Ukraine

By Lee BerthiaumeThe Canadian PressSun., June 14, 2020timer2 min. readOTTAWA—The Canadian Armed Forces is deploying military trainers back to Ukraine as it looks to restart some of the many missions and exercises temporarily suspended or scaled back because of COVID-19.Canada first deployed around 200 troops to Ukraine to train local…

OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces is deploying military trainers back to Ukraine as it looks to restart some of the many missions and exercises temporarily suspended or scaled back because of COVID-19. OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces is deploying military trainers back to Ukraine as it looks to restart…

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton in his forthcoming memoir alleges that President Trump's misconduct wasn't limited to his dealings with Ukraine, reported Axios. The book, "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir," is a tell-all account of Bolton's time serving with the Trump administration. The White House has sought…

KYIV, Ukraine — Authorities have allowed foreign parents into Ukraine to collect babies who were born to surrogate mothers and stranded in the eastern European country due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ukraine’s human rights ombudswoman, Lyudmila Denisova, said Wednesday that 31 couples had arrived and been united with their children.…

WASHINGTON/KIEV (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund’s executive board approved on Tuesday a $5 billion loan deal for Ukraine that Kiev says is needed to stave off default as the coronavirus pandemic plunges the Eastern European country’s economy into recession.FILE PHOTO - The logo of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),…

Like many working parents, Vlada Lotkina, the founder and CEO of ClassTag, wanted to be more involved in her daughter’s preschool education. A paper notice about an upcoming field trip, squeezed between messy folders in a backpack, begged for smart technology around parent-teacher communication, she recalls. Lotkina turned to other…

By: | Published: June 3, 2020 2:16:36 pm In this handout photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks to media at a briefing after the Security Council meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro…

During long train rides across Ukraine as a kid in the 1990s, Sasha Maslov amused himself by leaning out the window, as far as possible, to glimpse what lay ahead. What intrigued him most were the tiny pastel-colored houses with pointed tile roofs and elaborate ironwork that sat near railroad…

The State Department is passing over many qualified career diplomats for ambassadorships.Instead, the roles are being packed with an unprecedented number of unqualified political appointees.This will create a disaster for our US foreign policy.Brett Bruen was the director of global engagement in the Obama White House and a career American…

By Steve Holland and Jonathan LandayWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it would withdraw from the 35-nation Open Skies treaty allowing unarmed surveillance flights over member countries, the Trump administration's latest move to pull the country out of a major global treaty.The administration said Russia had repeatedly…