Trump’s Dishonesty – That’s His Specialty
DonkeyHotey via Flickr.com It is not a secret that Trump is dishonest and untrustworthy. Fact checkers document such: As of July 9, the Washington Post’s “Fact Checker’s Database” had tallied 20,055...
View ArticleTrump Does Putin’s Bidding
Dreamstime From the moment Donald Trump attained the presidency, he has gone out of his way to take actions that will benefit Putin and Russia. Their relationship came out in the open during the...
View ArticleU.S. to base additional troops in Germany in reversal of Trump policy
BERLIN (Reuters) – The United States will ramp up its forces in Germany amid the latest tensions with Russia over Ukraine, abandoning former President Donald Trump’s plans to withdraw around 12,000 of...
View ArticleUK’s Johnson hails Biden as ‘a big breath of fresh air’
CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed U.S. President Joe Biden as “a big breath of fresh air” on Thursday because he wanted to work with London on a huge range of...
View Article5 things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine – and why the US is...
Tatsiana Kulakevich, University of South Florida U.S. officials ordered most of the U.S. embassy personnel in Kyiv to evacuate on Feb. 12, as they warned that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could come...
View ArticleNATO: Russia is continuing its military build-up near Ukraine
Published by DPA NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says that the alliance has “not seen any de-escalation on the ground” despite announcements from Russia about the pullback of troops stationed...
View ArticleBiden’s showdown with Putin undercuts his face-off with China
President Joe Biden seems to have won the first round by pushing Russia’s Vladimir Putin to start withdrawing at least a handful of troops massed along Ukraine’s border. He may have set the ball...
View ArticleU.S. says war appears imminent after shelling on Ukraine front line
Published by Reuters By Dmitry Antonov and Pavel Polityuk MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday there was now every indication Russia was planning to invade Ukraine,...
View ArticleWhat are false flag attacks – and could Russia make one work in the...
The Russian and Ukrainian governments both blamed forces aligned with the other for mortar fire in eastern Ukraine and for using the accusations as justification for increased aggression. AP...
View ArticleUkraine President laments frequent warnings that “war will happen tomorrow”.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that almost daily predictions of an imminent Russian invasion of his country were imposing economic costs by terrorizing his people, crushing his...
View ArticleBiden agrees in principle to Ukraine summit with Putin
Published by Reuters UK (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed in principle to a summit over Ukraine, the U.S. and French leaders said, offering a...
View ArticlePutin says he may recognise breakaway regions of Ukraine (UPDATED)
Published by Reuters By Dmitry Antonov and Michel Rose MOSCOW/PARIS (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he was considering a request by two regions of eastern Ukraine held by...
View ArticleExplainer-How Western sanctions might target Russia
Published by Reuters By Karin Strohecker (Reuters) -The United States and its allies are coordinating new sanctions on Russia after Moscow recognised two regions in eastern Ukraine as independent,...
View ArticleUkraine crisis: Putin recognizes breakaway regions, Biden orders limited...
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, right, signed decrees recognizing the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics on February 21, 2022. Alexei Nikolsky/Russian Presidential Press and...
View ArticlePRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S FULL STATEMENT ON RUSSIA’S ATTACK ON UKRAINE
President Joe Biden has issued this statement on Russia’s attack on Ukraine: The prayers of the entire world are with the people of Ukraine tonight as they suffer an unprovoked and unjustified attack...
View ArticleAnalysis-Putin’s Ukraine assault confounds Biden strategy, puts leadership to...
Published by Reuters By Matt Spetalnick, Simon Lewis and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – He threatened to impose the harshest sanctions ever on Russia. He worked to galvanize U.S. allies into a...
View ArticlePutin’s Ukraine invasion could be a first step to his own ouster
By expanding his invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s Vladimir Putin has taken the first historic steps towards the suffocation of his own authoritarian rule. His regime could meet a graceless end but Russia...
View ArticleEU eyes Ukrainian membership, could be bargaining chip in Russia talks
Published by Reuters UK By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union leaders may discuss the possibility of Ukrainian membership at an informal summit in March, a senior EU official said on...
View ArticleUkraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
Published by Reuters (Reuters) – Here’s what you need to know about the Ukraine crisis right now: HEADLINES * Moscow faced increasing isolation on Tuesday as President Vladimir Putin showed no sign of...
View ArticlePutin’s Madness
How does the world deal with a madman who controls one of the largest nuclear arsenals in the world and appears to be deranged and blatantly paranoid? Very carefully. But will that be enough. He has...
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