Section: South Africa
NATO chief ‘certain’ Trump will meet US commitments
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday said he was sure Donald Trump would live up to all US commitments to the alliance, just days after urging the president-elect not to go it alone. “President-elect Donald Trump stated during the election campaign that he is a big fan of NATO,” Stoltenberg said in Brussels as he arrived for talks with EU...
News24.com | EU sanctions 17 Syria ministers, central bank governor
The European Union has placed 17 Syrian ministers plus the central bank governor on a sanctions blacklist targeting the regime of President Bashar Assad. …read more Source:...
Mashed potatoes standard fare in Russia’s food ban-hit restaurants
Vladimir Putin’s attacks on Crimea sparked European sanctions so the president stopped food imports. …read more Source: Mail &...
Poroshenko ‘sure’ Trump supports Ukraine against Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday said he has “no doubt” that president-elect Donald Trump will refuse to recognise Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and will cooperate with his country. “Not one state in the world, except it seems to me North Korea and Venezuela, recognises Crimea,” Poroshenko told a joint news conference with...
Poroshenko ‘sure’ Trump supports Ukraine against Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday said he has “no doubt” that president-elect Donald Trump will refuse to recognise Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and will cooperate with his country. “Not one state in the world, except it seems to me North Korea and Venezuela, recognises Crimea,” Poroshenko told a joint news conference with...
Pro-Russian candidate wins Moldova presidency
Pro-Russian candidate Igor Dodon on Monday emerged as winner of Moldova’s presidential runoff, viewed as an East-West choice in the impoverished ex-Soviet country. With 99.9 percent of ballots counted, Socialist Party chief Dodon had 52.3 percent of the votes, according to the electoral commission, with pro-European rival Maia Sandu on 47.7...
Obama on farewell tour to Europe fearful of ‘Trump effect’
Barack Obama will travel Monday to Greece and Germany in a final official visit designed, in a strange bit of political contortion, at reassuring worried Europeans about a man he once warned was “unfit” for the presidency: Donald Trump. The irony is cruel: In the name of a peaceful transition, the American president, having thoroughly denounced...
Bulgaria PM quits after pro-Russia candidate wins presidential vote
Bulgaria’s centre-right Prime Minister Boyko Borisov stepped down Sunday after his presidential nominee suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of a Moscow-friendly general backed by the Socialist opposition. Observers say the surprise win could tilt ex-communist Bulgaria, which has long walked a tightrope between Moscow and Brussels,...
Russia expects sanctions to stay in place despite Trump win
Russia expects Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict to stay in place despite Donald Trump winning the US presidential election. …read more Source: Eyewitness...
Enter Trump the Peacemaker
Does Trump’s victory mean we’re on the verge of the Third World War? Sean O’Grady doesn’t think so. ||| Does Trump’s victory mean we’re on the verge of the Third World War? Sean O’Grady doesn’t think so. London – Relax: Donald Trump will soon be in White House. I know, I know – but...
