Section: Africa&ME
Number of refugees from Ukraine exceeds 900,000: UN
The number of Ukrainian refugees has exceeded 900,000 people since the start of the outbreak of hostilities in eastern Ukraine in April last year, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said in a report. According to RT, some 746,000 have headed for Russia. Belarus received 81,200 refugees with a small number arriving in Germany,...
New private zoo helps Ukrainians forget conflict
Olga Shylenko A young girl in a bright pink dress tiptoes around the edge of a cage containing a white Bengal tiger, as young couples stroll by with pushchairs. It might be a scene from an average family day out elsewhere. But in Ukraine, a giant new private zoo near Kiev is creating a buzz — and helpin …read more...
Moroccan- Belgian Player Suspended for Showing Support for Gaza
Rabat – Yassine Benajiba has been given a two-game ban by UEFA after the Moroccan-Belgian player wore a T-shirt showing support for Gaza. Benajiba of the Luxembourgian club Dudelange was suspended for two matches after displaying the T-shirt with the message “free Gaza Palestine” after scoring against Ludogorets. He will miss his team’s two...
Ukraine accuses Russia to seize control of Ukraine
Ukraine defence minister says Putin out to seize control of Ukraine and a ceasefire doesn’t mean much, since separatists and Russian troops continue to build up their forces …read more Source: World...
‘Russia playing with fire by threatening to expand nukes’
A senior Pentagon official says Russia is “playing with fire” by threatening to expand its nuclear weapons arsenal in response to a rising military presence by the United States and its NATO allies in Eastern Europe. “Anyone who thinks they can control escalation through the use of nuclear weapons is literally playing with...
Russia extends ban on EU, US food
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has extended ban on products imported from the West which has imposed sanctions against Russia. According to a media report, Medvedev approved an order by President Vladimir Putin to prohibit food imports for another year from Europe, the US, Canada and Australia. The list includes fruits, vegetables, meat,...
From Dirty Dancing to downward dog?
A billionaire has grand plans to transform the hotel that inspired the iconic Patrick Swayze movie. ||| New York – The historic hotel in upstate New York that inspired the 1987 film Dirty Dancing will come to be known for its downward dog.An Indian billionaire is transforming Kutsher’s Country Club, once an all-inclusive getaway for...
Former Russian PM Yevgeny Primakov dies
Ukraine-born former Russian prime minister Yevgeny Primakov has died aged 85 in Moscow. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine to allow foreign troops and nukes in conflict
President Poroshenko signs bill which would allow foreign peacekeepers and nuclear weapons on Ukrainian soil …read more Source: Anadolu...
Kiev to allow foreign troops, nukes in Ukraine
President Poroshenko approves amendments to the law which would allow foreign troops to enter the country as a peacekeeping force …read more Source: World...
