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White House hold on aid to Ukraine broke the law because Donald Trump cannot override Congress

The Government Accountability Office has concluded that the White House Office of Management and Budget violated a the law by withholding millions in aid to Ukraine.




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Trump ally says he was drinking when he texted about surveilling US ambassador to Ukraine

Robert Hyde, whose messages feature in a new document release from the House Intel committee, says he was drinking when he sent used WhatsApp to contact Giuliani associate Lev Parnas.




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New messages show mystery man in Belgium fed detailed information on Ukraine ambassador

The House Judiciary released a new tranche of information Friday including contacts between a Trump loyalist and Belgian exchange about the movements of a U.S. ambassador.




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Text messages shows Lev Parnas' extensive communications with Devin Nunes aide about Ukraine 

House Democrats released the messages in a document dump on Friday, showing Parnas texting with Derek Harvey, a top Nunes aide.




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Girl, 16, suffers horrific burns to her face after her father sets her on fire in Ukraine 

Anna Krytska, 16, grabbed her father's arm after he came home drunk and tried to hit his wife Natalia, and shouted at him: 'You are not going to hurt her anymore!'




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Giuliani claims he'll release evidence TODAY of Biden-Ukraine corruption

Rudy Giuliani promised in a rambling Fox News interview to release shocking 'evidence' regarding Ukraine corruption that he claims will prompt a probe into both Bidens.




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Twitter data could have been a source of Kremlin intelligence during the 2014 Ukraine conflict

University of California experts showed that location-tagged tweets by Ukraine residents could have been used to map out sentiments towards Russia in real-time.




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Rudy Giuliani blows past his own deadline to provide 'evidence' that Joe Biden was corrupt

The president's personal counsel - who is not part of his impeachment defense in the Senate - had told Fox News he would offer evidence at noon Friday, but his new podcast had no new facts.




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Mike Pompeo ordered a female reporter into his sitting room to launch an f-word tirade over Ukraine

Mary Louise Kelly, host of All Things Considered, revealed how Pompeo hurled the f-word after she asked him when he had defended fired Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch.




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Donald Trump DEFENDS his order to fire Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch

'I am not a fan of that ambassador,' Trump said in an interview with Fox News defending his actions on Friday. 'She wouldn't put my picture up, she was an Obama appointee I believe.'




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Trump's defense must include Joe and Hunter Biden's Ukraine dealings, the president's lawyer claims 

Former US VP Joe Biden, his son Hunter and their work in the Ukraine is 'relevant evidence' in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, one of the president's defense lawyers claim. 




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Full video is released showing Donald Trump's order to fire Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch

The video was made during a fundraiser dinner on April 30, 2018 at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC and released on Saturday by an attorney for Lev Parnas,




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I NEVER discussed military aid to Ukraine with Donald Trump claims Rudy Giuliani

Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani tore into former security advisor John Bolton as a 'swamp creature' and a 'back stabber' as senators weigh calling Bolton as a witness.




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US ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch retires from the State Department

Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, has announced her retirement from the State Department on Friday evening. She was a key witness in the impeachment inquiry.




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Ten of the world's lesser-known romantic places to celebrate Valentine's Day from Ukraine to Mexico

If you don't want to mark your match-up the same way as every other loved-up pair on Valentine's Day, pay close attention. Here we've rounded up ten lesser-known places linked to love around the globe.




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Trump backtracks as he ADMITS sending Giuliani to Ukraine to investigate his political rivals

President Trump was asked on Geraldo Rivera's podcast Thursday, 'Was it strange to send Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine, your personal lawyer?' Trump replied: 'No, not at all.'




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Eight-year-old girl in Ukraine becomes world's youngest person to die of OLD AGE

Anna Sakidon's biological age was nearer to 80 and she weighed just 17lbs when she died in Ukraine. She suffered from Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome which only affects 160 people.




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Angry mob attacks coronavirus evacuees and starts a riot in Ukraine

Protesters lit fires and hurled rocks as six buses carrying evacuees from Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, drove to the hospital in Novi Sanzhary.




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Pensioner, 83, comes back to life ten hours after she was declared dead in Ukraine

Ksenia Didukh, 83, was pronounced dead in Stryzhavka, west Ukraine, after medics were called and found her without a pulse, but was rushed to hospital ten hours later after showing signs of life.




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Donald Trump promises to hammer Joe Biden over his Ukraine business dealings if he wins nomination

President Trump said he would use recent news a Ukrainian court ordered an investigation into Joe Biden as ammunition if he were to become the Democrat presidential candidate.




