Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine launches new China trade route bypassing Russia
‘Now, Ukraine is not just a potential transit country between the East and West, but one that has finally realized its potential,’ Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister says …read more Source: World...
Brown Ideye: Striker’s alleged baby mama asking for DNA tests
Ideye has vehemently denied having children with Alex, but the woman is asking for a DNA test. The woman who claims to have two children for Super Eagles striker Brown Ideye is asking for DNA tests to prove her case.The woman called Alex through a series of Instagram post has been accusing Ideye of fathering her son and daughter. From the photos...
Completed restructuring deals fell by a third to $140.9 bln in 2015
LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Completed distressed debt and bankruptcy restructurings fell by a third in 2015 compared with the previous year with failed Icelandic bank Glitnir and Ukraine’s sovereign debt accounting for the top deals, Thomson Reuters… …read more Source:...
Ukraine seeks US, EU help to secure Crimea return
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says he has been seeking assistance from the United States and European Union for reclaiming the strategic Black Sea Crimea peninsula from Russia.President Poroshenko told a press briefing in the capital Kiev on Thursday that he wanted to launch an “international process… that includes the...
The Tempting of Bernie Sanders
The front-runner for the Democratic nomination is beset by scandal, trailing (some) Republicans in general-election polling, and at risk of losing to her socialist rival in the earliest two states. That same socialist rival is arguably technically further to the left than Donald Trump is to the right, he has higher polling averages than Trump,...
List of youngest birth mothers
This is a list of known biological mothers between 5 and 10 years of age. Date Mother Age of mother Father Country Description 1939-05-14 May 14, 1939 Lina Medina 7000507000000000000♠ 5 years,7 months Unknown Peru Peru Lina Medina, from the Ticrapo District of Peru, gave birth by cesarean section in Lima at age 5 1⁄2. The infant was a 2.64 kg...
France probes teacher’s role in avalanche tragedy
PARIS: French prosecutors said on Thursday they were investigating why a teacher led a group of students onto a closed piste in the French Alps where an avalanche killed two of them along with a Ukrainian tourist. The teacher, who was seriously injured in Wednesday’s accident, is in hospital in nearby Grenoble. A 16-year-old girl died on...
Lavrov, Kerry to meet in Zurich on Jan. 20 for Syria talks
Kerry and Lavrov to look into ways to resolve the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine during the talks …read more Source: World...
Ukraine seeks US, EU help to secure Crimea return
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says he has been seeking assistance from the United States and European Union for reclaiming the strategic Black Sea Crimea peninsula from Russia. …read more Source: Iran...
Customs facilitation agreement between Syria and Russia will soon see the light of day
Damascus, SANA – Exporters Union discussed with a Russian delegation on Thursday ways of activating trade exchange and the arrangements required to signing a customs facilitation agreement between the two countries. The Union’s chairman Mohammad al-Sawah said work is under way to sign the agreement that is related to customs exemptions and...
