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US To Resume Capital Punishment For Criminals After 16 Years
US Attorney General Bill Barr announced Thursday that the federal government will resume implementing capital punishment after a 16-year hiatus and set execution dates for five convicted murderers. Acting on President Donald Trump’s call for tougher penalties on violent crimes, Barr directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to adopt a new...
Russia Warns Ukraine Of Consequences After Tanker Seizure
Russia Flag Ukraine on Thursday seized a Russian tanker it said was used in a naval confrontation last November amid sensitive prisoner swap talks between the two countries, at loggerheads since 2014. Kiev’s SBU security service said it stopped the tanker, the Neyma, as it entered the port of Izmail in the southern Odessa region....
Ukraine president’s party set for absolute majority in parliamentary vote
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s party has won snap parliamentary elections with a record share of the vote, according to partial results and predictions. The Servant of the People party was ahead in more than half of the country’s 199 constituencies. The comedian-turned-president’s party had around 42 percent of the vote...
Ukraine president’s party tipped to win snap parliamentary election
Ukrainians head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament as comedian-turned-president Volodymyr Zelensky seeks to bring in political novices and consolidate his power. Zelensky’s newly-created party is expected to win the largest share of the votes in the election that should usher in a new era in the country dominated up to now by...
Death Toll In China Gas Plant Blast Rises To 12
A damaged car is seen near the site of an explosion at the Henan Coal Gas Group factory in Yima city, in China’s central Henan province on July 20, 2019. AFP The death toll from a huge explosion that rocked a gas plant in central China rose to 12, state media said Saturday, with three people still missing. Friday’s blast at the Henan...
Two Soldiers, Civilian Killed In Ukraine Ahead Of Polls
An Ukrainian serviceman attends on his position on the front line with the Russia-backed separatists near Avdiivka, Donetsk region on July 19, 2019. Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP Two Ukrainian soldiers and one civilian were killed in incidents involving Kremlin-backed separatists, Kiev said Saturday, a day before the country votes in a parliamentary...
K. Badu Agro Chemical Limited Boss Grabs Doctorate Award
Renowned international higher educational institution, Ternopil, National Economic University, Ukraine has conferred honorary doctorate degree on the CEO of K Badu Agro Chemical Limited. The well-organized ceremony held at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi over the weekend, was in recognition of h …...
Sasso Boss, Dr. Sampson Effah Apraku Appointed Professor
The Executive Chairman of Samara Company Limited, Dr. Sampson Effah Apraku, has been appointed a professor an honorary professorship. He was appointed by the prestigious and renowned Ukraine university, Alfred Nobel University. Dr. Apraku and other deserving Ghanaian businessmen and entrepreneurs were given this appointment by the univ …...
Frank Adjei, Others Get Honorary Doctorate Degrees
The Ternopil National Economic University, Ukraine, has conferred Honorary Doctorate Degree on Frank Adjei, the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rema-Jason Company Limited, Rema-Jason Ventures, Lovers Band, NAPLOAG and GNCBBLLOA. Mr. Frank Adjei was honoured alongside Nana Kwadwo Gyasi, CEO of Nana Kwadwo Gyasi Compa …...
Grenade attack hits Ukraine TV channel set to air Putin documentary
A grenade launcher fired at the building of a Ukrainian television channel on Saturday after it announced plans to air a controversial documentary featuring Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The...
