges Ahead

    The U.S. Supreme Court begins its new nine-month term on Monday buffeted by the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Senate confirmation battle over her successor, the coronavirus pandemic and the approaching presidential election whose outcome the justices may be called upon to help decide.Amid the maelstrom, the shorthanded court...

    In The Crossfire: Ukraine’s Outsized Role In The Race For The White House
    Oct04

    In The Crossfire: Ukraine’s Outsized Role In The Race For The White House

    Ukraine’s role in the U.S. presidential campaign has been more a matter of politics than of policy. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Rights Violations Rampant in Parts of Ukraine, UN Report Says
    Oct04

    Rights Violations Rampant in Parts of Ukraine, UN Report Says

    The United Nations reports widespread human rights violations are rampant in both government- and rebel-controlled areas of Ukraine, as well as in the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula.The report by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has been submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council.There is immediate concern about the...

    Battling Wildfire and Pandemic, Ukraine Faces a New Foe: Landmines
    Oct03

    Battling Wildfire and Pandemic, Ukraine Faces a New Foe: Landmines

    The blaze is setting off mines and other ordnance littering the war zone in eastern Ukraine, hampering already dangerous firefighting and evacuation efforts. …read more Source:: The New York...

    Canada forms own probe into Iran downing of Ukraine plane
    Oct02

    Canada forms own probe into Iran downing of Ukraine plane

    TORONTO (AP) — Canada is forming its own forensic examination and assessment team to examine evidence and information after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shot down a Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing all 176 people on board. The office of Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne told The Associated Press the team will collect,...

    Canada forms own probe into Iran downing of Ukraine plane
    Oct02

    Canada forms own probe into Iran downing of Ukraine plane

    Canada is forming its own forensic examination and assessment team to examine evidence and information after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shot down a Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing all 176 people on board …read more Source:: ABC...

    Belarus, Russia announce retaliatory sanctions against EU
    Oct02

    Belarus, Russia announce retaliatory sanctions against EU

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Friday announced they were imposing sanctions against the European Union, and threatened to revise the country’s diplomatic relations with the bloc, in response to EU sanctions on several dozen Belarus officials accused of falsifying presidential election results and leading a crackdown on...