Jan 24 Ukraine corruption scandal ousts top officials amid Russian invasion By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press Several senior Ukrainian government officials have lost their jobs as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces a burgeoning corruption scandal. It's Ukraine's biggest shake-up since Russia invaded. Continue reading
Jan 24 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as the U.S. plans to approve Abrams tanks for Ukraine By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press In what would be a reversal, the Biden administration is poised to approve sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday, as international reluctance to send tanks to the battlefront against the Russians begins to erode. Continue reading
Jan 24 WATCH: State Department briefing following report that Ukraine officials fired over corruption By Associated Press Zelenskyy was elected in 2019 on an anti-establishment and anti-corruption platform in a country long gripped by graft, and the new allegations come as Western allies are channeling billions of dollars to help Kyiv fight against Moscow. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 3:34 News Wrap: Poland steps up pressure to send tanks to Ukraine In our news wrap Monday, Poland stepped up the pressure to send tanks to Ukraine forces, the FBI's former top counter-intelligence agent in New York is accused of aiding Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, the White House fended off new questions… Continue watching
Jan 22 Russia official warns West of ‘global catastrophe’ for arming Ukraine By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press The speaker of the lower house of Russia's parliament warned Sunday that countries supplying Ukraine with more powerful weapons risked their own destruction, a message that followed new pledges of armored vehicles, air defense systems and other equipment but not… Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch 2:11 News Wrap: President Lula fires Brazil’s top army commander In our news wrap Saturday, Brazil’s president fired Gen. Julio Cesar de Arruda after calling some members of the army complicit in the Jan. 9 capital riot, Ukraine’s president attended the funeral of officials killed in a helicopter crash, the… Continue watching
Jan 21 Zelenskyy pays respects to those killed in helicopter crash near Kyiv, Ukraine By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held an emotional meeting Saturday morning with the families of those who died in a helicopter crash earlier this week. Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch 3:38 News Wrap: Protests in Peru demand ouster of president and call for new elections In our news wrap Friday, Peru braced for more protests of crowds demanding the ouster of the country's new president and new elections, the Church of England has formally apologized for its treatment of LGBTQ people and what it calls… Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch 10:15 U.S. and European nations sending more arms to Ukraine, but not tanks By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn Ukraine is still battling through a winter of war and still appealing for tanks to help turn the tide against the Russians. The U.S. and dozens of other countries wrestled with that question for more than five hours at a… Continue watching
Jan 20 Biden’s first 2 years in office, by the numbers By Associated Press President Joe Biden notches two years in office on Friday. That represents 730 days since his inauguration. The story of the first half of Biden's term — at least by the numbers — is a mixed bag. Continue reading