Section: Independent Online (South Africa)
Queen shows no sign of stepping aside
Those close to Queen Elizabeth say the 89-year-old has no intention of succumbing to the European fashion for abdication. ||| London – After 63 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth next month becomes Britain’s longest-ruling monarch but there is little prospect of her stepping aside, as other ageing European crowned heads have done,...
Quads born to mom, 65, to go home
Highly premature quadruplets born to a 65-year-old German woman are doing well and will leave hospital soon, a report said. ||| Berlin – Highly premature quadruplets born to a 65-year-old German woman three months ago are doing well and will leave hospital in a few days, media reported on Monday.German commercial television station RTL...
Fighting flares in eastern Ukraine
Several civilians were killed during clashes between Kiev government forces and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. ||| Kiev – Fighting flared between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists in two separate parts of eastern Ukraine overnight with several civilians killed by shelling, Ukrainian police and...
Hackers’ insider shop sold data on demand
Five people are being investigated over a scheme combining digital-age cybercrime with old-fashioned insider trading. ||| New York – The email from Kiev offered a tantalising prize: the formula for a new kind of Wall Street crime.“Log-in data will be sent to the email you leave,” the attached video said in Russian.So began what authorities...
‘Russian-made missile’ at MH17 crash site
Investigators identified pieces that “possibly” come from a Russian-made BUK missile at the crash site of flight MH17. ||| The Hague – Investigators probing the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 said on Tuesday they had identified pieces that “possibly” come from a Russian-made BUK missile from eastern Ukraine, where the plane...
US identifies insider trading ring
US authorities break up an alleged insider trading ring that relied on computer hackers to pilfer corporate press announcements. ||| Pennsylvania – Exposing a new front in cybercrime, US authorities broke up an alleged insider trading ring that relied on computer hackers to pilfer corporate press announcements and then profited by trading...
‘Bullets’ used to create Putin portrait
A young Ukrainian artist has created a striking portrait of President Vladimir Putin out of 5 000 bullet shells. ||| Kiev – A young Ukrainian artist has captured global media attention by creating a striking portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin out of 5 000 bullet shells collected in the separatist east.Daria Marchenko’s “The...
Russian ‘food crematoria’ sparks anger
Moscow’s plan to destroy banned Western food imports provokes outrage amid soaring poverty rates. ||| Moscow – Russian government plans for mass destruction of banned Western food imports have provoked outrage in a country where poverty rates are soaring and memories remain of famine during Soviet times. Even some Kremlin allies are...
Airline hails MH370 ‘breakthrough’
Confirmation that debris found on Reunion came from flight MH370 could help solve the mystery of the plane’s disappearance. ||| Kuala Lampur – Malaysia Airlines said on Thursday the confirmation that debris found on an Indian Ocean island came from flight MH370 was a “major breakthrough” in solving the mystery of the flight’s...
Plane debris identified as Boeing 777
Malaysian authorities confirmed that plane wreckage washed up on an Indian Ocean island was from a Boeing 777. ||| Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian authorities confirmed on Friday that plane wreckage washed up on an Indian Ocean island was from a Boeing 777, meaning the part is almost certainly from missing flight MH370.The debris, part of a plane...
