Section: Time (USA)
President Trump’s Special Envoy to Ukraine Resigns: U.S. Official
(WASHINGTON) — Kurt Volker, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO caught in the middle of a whistleblower complaint over the President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, resigned Friday from his post as special envoy to the Eastern European nation, according to a U.S. official. The official said Volker told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on...
Reminiscing Over His Pageant Days, President Trump Highlighted a Time Miss Ukraine Won the Miss Universe Title. Except a Miss Ukraine Never Has
(WASHINGTON) — And the crown goes to … not Miss Ukraine. President Donald Trump was recalling his days as the owner of the Miss Universe pageant Wednesday as he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made remarks before their private meeting. “It’s a great thing,” he said of his pageant days. “And we had a winner from Ukraine.” But a...
‘You’ve Caused Hurt and Disappointment.’ Hongkongers Lash Out at Embattled Leader During Town Hall Meeting
Hong Kong’s embattled leader faced a barrage of criticism Thursday night as she held a town hall-style meeting in her first overture to the public since pro-democracy protests erupted in the Chinese-ruled city nearly four months ago. The over two hour-long dialogue, which at times descended into emotional tirades and salvos directed at the...
Ukraine Saw ‘No Connection’ Between U.S. Aid and Trump Request on Biden, Official Says
When President Donald Trump asked his counterpart in Ukraine to help investigate Trump’s political opponents, the Ukrainian President and his team did not see the request as linked to the release of U.S. military aid, a senior Ukrainian official tells TIME on Wednesday. “I’m telling you – no, there was no such connection,” says the...
Justin Trudeau Wants to Keep His Job. First He’ll Have to Confront His Past — and a Changed World
It’s been 84 years since a first-term Canadian Prime Minister with a parliamentary majority lost a bid for re-election, but Justin Trudeau was in a position to shatter that record even before those photos hit the Internet. Blackface is a bad look for any candidate, but it’s especially unbecoming for an incumbent who has built his...
‘They Shouldn’t Be Published.’ Ukrainian Leader Bristles at Release of His Remarks to Trump
(KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s president says his comments in a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump shouldn’t have been publicly released. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is also playing down Ukraine’s investigation of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The White House published a rough transcript of Trump’s...
‘Nobody Pushed Me.’ Ukrainian President Denies Trump Pressured Him to Investigate Biden’s Son
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sat beside President Donald Trump on Wednesday as he denied that the Trump pressured him to investigate former Vice President and current 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son for his work in the country. The two leaders held a meeting at the U.N. one day after Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that...
Hong Kong’s Summer of Unrest Has Been Drawing Inspiration From Ukraine’s Winter on Fire
Just outside a Hong Kong subway station, dozens are gathered around a projector screen, transfixed. They watch footage of riot police advancing towards protestors. After 16 weeks of protests, many in the audience know this type of scene well. They are gathered — along with people at about a dozen street corners, parks and other public spaces...
At the U.N., Trump Focuses on Religious Freedom not Climate
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump made his political priorities clear Monday within an hour of arriving at the United Nations for a three-day visit: He breezed by a major climate change summit to focus instead on religious persecution, an issue that resonates with his evangelical supporters. The climate summit, a centerpiece of this...
France’s President Emmanuel Macron Is Ready to Reset His Troubled Presidency
It’s a bright early September day inside France’s presidential Élysée Palace, and President Emmanuel Macron is reflecting on the grueling 12 months just past, with the so-called Yellow Vests (gilets jaunes) protesters raging across the country, many aiming their fury at him. That was surely enough to rattle any leader. Yet Macron,...
