Ukraine

Merkel to meet Putin in Moscow for talks on Mideast crises

9:24 pm January 6, 2020

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Moscow on Saturday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid growing tensions in the Middle East and elsewhere, officials said Monday. Merkel and Putin will discuss “current international questions,” said Steffen Seibert, the chancellor’s spokesman. Those will include Syria, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Ukraine and bilateral ties. […]

Bird flu kills 25,000 turkeys in eastern Poland, sparks cull

7:44 pm January 2, 2020

Warsaw: Authorities in eastern Poland say bird flu is responsible for the deaths of at least 25,000 turkeys in poultry farms near the country’s borders with Ukraine and Belarus. Polish veterinary authorities on Thursday were planning to cull tens of thousands of birds in the Lubartow area, a major poultry farming region. Police were blocking […]

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo to travel to Ukraine in January

8:08 pm December 30, 2019

Washington: Top US diplomat Mike Pompeo will travel to Ukraine, the country at the heart of the ongoing impeachment process against President Donald Trump, during a diplomatic tour in January, the State Department said on Monday. Pompeo, who will also visit Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Cyprus, will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, spokeswoman Morgan […]

Trump tweets video with 'white power' chant, then deletes it

Trump retweets post naming alleged whistleblower

3:12 pm December 29, 2019

WEST PALM BEACH, FlORIDA: President Donald Trump retweeted a post that included the alleged name of the anonymous whistleblower whose complaint ultimately led to Trump’s impeachment by the House. Just before midnight Friday, Trump retweeted a message from Twitter user @Surfermom77, an account that claims to be a woman named Sophia who lives in California. […]

Trump conduct ‘beyond anything Nixon did’: House impeachment chair

9:41 am November 22, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump went beyond anything done by disgraced predecessor Richard Nixon in withholding military aid from Ukraine to demand dirt on a potential 2020 rival, the Democratic chair of the House impeachment panel alleged Thursday. “What we’ve seen here is far more serious than a third-rate burglary of the Democratic headquarters,” House Intelligence […]