Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
Putin withdraws Russia from International Criminal Court
Putin’s decree, published Wednesday on the Kremlin’s website, comes a day after the U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee approved a resolution condemning Russia’s “temporary occupation of Crimea” and condemned Russia for rights abuses such as discrimination against some Crimeans. …read more...
Ukraine’s police chief resigns, complains of gov’t pressure
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s police chief, who was driving reforms through the country’s notoriously corrupt police force, has resigned after a year in the job, complaining of government pressure. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Bulgaria premier resigns after party loses presidential vote
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s prime minister handed in his resignation to parliament Monday after results showed his party losing badly in the presidential runoff, opening the way for an early parliamentary election. Halfway into its four-year term, Borisov’s coalition government has managed to restore political stability after...
Far-right nationalists congregate on Polish Independence day
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Far-right nationalists, burning flares and carrying Polish flags, marched in large numbers through the streets of Warsaw on Friday to mark Poland’s Independence Day, a yearly ritual that has become one of the largest far-right gatherings in Europe. Some participants burned a Ukrainian flag at the march, which comes...
The Latest: Baltics congratulate Trump, worry about Russia
Despite being worried about an increased Russian military presence, the Baltic nations are still congratulating America’s new leader, Donald Trump. Tensions grew during the U.S. presidential election campaign when Trump floated the idea that NATO members’ defense spending targets would be a prerequisite for the U.S. to defend a NATO...
Governor steps down in corruption-plagued Odessa
MOSCOW — Mikhail Saakashvili, the former Georgian president who became governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region, announced Monday that he is resigning in frustration at what he characterized as obstruction in efforts to root out corruption. Saakashvili announced his resignation in a video posted on his Facebook page, saying he felt “cheated and...
Saakashvili steps down as head of corruption-plagued Odessa
In his Monday resignation announcement, Saakashvili said he regards Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who had appointed him to the governor’s job, as one of those supporting corruption in Odessa, according to the Interfax news agency. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Trump’s trailblazers: Billionaires who turned to politics
Americans have elected presidents with business experience before — among them, George W. Bush, who ran an oil company, and Herbert Hoover, a mining executive. Trump would be the first American president to never have held elected office, or other high-level government or military post. The real estate magnate has long promoted his business...
Russia’s foreign minister says Syria process ‘sabotaged’
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister accused other countries involved in Syrian peace negotiations of having “sabotaged” the process with continued backing of militant groups intent on toppling President Bashar Assad. Lavrov met with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, as part of a...
Hackers: emails show ties between Kremlin, Ukraine rebels
MOSCOW (AP) — A group of Ukrainian hackers has released thousands of emails from an account used by a senior Kremlin official that appear to show close financial and political ties between Moscow and separatist rebels in Eastern Ukraine. The cache published by Ukrainian group CyberHunta reveals contacts between President Vladimir Putin’s...
