From Ukraine Here s N.P.R. s Michele Kelemen in the transcripts career diplomat Marie Yvonne of it describes what amounted to a smear campaign that led to her ouster the former ambassador to Ukraine says she was shocked to see what President trumpet said about her and edgel life phone call with Ukraine s new president he warned quote that she s going to go through some things you have on of it says she felt threatened and she was surprised that the president would speak about her or any ambassador in that way to a foreign counterpart describing her ouster as a dangerous precedent another longtime diplomat might McKinley says he quit after failing to convince his former boss the secretary of state to publicly back you of on of it Michele Kelemen n.p.r. News the State Department a federal appeals court in New York is ruling president Trump s tax returns can be turned over to state investigators the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals up holding a lower court decision that rejected Trump s effo
And to keep playing hardball 77 doctors have now been fired and hundreds of their colleagues who are also on strike awaiting to hear their fate it seems unthinkable that they can all be fired because the impact on the already struggling health service would be disastrous due to the rampant inflation the real value of a doctor s salary has plummeted to the equivalent of less than $100.00 u.s. Dollars a month with members of the Civil Service to take to the streets on Wednesday the pressure is building on President Emerson and God where every day this economic crisis is making life harder and harder for Zimbabweans Well knees from the b.b.c. . The prime minister of Canada Justin Trudeau has announced that China is to resume imports of Canadian beef and pork some 4 months after Beijing suspended shipments in a Twitter post missed a true date Sancta the country s meat industry for working to reopen what he described as this important market for Canada s meat producers. Donald Trump has sa
The link in the supply chain is agricultural equipment in other big rigs tractors earthmovers and the like made by classic American manufacturers like Caterpillar and John Deere their export sales to foreign customers are falling says Elizabeth Vermillion at c.f.r. a Research now you have tariffs in trade and slowing global macro economic headwinds plus u.s. Farmers are so uncertain about the trade future will China buy their soybeans will India buy their apples that they re holding back on buying new farm equipment for next year I m Michel Hartman for Marketplace the devastating California wildfire known as the camp fire ignited a year ago Friday It killed at least 85 people and leveled the town of Paradise the fire has been blamed on faulty electrical equipment from the state s biggest utility Pacific Gas and Electric liabilities from that fire helped push p.g. And e. Into bankruptcy last January and now there s a battle over how p.g. And e. Should emerge from Chapter 11 and who sho
Election announcing the withdrawal secretary of state pump aoe said that the climate accord imposed an unfair economic burden on the u.s. National pledges are voluntary Under the deal environmental groups hope the us which is the 2nd largest emitter of greenhouse gases will eventually rejoin the pact under a future administration ministers in the East Indian state of Bihar have announced new measures aimed at Levy aiding some of the West pollution in the country from today government vehicles more than 15 years old will be banned from the state while commercial vehicles of the same age will not be allowed in the state capital b.b.c. News China s president Xi Jinping has declared the world must knock down walls opposed protectionism and reduce trade barriers opening a trade fair in Shanghai he pledged to further open up China s economy but did not mention of the time before with the United States on Monday at the end of a regional summit in Thailand China said 15 countries had now agre
Business for a long time but now some investors and companies are predicting legalized sports gambling will be a $78000000000.00 business in the u.s. Within the next 5 years panelist at the n.y.s.e. Sports betting investor Summit in New York today said the industry is growing quickly just a year and a half after New Jersey want to Supreme Court decision clearing the way for all 50 states to offer legalized sports wagering so far just over a dozen states have made the move it s expected new operators as well as existing franchises like m.g.m. And casino operators while get involved major u.s. Stock market indices continue to forge new highs the Dow is up 114 points 27462 today the Nasdaq gained 46 points the s. And p. Was up 11 points this is n.p.r. It is 6 o 4 with kept radio news on Randall White by the start of the new year more than a 1000000 acres of federal land in California could be open to all the oil drilling and fracking that s thanks to a final environmental impact statemen