Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine utility cyber attack wider than reported – experts
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Williams out of Hopman opener with swollen knee
World number one Serena Williams suffered an early season injury setback yesterday as she withdrew from the United States’ opening Hopman Cup tie with inflammation in her knee. Her withdrawal helped the Ukraine pairing of Elina Svitolina and Alexandr Dolgopolov record a 2-1 round robin opening win over the US in the mixed teams tournament....
Abe says summit with Putin needed to resolve territorial row
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that summit talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin must take place in order for the countries to forge a peace treaty. Japan and Russia never signed a peace treaty after World War II because of conflicting claims over islands north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, which Japan calls its...
Ukraine imposes tit for tat ban on Russian food imports
The Ukrainian government has agreed to impose a ban on Russian food imports in response to a similar move by Moscow. The ban is expected to come into force on January 10, according to a decree signed by Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. The decree says that the embargo will stay in place “until the cancelation of the ban on...
Hopman Cup: Hobbling Serena ruled out of opening tie
"I'm disappointed to not take the court in Perth today," Williams said in a news release. World number one Serena Williams was ruled out of her opening match at the Hopman Cup mixed team event in Perth on Monday because of inflammation of the knee, organisers said.The 34-year-old was scheduled to play her first official match since...
A Minority Party Will Be Lifted Up In Nigeria – TB Joshua
After an eight month absence, Nigerian ‘Prophet’ T.B. Joshua returned to his Lagos-based church, The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), on Sunday 3rd January 2016 with more prophetic revelations concerning Africa. Speaking on the Nigerian political scene, Joshua declared that a minority partywould soon rise to significance. “One of...
Japan’s Abe wants summit talks with Putin over territorial dispute
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says summit talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin are needed in order for Japan and Russia to settle a long-running territorial dispute. Tokyo and Moscow never reached a peace treaty following World War II due to conflicting claims over four Pacific islands close to Japan’s north coast, known as the...
Morocco Not on the List of Unstable Countries for 2016: Survey
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); New York – Morocco earned another recognition as a safe country as it has been excluded from a list of “potentially unstable areas for 2016”. According to “Preventive Priorities Survey: 2016”, an annual study on conflict prevention published in December by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR),...
Opinion: Putin’s ‘Syria card’ in the Ukraine conflict
Russia’s power in the Syria conflict has been overestimated. The danger Moscow poses for Ukraine and Europe, however, has been underestimated. But the two issues are related, write’s DW’s Ingo Mannteufel. …read more Source:...
Poland wants Britain’s help over NATO troops in Brexit talks
By Wiktor Szary and Justyna Pawlak Poland could be open to compromise over British demands to limit the rights of European Union migrants if London helps it bolster the NATO presence in central Europe, Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski told Reuters. With hundreds of thousands of Poles living in Britain, Warsaw is one of the EU’s...
