Section: South Africa
Roma dreaming of Kiev after magical recovery against Barcelona
The Italian capital came alive after a magical night at the Stadio Olimpico …read more Source: Mail &...
WATCH: FBI raid on Cohen’s offices is a witch-hunt, says Trump
New York – A furious Donald Trump blasted the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller as a “disgrace” and a “witch-hunt” Monday after FBI agents raided the New York offices of the president’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen. Agents seized files relating to Cohen’s work, which included...
PICS: Topless protester a former ‘Cosby Show’ actress and activist
NORRISTOWN – The topless protester who leaped over a barricade and ran toward Bill Cosby at the start of his sexual assault retrial on Monday is an actress who appeared on the comedian’s family sitcom “The Cosby Show” as a child. Nicolle Rochelle, a member of European feminist group Femen, which is known for staging...
Nord Stream 2 Going Full Throttle Despite Ukraine’s Protests, US Threats
Ukraine’s efforts to prevent the implementation of Nord Stream 2 appears to be nothing more than a tempest in a teapot as the project continues to move forward. On April 5 Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada adopted a resolution “on the inadmissibility of construction of the North Stream 2 gas pipeline and the Russian Federation’s monopoly...
Poroshenko Proposes to Increase Gas Transit Via Ukraine Instead of Nord Stream 2
“There is a Ukrainian transit pipeline, which is much cheaper. It can be easily and profitably modernized … One can significantly modernize the transit line through Ukraine without huge investments,” Poroshenko told the Handelsblatt German newspaper. On April 5, the Ukrainian parliament endorsed a statement calling on the legislatures and...
WATCH Train Collides With Minibus in Russia’s Crimea: Five Killed, Four Injured
“A road accident occurred near the town of Armiansk at a railway crossing. A shuttle bus collided with a shuttle train. Five people were killed and four suffered injuries in the accident,” Olga Kondrashova said. READ MORE: Truck Collides With Bridge in Slo-Mo Earlier in the day, a source in the regional emergency services told Sputnik about the...
Ukrainian Parl’t Speaker Claims Nord Stream-2 Pipeline Poses ‘Military Threat’
“The launch of the Nord Stream 2 project may imply direct military threats that might provoke a new full-scale offensive of Russian troops on Ukraine,” Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubiy was quoted as saying by the Unian information agency. Parybiy explained that, in his opinion, Russia desired to use “energy blackmail” to directly...
Ukraine Court Authorizes Arrest of Captain of Detained Russian Fishing Vessel
Russian-flagged Crimea-registered fishing vessel Nord with 10-men crew was detained by the Ukrainian Border Guard Service on March 25 in the Sea of Azov. Moscow has demanded the immediate release of the “illegally detained” crew and the return of the vessel to its legitimate owner. READ MORE: Captain of Russian Fishing Vessel Released by Ukraine...
Missile Allegedly Used to Down MH17 Invisible Due to Speed – Dutch Prosecutors
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Two international experts, tasked with examining the radar images that Russia provided after the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) in eastern Ukraine in 2014 to prove that a Buk missile was not in the air at the time of the incident, found that the missile appeared invisible on the images because the high speed at...
Ukraine Cuts Power to Coal Mines in Lugansk, Leaving 240 People Underground
The Ukrainian energy service has shut down power at coal mines on the territory of the Lugansk region, seeking independence, but officially controlled by the Ukrainian authorities, head of the non-governmental miners union Mikhail Volynets said Monday. “A critical situation with power has occurred at coal mines, belonging to the Ministry of...
