#Ukraine’s richest man Rinat Akhmetov promises post-war rebuild

#Ukraine’s richest man Rinat Akhmetov promises post-war rebuild

“Ukraine’s richest man Rinat Akhmetov promises post-war rebuild” Ukraine’s top oligarch Saturday swore to help rebuild his shattered country — just five months after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused him of funding a pro-Russian coup. “We will rebuild the entire Ukraine,” declared billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, the nation’s richest man. “We will definitely need an unprecedented…

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#Letters to the Editor — April 9, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — April 9, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — April 9, 2022” The Issue: Reports and photos of mass graves of executed civilians in Bucha, Ukraine. Reports out of Bucha in Ukraine suggest a level of carnage unheard of in modern times being ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin (“ ‘This is genocide,’ ” April 4). Putin’s Russia is a bankrupt…

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#Even Democrats fear Biden’s Iran deal

#Even Democrats fear Biden’s Iran deal

“Even Democrats fear Biden’s Iran deal” The Biden White House is obsessed with putting a new Iran deal in place, no matter how often reality flies in the president’s face.  The latest warning: A group of 18 House Democrats took their case against the deal — in its specifics and in general — to the…

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#The United Nations is useless

#The United Nations is useless

“The United Nations is useless” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave voice to a terrible truth in his UN speech Tuesday: The United Nations is an utter failure. If the organization won’t actually work to end Russia’s Ukraine war, he said, it should dissolve itself. “Are you ready to close?” he asked the assembled dignitaries, after…

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