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Europe puts 100million on lockdown: Continent's coronavirus death toll soars towards 2,000

Coronavirus hysteria in Europe continues as Poland's shut frontiers (pictured) cause huge traffic jams in Germany - while Serbia and Slovakia went into lockdown and Portugal closed its border.




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Ex-Ukraine forward Andriy Shevchenko compares coronavirus pandemic to Chernobyl nuclear disaster

Former AC Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko has compared the coronavirus pandemic to the Chernobyl disaster which occurred in his homeland of Ukraine in 1986. 




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Woman digs herself out of grave after being 'tortured and buried alive by neighbours' in Ukraine

Nina Rudchenko, 57, was attacked in Maryanske, Ukraine, by two brothers aged 27 and 30. She was dragged to a cemetery before being forced to dig her own grave (pictured), which she was buried in.




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Girl, six, freezes to death as she walked home in Ukraine

Milena Sheveleva (pictured) was found dead after losing her glasses and getting soaked through with rain near the village of Sosnivka on Sunday.




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Cardiff cancel striker Gary Madine's contract by mutual consent

The 29-year-old spent part of last season on loan at Sheffield United helping them earn promotion to the Premier League scoring three goals in 16 appearances.




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Tributes paid to Emiliano Sala on first anniversary of Argentine striker's tragic death

Cardiff management, players and supporters have paid tribute to Emiliano Sala on the first anniversary of the striker's death. The Argentine died in a plane crash en route to Cardiff a year ago.




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Transfer News RECAP: Deadline Day for Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham, Arsenal and the rest

Deadline day has arrived for the January transfer window as Premier League clubs have their last chance to make any signings for the second-half of the season. Follow LIVE news right here.




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France coach Shaun Edwards says it will be strictly business as they take on his old side Wales

EXCLUSIVE: When it comes to Shaun Edwards and rugby, emotion usually drives everything. But Saturday's Wales clash is strictly business. He does not do teary-eyed returns.




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Power Line: Oil industry cracks widen, a 150-hour battery, and one number that reveals how coronavirus is changing the rooftop solar industry

Welcome to Power Line, a weekly energy newsletter brought to you by Business Insider.Here's what you need to know:Want to get this newsletter in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. Got a tip or feedback about this newsletter? Email energy@businessinsider.com. Don't forget: Sunday is Mother's Day. Happy Friday, folks! I am delighted to announce that earnings season is mostly over — which means nearly all the top energy execs have revealed new details about how their firms are faring. More on that below. Other things that delight me include hand blenders, plucking carrots out of the ground, tempeh if cooked right, and last year. Let's get to it, starting with an update on oil. 75634682A timeline for the recovery of oil markets The term "recovery" may still be premature, but at least some




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ICICI Bank’s profits jump by 26% in Q4 as NPA's decline, but the full extent of bad loans will only reflect in the coming months

ICICI Bank’s fourth-quarter core operating profits are in the green at ₹1,221.36 crore, a jump of 26% over the Jan-March quarter. For the entire year, the bank’s profit after tax grew by 136% to ₹7,931 crore.Even though many expect the ratio of bad loans to increase in the near term once the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) moratorium on repayment of loans ends, ICICI Bank’s net non-performing assets (NPAs) decreased from 2.06% in March 2019 to 1.41% in March 2020.




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11 Championship stars in line to bag summer moves to Premier League clubs

Here Sportsmail identifies some of the stand-out players from the Championship who could yet be plying their trade in the Premier League next season.




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Championship clubs made combined operating loss of more than £510m last year

Championship clubs made combined operating losses of over £510million last year, revealing the staggering price they are willing to pay in pursuit of reaching the Premier League.




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Blackburn Rovers line up £350,000 move for Australia international midfielder Brandon O'Neill

Australia international midfielder Brandon O'Neill is weighing up a move to England amid interest from Championship sides Blackburn Rovers and Bristol City.




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Transfer news: Blackburn bolster back-line as Man City starlet Adarabioyo arrives on loan

The towering centre back was going to find chances hard to come by under Pep Guardiola at City and so he has returned to the Championship on loan, having spent last season at West Brom.




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Deadly duo Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton reflect on the decline of Blackburn Rovers

ALAN SHEARER AND CHRIS SUTTON: All good things must come to an end, and so it proved with Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton's prolific partnership at Blackburn.




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Celebrity Ex On The Beach 2019: Full line-up confirmed for new series

The full line-up for Celebrity Ex On The Beach 2019 has been confirmed - and there are several juicy new additions to the cast.




