Section: United Arab Emirates
Real Madrid reappoint Zidane as coach to replace Solari
Zinedine Zidane has made a sensational return as coach of Real Madrid after Santiago Solari’s sacking was finally confirmed yesterday. Zidane has been given a contract until June 2022, just nine months after he resigned at the end of last season, having led Madrid to an historic third consecutive Champions League triumph. Solari’s...
UN environment talks open under shadow of Ethiopian plane crash
A world forum on addressing the planet’s environmental crisis opened in Nairobi on Monday, the mood darkened by the Ethiopian Airlines tragedy that killed 157 people a day earlier, including at least 22 UN staff, many headed for the event. Delegates arrived at the sprawling compound to see the UN flag flying at half-mast and the usually...
Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary celebrate 20 years of NATO membership
The accession of Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary to the Western military alliance NATO 20 years ago was celebrated with a military ceremony in Warsaw on Sunday. The first armoured brigade of the Polish Army displayed their vehicles and equipment as part of the ceremony, the Polish news agency PAP reported. Among the guests of honour were...
Tens of police hospitalized after Ukraine clashes ahead of poll
Ukraine’s police said Sunday that 25 officers were injured in clashes with ultra-nationalists who tried to attack a presidential motorcade ahead of elections at the end of this month. A total of …read more Source: Al...
Poland defies green activists, EU with Baltic canal project
Poland is pressing ahead with plans to dig a waterway across a narrow strip of land that separates its main eastern coastline from the Baltic Sea despite concerns among activists and in the European Union that it could damage the environment. The Vistula Spit is a heavily wooded sandbank 55km long but less than 2km wide which encloses a coastal...
Russia accused of trying to tarnish archbishop’s name
SIMFEROPOL: The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Moscow-annexed Crimea said on Monday he had been released by police, accusing Russian authorities of seeking to tarnish his reputation. Archbishop Kliment was taken off a bus in the Crimean capital of Simferopol on Sunday as he was preparing to travel to southern Russia to visit a Ukrainian...
Ukrainian Church archbishop Kliment arrested in Crimea
SIMFEROPOL: The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Crimea said he was arrested on Sunday by authorities in the Russian-annexed peninsula. Father Kliment told reporters that he was speaking by phone from a police station in the Crimean capital of Simferopol, where he had been arrested at a bus station. Police did not tell him why he was...
It’s all classical at Belgium Embassy
West and the Europeans have long had a love affair with the classical arts and music and no doubt plays host to internationally renowned artistes. It defines heritage and culture and transports you to just another world, if you’re a keen lover for violin, piano or any instrument for that matter. The trend seems to be shifting its place and...
Ukraine race heats up with fraud accusations
KIEV: With Ukraine’s presidential election just weeks away, former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Friday turned up the heat on a top rival accusing incumbent Petro Poroshenko’s campaign of fraud. Tymoshenko told journalists at the interior ministry building in Kiev that she was providing “evidence, testimony, that today...
Ukraine protesters call for president’s impeachment
KIEV (Ukraine): Hundreds of demonstrators marched across the Ukrainian capital on Thursday calling for the impeachment of the country’s president over embezzlement claims. President Petro Poroshenko, who is seeking re-election in a March 31 vote, has come under fire over a media investigation that implicated one of his senior associates in...
