Section: Capital News (Kenya)
Stolen Dutch masterpieces ‘soon’ back at museum
Jacob Waben’s painting ‘Vrouw Wereld’ (‘Lady World’) (1622), is among five stolen masterpieces to be returned to the Westfries Museum in the Netherlands © Westfries Museum/AFP/FileTHE HAGUE, Sep 12 – Five stolen 17th and 18th-century masterpieces will soon be returned from the Ukraine to the Dutch museum where they disappeared...
US pushes Russia on ‘true’ Syria peace deal ahead of new talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with his US counterpart Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders Summit in Hangzhou on September 5, 2016 © SPUTNIK/AFP/File / Alexei DruzhininGENEVA, Sep 9 – The US pressed Russia on Thursday for a “true cessation of hostilities” in Syria ahead of high-level peace talks Friday in Geneva, warning...
Abe calls for ‘new epoch’ in Russia-Japan ties hit by WWII dispute
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as they visit an oceanarium on Russky Island near Vladivostok, on September 3, 2016 © Sputnik/AFP / Alexei DruzhininVladivostok, Russian Federation, Sep 3 – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for...
UN aid contracts ‘going to Assad-linked companies’
A UN aid convoy delivers food, health and emergency items to the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the Syrian capital Damascus/AFP-FileLONDON, United Kingdom, Aug 30 – United Nations aid contracts worth tens of millions of dollars have gone to people closely associated with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad despite US and EU sanctions, the...
Ukraine details alleged payments to ex-Trump aide by pro-Russians
Kiev, Ukraine, Aug 19 – Ukrainian authorities have released details of payments worth million of dollars that US presidential campaign hopeful Donald Trump’s former campaign chief allegedly received from Kiev’s deposed Russian-backed leaders. The revelations were followed by a top Ukrainian lawmaker’s assertion Friday that Paul...
Trump’s embattled campaign chairman resigns
Paul Manafort served as a public relations adviser to former president Viktor Yanukovych from 2007 and 2012 © Getty/AFP/File / Chip SomodevillaNew York, United States, Aug 19 – Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, resigned Friday under fire over a Ukrainian corruption investigation and after being sidelined by a recent personnel...
Putin visits Crimea after Ukraine incursion claim
Russian President Vladimir Putin ratified the annexation of Crimea during a 2014 ceremony in Moscow © Pool/AFP / Sergei ChirikovMoscow, Russian Federation, Aug 19 – Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday visiting annexed Crimea to boost security measures there, just days after accusing Kiev of attempting an armed incursion into the...
Trump shakes up senior campaign staff: reports
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally on August 16, 2016 in West Bend, Wisconsin © GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP / Darren HauckWashington, United States, Aug 17 – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has again shaken up his senior campaign staff, appointing a conservative website executive and a pollster to...
Trump campaign chief Manafort: Dark knight of lobbyists
Paul Manafort has become the public face of the Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the most controversial in living memory © Getty/AFP/File / Chip SomodevillaNew York, United States, Aug 17 – Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s campaign chairman who was thrust into the headlines this week in connection with a Ukrainian corruption...
Trump vows ‘Cold War’ terror fight, immigrant controls
Republican candidate for President Donald Trump holds a campaign event at the Kilcawley Center at Youngstown State University on August 15, 2016 in Youngstown, Ohio © Getty/AFP / Jeff SwensenNEW YORK, Aug 16 – Donald Trump laid out a US blueprint for defeating global terrorism in partnership with NATO and Middle East allies, demanding extreme...
