Russia checked the readiness of its air defense system in Crimea, the peninsula it annexed from Ukraine in 2014, as Ukraine and NATO countries held military drills in the Black Sea, the Interfax news agency reported on June 29. Read more here. The po...

The Constitution is not a “buffet,” it works as an integral legislative body, “higher interests” cannot be an excuse for violating it, fifth president, leader of the European Solidarity party Petro Poroshenko said. “The ...

Editor’s Note: Monday, June 28, was Constitution Day in Ukraine, an official holiday. What we’re watching Tuesday, June 29 at  4 p.m. Kyiv time: Strategy Council – Ukrainian banking sector. Details here and on Facebook here. Watch ...

A US judge on Monday dismissed the blockbuster antitrust action against Facebook filed last year by federal and state regulators, helping lift the value of the social media giant above $1 trillion for the first time. Read more here. The post France ...

Alternating a dose of Covid-19 vaccine made by Pfizer Inc. with one from AstraZeneca PLC is safe and provides a strong immune response against the disease, a new study shows. Read more here. The post Wall Street Journal: Vaccine mix study suggests co...

Canada has recorded its highest ever temperature as the country’s west and the US Pacific north-west frazzle in an unprecedented heatwave. Lytton in British Columbia soared to 46.6C (116F) on Sunday, breaking an 84-year-old record, officials sa...

Russian court upholds former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed’s nine-year prison sentence. Read more here. The post RFE/RL: Russian court upholds US Marine’s sentence appeared first on KyivPost.

Belarus’s leading independent news outlet, Tut.by, has taken down its social media archive for the entirety of 2020 and first half of 2021, in order to protect its staff and readers ahead of an impending “extremism” designation. Tut.by also rem...

Belarus on Monday recalled its permanent representative to the European Union for consultations after Brussels imposed economic sanctions in response to Belarus authorities forcing a Ryanair passenger flight to land in Minsk. Read more here. The post...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on June 27 denounced the EU and the U.S. for trying to dictate a world order according to their whims, and to force Russia and China to bend to the West’s will. Read more here. The post POLITICO: Lavrov slams ...