Section: United Arab Emirates
Kremlin says ‘too early’ to say if it can work with Ukraine’s Zelensky
The Kremlin on Monday said it was “too early” to say whether it could work with Volodymyr Zelensky, the comedian who was elected to the Ukraine presidency in a weekend vote. …read more Source: Al...
Ukraine enters uncharted new era after comedian wins presidency
* Results show comedian Zelenskiy easily wins presidency * Outcome is bitter blow for incumbent Poroshenko * Investors, West and Russia wondering what he will do * Zelenskiy says win shows anything is possibleUkraine entered uncharted political waters on Monday after near final results showed a comedian with no political experience and few...
Comic Zelenskiy wins Ukraine presidential vote in landslide
With nearly all the votes counted in Ukraine, TV star Volodymyr Zelenskiy is projected to win the country’s presidential runoff vote in a landslide. The Central Election Commission said on …read more Source: Al...
Primed for a rebound? US growth set to stabilise
The US economy is set to show fresh signs of stabilising and indeed even strengthening after its recent soft patch.After a run of data last week exceeded forecasts, the government on Friday reveals its first estimate of gross domestic product for the first quarter.Wall Street estimates are creeping higher with the consensus of economists surveyed...
Comedian Zelenskiy wins Ukrainian presidential race by landslide
The national exit poll showed Zelenskiy had won 73 percent of the vote with Poroshenko winning just 25 per cent. …read more Source: Khaleej...
Comedian Zelenskiy wins Ukrainian presidential race by landslide: exit poll
Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won the second round of a presidential election against incumbent Petro Poroshenko by a landslide, a national exit poll showed on Sunday. The …read more Source: Al...
Ukraine poll rivals clash ahead of Sunday’s vote
A comedian tipped to take over Ukraine’s presidency and his incumbent rival went head-to-head in a bitter stadium debate yesterday, as campaigning reached its grand finale before a weekend vote.Polls show Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a 41-year-old stand-up comic with no political experience, handily defeating President Petro Poroshenko in a...
Asher-Smith, Guliyev headline classy 200m line-ups
Triple European champion Dina Asher-Smith and reigning world and European champion Ramil Guliyev will both launch their seasons in earnest over 200m in the Doha Diamond League – the first stage of the IAAF Diamond League – on 3 May. Asher-Smith conquered the European stage last year, winning gold medals in the 100m, 200m and the 4x100m relay at...
Russia sentences Norwegian charged with espionage to 14 years
A Moscow court on Tuesday convicted a retired Norwegian border guard who was charged with spying on Russian nuclear submarines and sentenced him to 14 years in prison. Frode Berg, 63, was detained in Moscow in 2017 following a sting operation by Russia’s FSB security service. A former Russian police officer was accused of handing Berg files...
Qatar and Ukrainian officials hold political consultations
The ministries of foreign affairs of Qatar and Ukraine have held a round of political consultations in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. The talks were chaired by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General HE Dr Ahmed bin Hassan al-Hammadi and Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergiy Kyslytsya. The two sides discussed the relations...
