Sanctioned Oligarch Abramovich Seen At Russia-Ukraine Talks
ISTANBUL (AP) — Soccer club owner. Ally of Vladimir Putin. Sanctioned oligarch. Could diplomatic go-between be added to the resume of Roman Abramovich?
The 55-year-old billionai...
Ukraine, Russia Hold New Talks Aimed At Ending The Fighting
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The first face-to-face talks in two weeks between Russia and Ukraine began Tuesday in Turkey, raising flickering hopes there could be progress toward ending a ...
Russian Oligarch Abramovich Suffered Symptoms ‘Consistent With Chemical Poisoning’ At Ukraine-Russia Negotiations
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Sources close to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich confirmed Monday that he had suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning at peace talks on the Ukraine-Belar...
Russia Says It Will Cut Back Operations Near Ukraine Capital
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s deputy defense minister said that Moscow has decided to “fundamentally ... cut back" operations near the capital and another major city to “increase m...
Biden Says ‘I Make No Apologies’ For Calling For Putin’s Removal, Says He Was Expressing ‘Moral Outrage,’ Not New Policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that he is “not walking anything back” after his weekend comment that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power," a...
‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Signed By Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Monday that forbids instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, a...
Judge: Trump Likely Committed Crimes Related To Election
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday asserted it is “more likely than not” that former President Donald Trump committed crimes in his attempt to stop the certification of th...
New York State’s Stalled Holocaust Education Bill Is Given New Boost
NEW YORK (JTA) - State Senator Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck) brought a Holocaust exhibit to Albany last week to draw attention to a bill that would deepen and expand Holocaust educati...
Ukraine Leader Says He Seeks Peace ‘Without Delay’ In Talks
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine could declare neutrality and offer security guarantees to Russia to secure peace "without delay,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ahead of another p...
Arab, US Top Diplomats In Israel As Mideast Dynamic Shifts
SDE BOKER, Israel (AP) — Israel on Monday hosted the foreign ministers of four Arab nations and the United States in a bid to strengthen its position in a rapidly shifting Middle E...
Israeli PM Tests Positive For COVID, Is Working From Home
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s prime minister has tested positive for the coronavirus and is working from home, his office said Monday, after he held a series of in-person meetin...
Ukrainian Military Intel: Russia May Try To Split Up Country ‘Under Korean Scenario’
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s military intelligence chief says that Russia could try to break Ukraine in two.
Kyrylo Budanov said in remarks released by the Defense Ministry on Sund...
Madeleine Albright’s Role In Israeli-Palestinian Diplomacy Reverberates To This Day
“Close the gates! Close the gates!” It sounds like lines ripped out of a movie, but it was Madeleine Albright running in her heels in the United States ambassador’s residence in Pa...
Zelenskyy: West Needs More Courage In Helping Ukraine Fight
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the West of lacking courage as his country fights to stave off Russia's invasion, making an exasperated plea fo...
German Family Minister Anne Spiegel Visits Refugees From Odessa Childrens Home Hosted By Local Chabad
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Germany’s Family Minister Anne Spiegel, a member of the government cabinet, paid a special visit to the Chabad House in Berlin last week. The Chabad House is c...
Israel Hosts Foreign Ministers Of US, Bahrain, Morocco And Egypt At Historic Negev Summit
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will host his counterparts from the US, UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt today, in a historic summit at the Negev kibbutz o...
DeSantis Signs Bill Targeting Explicit Books In Schools
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Saying Florida public schools are making sexually explicit books available to children, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Friday to give parents a...
Trump DC Hotel Gets Ok To Sell To Miami Investment Fund
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's luxury hotel near the White House, which drew diplomats, lobbyists and plenty of controversy while he was president, received government approval Fri...
Biden Budget Seeks Minimum Tax On Households Worth $100M
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden intends to propose a minimum tax of 20% on households worth more than $100 million and cut projected budget deficits by more than $1 trillion ...
Biden Mistakenly Tells US Soldiers They’re Going to Ukraine?
POLAND (VINnews) — On Friday, President Biden appeared to tell US soldiers that they are heading to Ukraine.
In his latest blunder, Biden told US troops in Poland Friday that th...