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Vicky Pattison reveals she has qualified as a personal trainer along with boyfriend Ercan Ram

The former Geordie Shore star, 32, took to Instagram on Sunday to announce that she had passed her level 2 Ldn Muscle exam in Canary Wharf with her boyfriend.




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Chloe Ferry shows off the 'outline of my abs' as she celebrates losing 5lbs in just TWO days 

The reality star, 24, was delighted on Monday as she took to Instagram to show the outline of her abs as she celebrated losing 5lbs in just two days.




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I've been delivering 1,000 meals a week to quarantined families in Atlanta - here's why hunger is an issue that needs national attention

Jasmine Crowe is the founder and CEO of Goodr, an Atlanta-based company that fights food waste and food insecurity by picking up surplus foods from local restaurants and stores and delivering them to hungry families.Goodr also organizes pop-up groceries stores that allow people in need to shop for fresh produce and other items, free of charge.Crowe's team has recently been delivering 250 boxes of groceries to people every day since the coronavirus pandemic caused mass unemployment and panic food-buying in the US, leaving many with empty wallets and limited access to food. But despite all their efforts, Crowe knows that millions more across the US are still going hungry, and is calling on government leaders for national reform to fix our food-waste problem. Visit Business Insider's homepage




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PRESENTING: A 28-year-old CEO created a quarantine dating app and a job search platform on the side that have garnered thousands of users - here's how he did it

Courtesy of Daniel AhmadizadehDaniel Ahmadizadeh.Daniel Ahmadizadeh is the CEO of PersistIQ, a company that offers digital tools for sales and customer outreach.But he's also an entrepreneur who saw shifting needs onset by the COVID-19 outbreak, so he went back to the drawing board and came up with three initiatives to meet market demand.What did he come up with? An app for dating while in quarantine, a platform to connect job seekers in sales with work, and a set of tools specifically geared for supporting struggling small businesses. And he doesn't plan on stopping there."Within 14 days - so by March 22 - of launching the app to our friends, it was on the front page of The Wall Street Journal," Ahmadizadeh told Business Insider about his dating app, "Quarantine Together." "It was an insane




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5 guests were stuck at a wine farm in South Africa when the country went into lockdown. The owners provided pizza nights while the stranded families gardened and enjoyed live music - and said they became like family.

Anna Punke-Dresen and her family were staying at the Spier Hotel and Wine Farm in South Africa when the country went on lockdown in March in response to COVID-19.The German family's return flights were suddenly canceled and they found themselves stuck, with no idea how or when they could return home.The wine farm's hotel manager decided to stop charging the stranded families, and set social distancing rules in place to protect the hotel staff and remaining guests.Despite the plunge in business, the wine farm is also still paying all of its employees, both part and full-time, whether or not they're working.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Spier Wine Farm was going to be the cherry on top of Anna Punke-Dresen's family trip to South Africa. This luxe wine-farm hotel (one of




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You can take the GMAT at home starting April 20, and top business schools including Harvard and MIT Sloan have already pledged to accept online test scores

Graduate school application season has been hindered by the coronavirus outbreak, causing in-person standardized testing to be shuttered. Starting April 20, the GMAT will be available online for students seeking to take the test. Top schools, including Harvard and MIT Sloan, have either waived the test requirement or said they would accept online scores.But candidates in China, Iran, Cuba, Sudan, Slovenia, and North Korea won't have access to the online version.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way students work, learn, and interact with each other. And many graduate schools have shifted application requirements, relaxed deadlines, or taken the entire process virtual, including top-notch institutions like NYU Stern and Berkeley's Haas.But




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How a small NYC grocery delivery business is coping with a 400% surge in demand during the coronavirus pandemic

The coronavirus has forced grocery delivery drivers on the front lines of the pandemic.Mirchi, a small New York City grocery delivery service with around 10 employees, is struggling to keep up with a 400% increase in demand.The company's founder said that "by day three, all of my employees were burnt out."View more episodes of Business Insider Today on Facebook.Since the spread of the coronavirus in the US, drivers like Remy Quezada Rodriguez are on the front lines of the pandemic, delivering food to Americans hunkered down at home. Rodriguez works for Mirchi, a small New York City grocery delivery service specializing in South Asian ingredients. Lately, the company has been inundated with orders of rice, spices, and other goods.To keep up with demand, the company's founder Naresh Mulchandani




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States and cities are stepping up to help businesses survive. Here are the best funding programs nationwide to help you pay rent, keep employees, and restructure your debt.

