Washington – The Republican chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs issued a motion to FBI Director Christopher Wray for records related to the agency’s Russian probe, the first to emerge from the investigation. Senate Republicans on the origins of FBI investigations and ties between Democrats …
Read More »Belarus holds elections as street protests rattle strong president
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarus has begun voting in a presidential election on Sunday against Alexander Lukashenko, a former teacher who emerged from obscurity to face the biggest challenge in years against the man who was once “the last dictator of Europe “was named by Washington. A woman wearing a protective …
Read More »EU sanctions Russian, North Korean and Chinese intelligence companies for suspected cyberattacks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Thursday imposed travel and financial sanctions on a department of Russia’s military intelligence service and companies in North Korea and China for their alleged involvement in major cyber attacks worldwide. FILE PHOTO: The flags of the European Union wave outside the headquarters of …
Read More »Germany rejects Trump’s proposal to allow Russia to return to the G7 – Minister of Foreign Affairs – Agricultural products
BERLIN, July 27 (Reuters) – Germany rejected a proposal by United States President Donald Trump to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to return to the more advanced economies of the Group of Seven (G7), Foreign Minister said German Heiko Maas in an interview published on Monday. . Trump raised the …
Read More »Putin and Zelenskiy discuss conflict in eastern Ukraine on the eve of the ceasefire
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Navy Day Parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 26, 2020. Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin / Kremlin via REUTERS MOSCOW / KYIV (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed the conflict in eastern Ukraine and both voiced support for a ceasefire …
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