MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s sudden illness has unleashed his strategy to challenge Vladimir Putin’s grip on power in the upcoming regional elections. But it also exposes a longer-term issue – the leadership vacuum within Russia’s opposition. FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny awaits the start of …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Manhattan top prosecutor told a U.S. court on Thursday that he should be able to get President Donald Trump’s tax return, saying Trump could not immunize himself from a criminal probe into his business practices by pursuing an appeal that ” has no chance of …
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Mike Pompeo’s planned speech to the Republican National Convention has drawn sharp criticism for breaking decades of presidency for incumbent state secretaries to prevent open partisan political activity Due to MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer 24 August 2020, 18:05 hours 5 min reading Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article …
Read More »As president, Biden would not throw all the legacy of Trump’s foreign policy
WASHINGTON / LONDON (Reuters) – When Donald Trump was elected President of the United States in 2016, almost immediately, and with apparent pleasure, he set out to try to demolish Barack Obama’s carefully inherited foreign policy legacy. FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden accepts the nomination of the …
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FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Postal Service employee (USPS) shot a mailbox outside a post office in Royal Oak, Michigan, US August 22, 2020. REUTERS / Rebecca Cook WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Postal Service said on Sunday that a bill by the Democratic-led House of Representatives would “improve its service …
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