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Wednesday 23 September 2020
Ukraine next month is the big one, as the Girls In Green look to make history in reaching Euro 2022.
Maria Kolesnikova was detained while trying to cross overnight into Ukraine.
The hostage situation ended after the president posted about a documentary narrated by actor Joaquin Phoenix.
The assailant was armed and carrying explosives, police said.
A missile fired from territory controlled by pro-Moscow Ukrainian rebels blew the plane out of the sky on 17 July 2014.
A number of small blazes in the wooded area are still burning about 80 km north of Kiev.
Firefighters battled large blazes in the area for 10 days earlier this month.
Strict new Covid-19 measures are now in effect in the capital – here’s what they mean for you.
Hundreds of firefighters have been battling several forest fires around Chernobyl for the past 10 days.
The Ukraine coach sees similarities between the present crisis and the disaster that beset his country in 1986.
The plane travelling between Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur was hit by a Russian-made missile in July 2014.
The Democrats are continuing to push their impeachment case against the President in the Senate.
“The president’s conduct is wrong. It is illegal. It is dangerous,” Jerrold Nadler said.
Donald Trump has denounced the proceedings as “a total hoax”.
The damning assessment comes ahead of the Senate’s impeachment hearing getting under way next week.
American, British and Canadian officials say intelligence sources indicate that Iran shot down the plane.
The plane crashed outside Tehran with the loss of all 176 people on board.
The crash, which killed 176 people, happened shortly after the plane took off yesterday.
The plane had taken off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran.
A mob of pro-Iran demonstrators stormed the US embassy in Baghdad yesterday.
The trip will make Pompeo the most senior US official to visit Kiev since the scandal erupted.
“It means that we have to take that step back from being hand-in-glove with the defence,” Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said.
Trump is accused of withholding $400 million in assistance to Ukraine to push Kiev to investigate his political rival, Joe Biden.
In a letter sent on the eve of his expected impeachment, the US President has maintained that he did nothing wrong.
Biden also invited the man to do “push-ups” and “take an IQ test” to show that he wasn’t too old to run as US President.
From “no quid pro quo” to “two plus two equals four” – here are the crucial quotes from five days of Trump’s impeachment.
Experts have warned about the long-term damage that the popularity of dubious theories could have on US democracy.
Testimony yesterday reinforced that Trump used foreign policy for political aims.
It was the most dramatic day of the impeachment hearings into the US President’s involvement with Ukraine.
His move makes it unlikely that he will provide any testimony to the House about President Donald Trump’s handling of Ukraine.
Yesterday a 317-page transcript of Marie Yovanovitch’s testimony was released.
The diplomat’s account reaches to the highest levels of the Trump administration, drawing in Vice President Mike Pence and acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney.
US acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney insisted however that Trump did nothing wrong.
Joe Biden’s son is at the centre of an impeachment probe against US President Donald Trump.
Andriy Shevchenko’s side have joined Poland, Russia, Italy and Belgium at next summer’s Euros.
The US President is seeking to use an impeachment probe against him as a weapon on the campaign trail.
Ireland got The Vera Era underway with a hard-fought 3-2 Euro 2021 qualifier win over Ukraine last night.
Rianna Jarrett was excellent as the Girls in Green beat second seeds Ukraine 3-2 at Tallaght Stadium.
Vera Pauw’s Ireland are eyeing a ‘positive result’ in tomorrow night’s crunch Euro 2021 qualifier against Ukraine, with a record attendance on the cards.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General said his office is reviewing a number of cases related to an energy firm linked to Joe Biden’s son Hunter.
The Democrats have also requested information from three of Giuliani’s associates.
IT’S A QUESTION that has been asked throughout the pandemic, but which has been raised again recently after the Oliver Bond Street party – would you call the Gardaí on your neighbours if you saw they broke Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings?
In the UK, junior minister for policing Kit Malthouse suggested that people should report their neighbours to the police if they’re concerned about gatherings that break the rules.
At the moment, Dublin is at Level Three which means that you can have visitors from one other household to your home or garden; while the rest of the country is at Level Two, which means you can have six visitors from up to three households to your home or garden.
So we’re asking you: Would you call the Gardaí if you saw your neighbours break Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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