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John Bolton declines to appear for impeachment inquiry

November 7, 2019 Comments Off on John Bolton declines to appear for impeachment inquiry

Jennifer Williams, a special adviser to Vice President Mike Pence for Europe and Russia who is a career Foreign Service officer, arrives for a closed-door interview in the impeachment inquiry on President Donald Trump's efforts to press Ukraine to investigate his political rival, Joe Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Former national security adviser John Bolton failed to show up for an interview with impeachment investigators Thursday, making it unlikely that he will provide any testimony to the House about President Donald Trump's handling of Ukraine.

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Impeachment probe: Diplomat says he knows why US aid withheld

November 5, 2019 Comments Off on Impeachment probe: Diplomat says he knows why US aid withheld

Gordon Sondland, center, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, on Tuesday said he now recalls telling a top aide to the president of Ukraine that military aid to the Eastern European country would likely not resume until the nation had provided a statement sought by President Donald Trump. (AP File Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

WASHINGTON — In a striking reversal, a top diplomat revised his testimony in the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump to acknowledge he understood that U.S. aid to Ukraine was being withheld until the country promised to investigate corruption. ...

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Florida men tied to Giuliani arrested on campaign charges

October 10, 2019 Comments Off on Florida men tied to Giuliani arrested on campaign charges

This Facebook screen shot provided by The Campaign Legal Center shows, from left, Donald Trump Jr., Tommy Hicks Jr., Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, posted on May 21, 2018. Parnas and Fruman were arrested on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, on campaign finance violations resulting from a donation to a political action committee supporting President Donald Trump's reelection. (The Campaign Legal Center via AP)

WASHINGTON — Two businessmen tied to efforts by President Donald Trump’s lawyer to get Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son were charged Thursday with campaign finance violations in the U.S. The charges relate to a ...

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Pompeo acknowledges he was on Trump call at center of probe

October 2, 2019 Comments Off on Pompeo acknowledges he was on Trump call at center of probe

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets the media in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Italy at the start of a four-nation tour of Europe as the push to impeach President Donald Trump gains steam at home. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged on Wednesday that he was on the July phone call between President Donald Trump and the Ukraine president that's at the center of the House impeachment inquiry. But Pompeo continued to push back against what he said was Democrats' "bullying and intimidation."

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U.S. judge finds lawyers gamed system

April 18, 2016 Comments Off on U.S. judge finds lawyers gamed system

Federal judges assails lawyers heads news summary that includes Arabic speaker, Ukrainian court and "Confirmation" fact check.

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Former Ukrainian president sues Ukraine

October 19, 2015 Comments Off on Former Ukrainian president sues Ukraine

Ousted Ukrainian president sues Ukraine heads news summary that includes insurance for right-to-die drugs, no forcible medication for accused killer and John Grisham's latest.

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Airlines hurt as Ukraine crisis lifts oil price

March 12, 2014 Comments Off on Airlines hurt as Ukraine crisis lifts oil price

The global airlines industry on Wednesday lowered its profit forecast for this year after the Ukrainian crisis caused a spike in the price of fuel.

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4 Russians, 1 Ukrainian charged in massive corporate hacking case

July 25, 2013 Comments Off on 4 Russians, 1 Ukrainian charged in massive corporate hacking case

NEWARK, N.J. — Four Russian nationals and a Ukrainian have been charged with running a sophisticated hacking organization that penetrated computer networks of more than a dozen major American and international corporations over seven years, stealing and selling at least ...

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Ciena’s selected for first optical network in Eastern Europe

October 10, 2011 Comments Off on Ciena’s selected for first optical network in Eastern Europe

Ciena Corp. of Linthicum, a manufacturer of fiber-optic network equipment, announced it has been selected by Eurotranstelecom, a Ukranian telecomm operator and long-standing Ciena client, for the first commercial deployment in Eastern Europe of a 100G optical network. The project ...

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Shocking number of animals dying at Kiev Zoo

March 23, 2011 Comments Off on Shocking number of animals dying at Kiev Zoo

KIEV, Ukraine — An Indian elephant called Boy, the pride of the Kiev Zoo, collapsed and died in his enclosure. Around the same time, Maya the camel succumbed to a digestive illness and Theo the zebra died after crashing into ...

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