Oct 15 Trump won’t confirm whether he has spoken with Putin, but says it would be ‘smart’ if he did By Associated Press Journalist Bob Woodward reported in his new book, “War,” that former President Donald Trump has had as many as seven private phone calls with Putin since leaving office and secretly sent the Russian president COVID-19 test machines during the height… Continue reading
Oct 08 Trump had as many as 7 private calls with Putin since leaving office, Bob Woodward writes in new book By Michelle L. Price, Meg Kinnard, Associated Press Bob Woodward writes in his new book “War” that Donald Trump has had as many as seven private phone calls with Vladimir Putin since leaving office and that he secretly sent the Russian president COVID-19 test machines in 2020. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 4:11 Zelenskyy visits Trump as election holds high stakes for Ukraine’s future By Stephanie Sy, Eliot Barnhart Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is heading back to his home country after a whirlwind week of meetings with leaders in the U.S. His final sit-down was with Donald Trump, whose current presidential bid holds high stakes for U.S. support for… Continue watching
Sep 25 Putin lowers nuclear response threshold as he renews warnings to the West over Ukraine By Associated Press In a strong, new warning to the West, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that any nation’s conventional attack on Russia that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country. Continue reading
Sep 25 WATCH: Trump suggests Ukraine should have made concessions to Putin before Russian invasion during N.C. campaign stop By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump described Ukraine in bleak terms Wednesday, referring to its people as “dead” and the country itself as “demolished." His remarks, at a North Carolina event billed as an economic speech, come on the heels of a… Continue reading
Sep 25 WATCH: Zelenskyy urges UN General Assembly to seek ‘real, just peace’ for Ukraine By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press At a time when he faces growing pressure from Western allies and some of his fellow Ukrainians to negotiate a cease-fire, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the U.N. General Assembly there's no alternative to the “peace formula” he presented two years… Continue reading
Aug 20 Fire rages for a third day at a Russian oil depot targeted in a Ukrainian drone attack By Illia Novikov, Associated Press Russian authorities struggled Tuesday to put out a massive fire in the southern Rostov region for a third consecutive day after an oil depot was hit by Ukrainian drones, as Kyiv's forces also pushed into Russia's Kursk region. Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch 8:41 Former U.S. diplomat shares details of Russia’s ‘war against the West’ in new book By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi Over the past decade, the U.S.-Russia relationship has deteriorated to its lowest point since the Cold War. Ambassador John Sullivan had a front-row seat to all of it and wrote about it in his new book, “Midnight in Moscow: A… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch 9:50 Ukrainian forces push farther into Russia despite Putin’s efforts to counter incursion By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi Ukraine said it blasted its way deeper into the Kursk region of Russia where it has captured dozens of towns and settlements and taken Russians prisoner. It's the largest cross-border attack since Russia invaded and the largest presence of foreign… Continue watching
Aug 04 What is the IBA? Governing body behind Olympic boxing storm has Russian ties, troubled history By Greg Beacham, Associated Press The allegations that Olympic boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting failed an eligibility test for women's competition have been made by only the International Boxing Association. The Russian-dominated organization is also the only governing body that has ever been permanently… Continue reading