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    How President Trump Is Undercutting Pompeo in a Dispute Over Turkey’s Purchase of a Russian Missile System
    Aug02

    How President Trump Is Undercutting Pompeo in a Dispute Over Turkey’s Purchase of a Russian Missile System

    During his two and a half years in the Trump Administration, Mike Pompeo has mostly managed to stay on President Donald Trump’s good side, even as other senior officials have come and gone. But the Secretary of State’s relationship with the President is now being tested after an apparent split over whether or not to further punish...

    U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Russia Over Skripal Poisoning
    Aug02

    U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Russia Over Skripal Poisoning

    By Steve Holland and Maria Tsvetkova WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed another round of sanctions on Russia over the poisoning of a former spy in Britain, the White House said on Friday, a move Moscow said would hurt already strained U.S.-Russia ties. Recent Stories in National Security U.S. Imposes New...

    Russia Says New US Sanctions Over Skripal Poisoning Hurt Ties
    Aug02

    Russia Says New US Sanctions Over Skripal Poisoning Hurt Ties

    Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday a move by the United States to impose another round of sanctions on Moscow over the poisoning of a former spy in Britain hurt ties and was regrettable.Washington last year imposed a first batch of sanctions on Russia after determining that Moscow had used a nerve agent against a former...

    Intrigue As Zelenskiy Says He Has Not Signed Chief Of Staff’s Resignation Letter
    Aug02

    Intrigue As Zelenskiy Says He Has Not Signed Chief Of Staff’s Resignation Letter

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has confirmed that his chief of staff, Andriy Bohdan, has filed his resignation letter just two months after taking the post, but that the president has not signed it. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Prosecutors And Rick Gates Take Step Towards His Sentencing
    Aug02

    Prosecutors And Rick Gates Take Step Towards His Sentencing

    Federal prosecutors and Rick Gates on Thursday took a step toward beginning the sentencing process for the former Trump campaign advisor, who made a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller in February 2018. In a joint court filing Thursday evening signed by D.C. U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu, whose office has taken over Gates’s case since...

    Ukrainian President’s Chief of Staff Tries to Quit After Two Months
    Aug02

    Ukrainian President’s Chief of Staff Tries to Quit After Two Months

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff sent in a letter of resignation, after two months in his job, but Zelenskiy has not signed it, according to a statement on the presidential website on Friday.Mystery has surrounded the status of Andriy Bogdan, the head of the presidential administration, since Thursday evening. The...

    Head of Ukrainian Presidential Office Submits Letter of Resignation
    Aug02

    Head of Ukrainian Presidential Office Submits Letter of Resignation

    KIEV (Reuters) – The head of the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has submitted his letter of resignation after two months in the… …read more Source: U.S....

    Dozens Of Activists Protest Ukrainian Anticorruption Activist’s Unsolved Killing
    Aug02

    Dozens Of Activists Protest Ukrainian Anticorruption Activist’s Unsolved Killing

    Several dozen people on August 1 staged a protest outside the building of Ukraine’s Security Service in Kyiv over the lack of progress in the investigation into the death of a Ukrainian anti-corruption activist. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Kyiv Mayor Klitschko, President Zelenskiy Battle Over City Management Rights
    Aug02

    Kyiv Mayor Klitschko, President Zelenskiy Battle Over City Management Rights

    Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko is heading for a legal collision course with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy over keeping his executive powers as the head of the city state administration. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Poland Waives Tax for Young Employees to Counter Brain Drain
    Aug01

    Poland Waives Tax for Young Employees to Counter Brain Drain

    Poland on Thursday scrapped its personal income tax for young employees earning less than $22,000 a year, as part of a drive to reverse a brain drain and demographic decline that’s dimming the prospects of a country that is otherwise experiencing strong economic growth.A new law by the right-wing government took effect Thursday, slashing...