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Russia, China Tighten Ties With Iran
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) speaks during his press conference with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing on April 23, 2018. MADOKA IKEGAMI / POOL / AFP Russia and China moved Thursday to extend their economic influence in Iran, while Europeans are finding it...
Can Germany broker a Russia-Ukraine deal on Nord Stream 2?
Berlin and Moscow both support building the controversial gas pipeline, but Kyiv is opposed. Economy minister Peter Altmaier is commuting between capitals to find a compromise. Miodrag Soric reports from Moscow. …read more Source:...
NATO ‘condemns’ Russia bridge to Moscow-annexed Crimea
They have said it violates Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity …read more Source: Standard...
Russia defends right to build Crimean Bridge
MOSCOW– The Russia embassy in the United States said Wednesday that Moscow has the right to build the Crimean Bridge, after Washington condemned its construction and opening over the Kerch Strait., “Crimea is Russia. We shall not ask for anybody’s permission to build transport infrastructure for the sake of Russia’s...
Putin opens new bridge to Crimea, provoking Ukraine, Western ire
US says the bridge opening was an attempt to solidify Moscow’s “unlawful seizure” of Ukrainian territory. …read more Source: Daily...
Ukraine raids Kyiv office of Russian news agency
Ukraine’s state security agency has raided the offices of a Russian state-owned media outlet in Kyiv. Security agents also arrested a Ukrainian born Russian journalist, accusing him of treason. …read more Source:...
AMAZING: Raila Odinga Speech At Cambridge University; AFRICA IN A CHANGING WORLD
“AFRICA IN A CHANGING WORLD:” SPEECH BY H.E. RAILA ODINGA AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY Tuesday, 15th May 2018. It is an honour to visit the city of Cambridge as a guest of the debating society of Cambridge University. The history of Cambridge University is deeply intertwined with that of Africa. Until the 1970s, the terminating examination for...
Olanrewaju Kayode: Nigerian striker held by customs in Greek airport over illegal possession of cash
Kayode was held for failing to declare the cash he was carrying into Greece. Nigerian striker Olanrewaju Kayode was held by customs officials in a Greek airport for illegal possession of cash. Kayode was recently held by customs officials at the Kyiv Boryspil airport for failure to declare the €26,500 in cash he was carrying.The 25-year-old...
‘What FG Will Do With $320 Million Abacha loot’ – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says the $320 million Sani Abacha loot will be put into the conditional cash transfer (CCT) scheme targeted at the “poorest of Nigerians”. Buhari said this on Monday while declaring open the 8th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Abuja. The president said it was heartwarming to...
Putin To Open Crimea Mega Bridge Linking Russia
Russian President, Vladimir Putin Alexander ASTAFYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to unveil Tuesday a highly symbolic bridge linking southern Russia to the Crimea, four years after the peninsula was annexed from Ukraine. The Crimean Bridge, at 19 kilometres (nearly 12 miles) will be Europe’s longest, overtaking...
