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    March of 100,000 marks week 7 of Belarus protests
    Sep20

    March of 100,000 marks week 7 of Belarus protests

    Sunday, September 20 , 2020 - 20:02 (EET) Section: KXAN (USA)

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Tens of thousands of Belarusians calling for the authoritarian president to resign marched through the capital Sunday as the country’s wave of protests entered its seventh week. Hundreds of soldiers blocked off the center of Minsk, deploying water cannons and armored personnel carriers and erecting barbed wire barriers....

    Pandemic retools diplomacy as world leaders gather virtually
    Sep20

    Pandemic retools diplomacy as world leaders gather virtually

    Sunday, September 20 , 2020 - 0:02 (EET) Section: KXAN (USA)

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — With COVID-19 still careening across the planet, the annual gathering of its leaders in New York will be replaced this year by a global patchwork of prerecorded speeches, another piece of upheaval in a deeply divided world turned topsy-turvy by a pandemic with no endpoint in sight. As U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres...

    Civilian Casualties Drop in Eastern Ukraine as Cease-fire Holds
    Sep20

    Civilian Casualties Drop in Eastern Ukraine as Cease-fire Holds

    Sunday, September 20 , 2020 - 0:02 (EET) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    U.N. officials say a cease-fire that took effect in July in eastern Ukraine appears to be holding and has resulted in a significant drop in civilian casualties.The cease-fire between the Ukrainian government and Russian-backed separatists is giving rise to hope that the period of relative calm, the longest since the conflict began in April 2014,...

    Rights group: More than 200 women detained at Minsk protest
    Sep19

    Rights group: More than 200 women detained at Minsk protest

    Saturday, September 19 , 2020 - 22:02 (EET) Section: KXAN (USA)

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Police in the capital of Belarus cracked down sharply Saturday on a women’s protest march demanding the authoritarian president’s resignation, arresting more than 200 including an elderly woman who has become a symbol of the six weeks of protest that have roiled the country. More than 2,000 women took part in the...

    Behind Trump’s Turkish ‘bromance’: Lev Parnas, oligarchs and a lucrative lobbying deal
    Sep19

    Behind Trump’s Turkish ‘bromance’: Lev Parnas, oligarchs and a lucrative lobbying deal

    Saturday, September 19 , 2020 - 15:02 (EET) Section: NBC (USA)

    Turkey’s effort to influence the Trump White House began at the Watergate, in a meeting brokered by a figure from the Ukraine impeachment saga, Lev Parnas. …read more Source::...

    ‘Color Revolution’: The Obama Admin’s plan UPEND America—and it’s all happening NOW
    Sep19

    ‘Color Revolution’: The Obama Admin’s plan UPEND America—and it’s all happening NOW

    Saturday, September 19 , 2020 - 3:02 (EET) Section: The Blaze (USA)

    The former ambassador to Russia under the Obama Administration, Michael McFaul, came up with “7 Pillars of Color Revolution,” a list of seven steps needed to incite the type of revolution used to upend Eastern European countries like Ukraine and Georgia in the past two decades. On his TV special this week, Glenn Beck broke down the...

    On Ukraine’s Border, the Coronavirus Ends a Hasidic Pilgrimage
    Sep19

    On Ukraine’s Border, the Coronavirus Ends a Hasidic Pilgrimage

    Saturday, September 19 , 2020 - 1:02 (EET) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    After days of pleading to enter Ukraine despite virus travel restrictions, some pilgrims sang the country’s national anthem, to no avail. Most turned back on Friday. …read more Source:: The New York...

    Commentary: Turns out ‘never-Trumper’ Lt. Col. Vindman’s problem with elected governance is what set impeachment in motion
    Sep18

    Commentary: Turns out ‘never-Trumper’ Lt. Col. Vindman’s problem with elected governance is what set impeachment in motion

    Friday, September 18 , 2020 - 19:02 (EET) Section: The Blaze (USA)

    Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who likely set impeachment in motion, recently declared himself a “never-Trumper” in an interview with NBC News — though he claims it’s a newfound faith, and with some irony is blasting the White House for a leak. Readers of “Abuse of Power: Inside The Three-Year Campaign to Impeach Donald...

    Russian military says US flights near Crimea fuel tensions
    Sep18

    Russian military says US flights near Crimea fuel tensions

    Friday, September 18 , 2020 - 19:02 (EET) Section: KXAN (USA)

    MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military on Friday accused the U.S. and its allies of provoking tensions in the Black Sea region with a sharp increase in the number of bomber patrols and intelligence flights. Col.-Gen. Sergei Rudskoi, head of the Russian General Staff’s main operational department, charged that the U.S. and other members of NATO...

    Russian military says US flights near Crimea fuel tensions
    Sep18

    Russian military says US flights near Crimea fuel tensions

    Friday, September 18 , 2020 - 19:02 (EET) Section: The Washington Post (USA)

    The Russian military is accusing the U.S. and its allies of provoking tensions in the Black Sea region with a sharp increase in the number of bomber patrols and intelligence flights …read more Source:: The Washington...