States and city governments are offering millions in loans and grants to businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. California's IBank is offering up to $50,000 in direct loans and loan guarantees for companies with fewer than 750 employees, while Maryland is granting $100,000 to manufacturers that can quickly pivot to make personal protective equipment (PPE) and other critical needs items. Most applications are submitted online and require basic business information as well as proof of how business revenue declined due to COVID-19.This piece will be updated as new information becomes available.Click here fore more BI Prime stories.As the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt the lives and operations of millions of American business owners, more state and local governments are offering




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Your business could defer taxes and get credits for keeping employees. An expert explains how to know if you're eligible.

Two tax provisions of the $2 trillion stimulus package could put cash back into small business owners' pockets almost immediately. Most businesses will be eligible to defer payroll taxes and receive tax credits for keeping employees.However, businesses may not be eligible for tax relief if they receive a forgiveable loan through the Paycheck Protection Program.To understand how business owners can take advantage of these programs Business Insider reviewed IRS guidelines and spoke with a small business advisor at Wiss & Co. accounting firm. Click here for more BI Prime content.Businesses that have been forced to close, limit operations, and lay off employees during the coronavirus pandemic have several lifelines available to them, two of which are tax-related and could put cash back in their




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10 major companies including Amazon, Facebook, and Salesforce that are offering cash and resources to businesses impacted by the pandemic - and how to apply

More than half of small businesses in the US have temporarily closed their doors, or plan to this month, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Private organizations, including Amazon and Facebook, are teaming up to offer millions in cash grants and low-interest loans to small business owners.Amazon created a $5 million relief fund to support local businesses around its Seattle and Washington offices. Hello Alice is giving $10,000 emergency cash grants to distressed businesses in the US.Click here for more BI Prime stories.Organizations across the country are rallying together to support small businesses fighting to survive the COVID-19 quarantine shutdown.One in four small businesses nationwide have temporarily closed and another 40% expect to this month, according to a recent survey from MetLife and




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I'm saving money on rideshares and travel right now, but I'm not keeping that cash - I'm spending it at local businesses even if they're closed

Getty ImagesThe author is not pictured.I've had a little extra cash in my pocket since quarantine started - I'm saving money on rideshares, restaurants, travel, and more.Instead of keeping that money, though, I'm spending it on businesses I hope will stay open post-COVID. I've bought art, paid for online classes at a local gym, and pre-paid for an appointment with my hair stylist.I've decided not to save the extra money because my emergency fund is in good shape.Read more personal finance coverage.As the economy grinds to a halt in the wake of the coronavirus, I've found myself in the strange position of having a little extra cash on hand that I'm not accustomed to. For a little bit of context: I'm a freelance writer who's worked from home since 2015, and my industry has yet to be heavily




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Federal relief loans for small businesses just dried up. Here's what to do if you need $1 million dollars or more to stay afloat

Getty ImagesAll of the PPP loan funds have been committed, but new Fed-backed loans could help some businesses come back after the crisis.Less than two weeks after launch, all of the $349 billion allocated to small businesses in the CARES Act has been committed.Lending could now come to a grinding halt as banks won't have the guarantee of the US Treasury to back up more loans.Business owners who still need financing greater than $1 million can take advantage of the Federal Reserve's Main Street Lending program, which will support additional loans from banks.The Fed's program backs four-year loans with payments and interest deferred for the first year.Visit BI Prime for more stories.Just 12 days after the launch of the Payroll Protection Program, all $350 billion in loans have been approved,




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We're a couple who was furloughed from our jobs, so we're using the time in self-isolation to turn our passion project into a viable business - here's how we're making it happen

Anastasia Bendebury and Michael Shilo DeLay are the creators of Demystifying Science, a science literacy organization which clarifies confusing science.They were both furloughed from their full-time jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic, which led them to pour more time into their newly launched organization.To get through this tough period, they're cutting back where they can and reaching out to as many people as possible who might need their work.Separating business from couple life is key when kickstarting a project together, and ultimately taking the plunge to do it.Click here for more BI Prime stories.In early March when Italy issued its stay-at-home order, we were still at work. Michael was teaching high school physics, and Nastia was guiding science and wine tours in the Pacific Northwest.




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Center Should Provide Autonomy To States To Determine Norms At Local Level Instead Of Nationwide Common Directions: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

BW Businessworld’ s Manish Kumar Jha speaks with the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot on such critical issues.