World Sep 22, 2020
Stranded babies, sobbing parents: Pandemic splits surrogates from families
China banned surrogacy in 2001 due to concerns poor women were being exploited, but for $35,000 to $75,000 couples can seek women abroad.
National Apr 27, 2020
Japan to extend entry ban to Russia and 13 other countries, Abe says
Japan will deny entry to foreign travelers from a further 14 countries, including Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, strengthening its border controls to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said. With the ban effective starting Wednesday, people ...
World Apr 14, 2020
Fire raging near Ukraine's Chernobyl poses radiation risk, say activists
A huge forest fire in Ukraine that has been raging for more than a week is now just one kilometer from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and poses a radiation risk, Greenpeace Russia warned on Monday, citing satellite images. Ukraine's Emergency Situations Service said ...
World / Crime & Legal Mar 26, 2020
Ex-Ukrainian foreign minister detained over businessman's murder
A former Ukrainian foreign minister was detained on Wednesday on suspicion of murdering the director of a large advertising group, the interior ministry said. Leonid Kozhara, 57, served as foreign minister under Ukraine's Kremlin-friendly president Viktor Yanukovych, ousted in 2014 after bloody pro-Europe street demonstrations. The ...
World Mar 10, 2020
Dutch prosecutors accuse Russia of trying to 'thwart' MH17 investigation
Dutch prosecutors accused Russia on Tuesday of trying to sabotage the investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine in 2014, saying this cast "a dark shadow" over the impending trial of four suspects in the crash. Pretrial hearings began in Amsterdam ...
Commentary / World Feb 17, 2020
Yes, Ukraine matters to the U.S.
by Hal Brands
Now that impeachment is over, we can get back to why keeping Russia at bay is a key element of foreign policy.
World / Politics Feb 11, 2020
U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday confirmed that the Justice Department has received information from President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, ahead of the November election, but that anything originating from Ukraine should not be taken "at face value." Barr spoke at a ...
World / Politics Feb 7, 2020
Ousted ambassador Marie Yovanovitch warns U.S. against 'blind obedience'
The U.S. ambassador whose ouster was cited as evidence in President Donald Trump's impeachment has warned her country against the "blind obedience" to leaders she has witnessed overseas. Marie Yovanovitch, who last year was removed early as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, confirmed in an op-ed ...
World Feb 6, 2020
Tensions mount over Iran's probe into Ukrainian jetliner it downed
Tensions are mounting over Tehran's probe into the January downing of a passenger plane near the Iranian capital, as countries that lost citizens in the disaster criticise the Islamic republic's reticence to share key information. Iran's authorities are examining the incident in which its air ...
World / Crime & Legal Jan 30, 2020
White House bars John Bolton book release over alleged 'top secret' material
The White House told former national security adviser John Bolton that a book reportedly containing damaging evidence for President Donald Trump cannot be published because it breaks secrecy laws. The warning was made in a letter to Bolton's lawyer dated January 23 but only made ...
World / Crime & Legal Jan 30, 2020
Trump attacks John Bolton as U.S. Senate enters new phase in impeachment trial
President Donald Trump unleashed his sharpest attack yet on John Bolton after his former national security adviser depicted Trump as playing a central role in a politically motivated pressure campaign on Ukraine, as the U.S. Senate prepared on Wednesday to enter a new phase ...
World / Politics Jan 28, 2020
U.S. State Department bars NPR reporter from Mike Pompeo trip after testy interview
A correspondent for National Public Radio in the United States has been excluded from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's plane for a trip this week, after a tense exchange between him and another NPR journalist. The association that represents correspondents covering the State Department reported ...