Section: South Africa
FACTBOX-Trump fills top jobs for his administration
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has named Tom Bossert as White House homeland security adviser, the transition team said in a statement on Tuesday. Below is a list of Republican Trump’s selections for top jobs in his administration. Senate confirmation is required for all the posts except national security adviser and White House posts....
Disabled former servicemen take part in the “Games of the Heroes”
1 of 12 …read more Source: African news network...
eNCA | Ukraine rebels agree to truce
The latest ceasefire was hammered out with the help of European monitors and comes amid a surge in fighting that claimed the lives of eight Ukrainian soldiers this week. …read more Source:...
Russian hackers tracked Ukrainian artillery units using Android implan
A hacking group linked to the Russian government and high-profile cyber-attacks against Democrats during the US presidential election likely used a malware implant on Android devices. …read more Source: SABC...
US sanctions companies, people over Russia actions in Ukraine
The measures come a month before US President Barack Obama hands over power to President-elect Donald Trump. …read more Source: Eyewitness...
Ukraine nationalises country’s largest bank
Ukraine on Sunday nationalised the country’s biggest bank in a bid to avert a financial meltdown in the war-scarred former Soviet state. The government moved to take over PrivatBank after months of rumours that the lender was heavily burdened by bad debts.PrivatBank controls one-third of the east European country’s deposits and even...
eNCA | Ukraine says five troops killed in worst clash in months
Kiev military spokesman Leonid Matyukhin told AFP that another six soldiers were wounded in the battle for control of the strategic city of Debaltseve. …read more Source:...
Ukraine nationalises country’s largest bank
by Dmitry ZAKS Ukraine on Sunday nationalised the country’s biggest bank in a bid to avert a financial meltdown in the war-scarred former Soviet state. …read more Source: Daily...
EU agrees to extend Russia sanctions until mid-2017 – diplomats
The bloc slapped sanctions on Russia after it annexed Ukraine’s Black Sea peninsula of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. …read more Source: Eyewitness...
EU-Ukraine pact collapse ‘biggest present’ for Putin: Dutch PM
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte warned Thursday it would be the “biggest ever present” for Russian President Vladimir Putin if a historic EU-Ukraine cooperation deal is torpedoed by popular opposition in the Netherlands. Rutte said he was “moderately optimistic” of a deal at an EU summit in Brussels for steps to allow his country to …read...
