Ukraine spent $760.5 million on coal imports in January-March 2018. REUTERS The Russian Federation remains Ukraine's key coal supplier along with the United States and Canada. In particular, coal imports from Russia in January-March 2018 were estimated at $472.4 million, shipments from the United States totaled $219.9 million and those from Canada amounted to $48.4 million. Read also Ukraine's government obliges state coal mines to spend 70% of revenue on wage debt repayment In total, Ukraine spent $760.5 million on coal imports in January-March 2018, which was 33.3% up year-over-year, the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine reported. Over the period under review, Ukraine bought 5.7 million tonnes of coal abroad. As UNIAN reported earlier, production of thermal and coking coal in Ukraine in 2017 shrank by 14.6% against 2016, to 34.916 million tonnes. Hostilities in the eastern regions of Ukraine, which began in 2014, have caused a significant shortage of coal, primarily that of … [Read more...] about Russia remains Ukraine’s key coal supplier, along with United States and Canada
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United States Secretary of State
The Secretary of State is a senior official of the federal government of the United States of America, and as head of the U.S. Department of State, is principally concerned with foreign policy and is considered to be the U.S. government's equivalent of a Minister for Foreign Affairs.[4][5] The Secretary of State is nominated by the President of the United States and, following a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, is confirmed by the United States Senate. The Secretary of State, along with the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, and Attorney General, are generally regarded as the four most important Cabinet members because of the importance of their respective departments.[6] Secretary of State is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule and thus earns the salary prescribed for that level (currently $205,700).[3] The current Secretary of State is Mike Pompeo. On March 13, 2018, President Donald Trump dismissed Rex Tillerson and … [Read more...] about United States Secretary of State
Ukraine gets lethal defensive weapons from United States – VOA
Thursday, 23 November, 2017, 8:29 Politics Ukraine gets lethal defensive weapons from United States – VOA Photo: azov.org.ua The Texas-based AirTronic USA Company is supplying grenade launchers to Ukraine, Voice of America reported Nov. 22. PSRL grenade launchers made by AirTronic USA are deadly weapons. However its accuracy depends on the distance to the target and is rather small, being at 1,000 meters. That is why the US government claims it to be a purely defensive weapon, VOA said. PSRL is a modernized version of the Soviet RPG-7 launcher. “We started the deliveries of SPRLs to Ukraine last year. We are working in close cooperation with the US state department, Pentagon and Ukraine government,” the company director Richard Vandeever told VOA. * If you find a typo in the news, select it and press Ctrl + Enter. … [Read more...] about Ukraine gets lethal defensive weapons from United States – VOA
Manchester United announce pre-season tour to United States with Liverpool likely opponents across the pond
Jose Mourinho will once again take his Manchester United side to the United States on a pre-season tour this summer. United are to return to the US for two weeks as part of their preparations for the 2018-19 campaign and they have already pencilled in fixtures in Glendale, Arizona and Santa Clara, California. Mexican side Club America will be their opponents in Arizona on July 19, four days after the World Cup final takes place in Russia, while Mourinho's men meet MLS club San Jose Earthquakes at Levi's Stadium on July 22. Read more Mourinho insists Manchester United are ‘best of the rest’ United visited America last pre-season and played five games in 12 days and the club confirmed further details on additional fixtures would be revealed soon. Suggestions are that a meeting with rivals Liverpool is on the cards with Michigan's 107,000-seater Big House stadium the likeliest venue. Executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward told the club's official website: "The tour is a … [Read more...] about Manchester United announce pre-season tour to United States with Liverpool likely opponents across the pond
From television shows to car emissions, the United States is two countries, not one
One of my liveliest conversations during 2016 was over a barbecue dinner in Napa. Our host had averred that were Donald Trump to win, it would be because people in the middle of the country were too dumb to know better. It wasn’t the burgers that gave me indigestion. He was, of course, indulging in an old cliche about American political life: that there are voters on the left and right coasts of the country who see one kind of future and everyone else in the middle who see another. You know, inhabitants of the "flyover states". We see them from 37,000 feet but would absolutely prefer not to set foot in them unless it’s to visit, say, Aspen. Maddening were the grotesque generalisations involved. Sorry to disabuse you, chum, but not everyone in New York or California is a progressive liberal! I also wanted to say that it was precisely this kind of condescension that was going to sink Hillary Clinton. And there was this radical thought: those people are American … [Read more...] about From television shows to car emissions, the United States is two countries, not one