Section: United Arab Emirates
Google, Facebook, Twitter fail to live up to fake news pledge
Google, Facebook and Twitter have fallen short of their pledges to combat fake news, three months before key European elections, the European Commission said on Thursday. The tech companies and trade bodies representing the advertising industry signed up to a voluntary code of conduct in October to tackle the spread of fake news, aiming to stave...
Ukraine pulls out of Eurovision 2019 after Russia row
KIEV: Ukraine on Wednesday said it would not take part in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, after the singer selected to represent the country dropped out following a row over Russia. Singer MARUV won a public vote but said she would not participate because the Ukrainian national broadcaster had imposed conditions including a ban on...
Ukraine leader under fire over associate
Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko, who faces a tough re-election bid next month, came under fire yesterday after his close associate was accused of enriching himself by smuggling military parts from Russia. Accusations of ties involving Russia are extremely sensitive in Ukraine which has battled against Moscow-backed separatists since 2014, in a...
Ukraine drops Eurovision singer because of ‘political differences’
Ukraine’s national broadcaster has dropped the singer who was meant to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest due to apparent political differences over Russia. Anna Korsun, 27, who goes by the stage name Maruv, was selected by a public vote on Saturday to sing at the contest in Israel in May. However, she said that the state...
Ukrainian president visits US destroyer on port call
KIEV (Ukraine): Ukraine’s president has gone aboard a U.S. warship making a call at a Ukrainian port, hailing its visit as a warning to Russia. President Petro Poroshenko visited the destroyer USS Donald Cook in the port of Odessa on Tuesday. He said in a statement that the ship’s visit was “an important signal to the...
Gazprom grabs record share of European gas market despite challenges
Russia’s Gazprom increased its share of the European gas market last year despite a rising challenge from imports of US liquefied natural gas (LNG), company officials told investors in Hong Kong yesterday.The meeting came a day after the surprise departure of deputy chief executive Alexander Medvedev who has spearheaded Gazprom’s...
Moldova set for coalition talks after inconclusive election
An election in Moldova has produced a hung parliament, with the vote split between pro-Western and pro-Russian forces at a time when the ex-Soviet republic’s relations with the European Union have soured. The outcome of Sunday’s contest sets the stage for coalition talks or possibly new elections, just as the country has recovered...
Aspire Academy concludes latest tri-series tournament
Aspire Academy last week concluded the second Tri-Series football tournament of the 2018 – 2019 season. The tournament featured under-13 and under-14 year-old players from Aspire Academy, Kuwait’s U-13/14 national team and FC Dynamo Kyiv from Ukraine.The tournament aims to develop the professionalism of the young student-athletes at Aspire...
Moldovans vote for new government amid talk of protests and poisoning
Moldovans voted in an election on Sunday that is likely to produce a hung parliament, splitting the eastern European country between pro-Western and pro-Russian forces at a time when its relations with the European Union have soured. The current government wants closer EU integration and warns of catastrophe if the country falls back into...
Russian military train showcases Syria war ‘trophies’
A train carrying war “trophies” captured in Syria left Moscow yesterday on a two-month tour to parade Russia’s military gains in the eight-year conflict. The train went on show at Moscow’s Kazansky station, before heading to Russian-annexed Crimea. It will then make its way to the Russian Far East, before returning to Moscow in April...
