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eNCA | Ukrainian saboteurs in Crimea detained: Russian security service
The Federal Security Service said it had confiscated explosive devices and weapons from the group, made up of intelligence agents from the Ukrainian Defence Ministry. …read more Source:...
Anxious world leaders seek clarity on Trump policies
Ties between Washington and Moscow have become strained over the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. …read more Source: Eyewitness...
Trump isn’t the first mogul elected to power
Donald Trump is not the only billionaire business tycoon to rise to power through the ballot box. ||| Paris – Donald Trump, the real estate mogul, reality TV star and US President-elect whose worth Forbes estimates at $3.7 billion, joins an ultra-elite group of billionaire business tycoons who have come to power through the ballot box....
Can Europe step up after Trump ‘wake-up call’?
Already reeling from Britain’s decision to exit the EU, European leaders are ill-equipped to face the new uncertainties the Trump presidency brings. ||| Brussels – For Europe, already reeling from Britain’s decision to leave its 28-member club, Donald Trump’s election introduces a host of new uncertainties it is...
Trump victory threatens new world order
With the election of Donald Trump, the populist tide sweeping developed economies has now overtaken the world’s most powerful democracy. ||| London – Brexit was the warm-up. With the election of Donald Trump, the populist tide sweeping developed economies has now overtaken the world’s most powerful democracy. What exactly that...
Blow for Bulgarian PM in presidential poll
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov suffered an embarrassing setback in the first round of presidential elections Sunday, with projections suggesting his nominee was beaten by a left-leaning opposition candidate. Tsetska Tsacheva won 22.3 percent of the vote behind Rumen Radev on 24.9 percent, the candidate of the opposition Socialists seen as...
News24.com | Ukraine officials declare jaw-dropping riches
A luxury watch collection, millions of dollars in cash and a Picasso painting are just several items listed on Ukraine officials’ income and asset declarations, shocking a country vowing to curb corruption. …read more Source:...
FBI chief Comey’s actions called into question
If Hillary Clinton becomes President of the US, what will she do about the FBI chief she must loathe? ||| If Hillary Clinton becomes President of the United States, what will she do about the FBI chief she must loathe? Kim Sengupta looks at the role of the FBI director in US politics… London – President Bill Clinton, ruminating with a...
FBI director’s email letter broke recent pattern: NYT
The FBI director’s making public a new trove of emails connected to Hillary Clinton on Friday departed from decisions in recent months to keep quiet two separate investigations, The New York Times reported Tuesday. James Comey has come under fierce criticism for his letter informing Congress about the bureau’s decision to effectively...
Warning of spectre of war
Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union and recipient of the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize, has appealed to world leaders to reduce the dangerous tensions which today threaten to plunge human civilisation and the biosphere into a nuclear war. “I think the world has reached a dangerous point, I don’t want to give any concrete...
