Section: Voice of America (USA)
US House Expected to Pass Resolution on Impeachment Process
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass a resolution Thursday formally setting out the process by which committees will continue carrying out the inquiry into whether President Donald Trump should face impeachment.The vote is likely to show the divide in the House between the majority Democrats whose leaders have argued there was no...
House Democrats Summon Bolton for Impeachment Inquiry
House Democrats have summoned former national security adviser John Bolton to testify next week in their impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. media outlets reported Wednesday. Several other witnesses have testified that Bolton was deeply disturbed that Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was working behind the...
Hungary’s Orban: Good Relations With Russia Are Necessity
Hungary’s prime minster said Wednesday after hosting a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that good relations with Russia are a necessity because of his country’s geographical location.Analysts see Prime Minister Viktor Orban as Putin’s closest ally in the European Union and Hungary has long advocated for the end of...
6 Key Questions About the House Vote on the Impeachment Process
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Thursday on a resolution to formalize the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Here’s what it means:What is the House voting on?The resolution outlines a process for carrying out the impeachment inquiry into alleged wrongdoing by Trump in a phone call with Ukraine’s...
2 US Diplomats: Trump Viewed Ukraine as Corrupt
Two career U.S. diplomats are testifying Wednesday during the impeachment inquiry targeting President Donald Trump that the president held a deeply negative view of Ukraine as a corrupt country that complicated diplomatic efforts to bolster Washington’s relations with Kyiv and support its fight against Russian separatists in the eastern...
NATO Chief Calls For Russian Troop Withdrawal From Ukraine
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has welcomed the withdrawal of Ukrainian and Russia-backed separatist forces from a frontline area in eastern Ukraine, but reiterated calls for Moscow to “withdraw all their troops.””We welcome all efforts to reduce tensions,” Stoltenberg said during a visit to the Ukrainian port...
Denmark Allows Russia-Germany Gas Pipeline
Denmark said Wednesday that it is giving permission for a joint German-Russian underwater gas pipeline to be laid through its territory, in a blow to the United States, which had fiercely opposed the project.The decision by the Danish Energy Agency to approve the Nord Stream 2 pipeline’s route is a victory for the governments of Russia and...
US Appeals Court Blocks Release of Unredacted Mueller Report Pending Appeal
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday issued a stay that blocks the release to a congressional committee of an unredacted copy of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report detailing Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell on Friday ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to hand over by...
President Zelenskiy Makes Ukraine Investment Pitch in Shadow of War Zone
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy promised to create a level playing field for businesses on Tuesday as he made an investment pitch for Ukraine in the unlikely venue of Mariupol, a port city 20 km (12 miles) from a rumbling separatist conflict.A popular comedian who won a landslide election in April with no prior political experience, Zelenskiy came...
Kyiv Starts Troop Withdrawal From Eastern Ukraine Town
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystayko said a planned troop withdrawal has started in the town of Zolote in the eastern Luhansk region, where Ukrainian armed forces have been fighting Russia-backed separatists for more than five years.”The withdrawal is taking place right now, we are beginning [the process] today,” Prystayko said...
