Section: Africa&ME
Global issues to harm tech firms
Geopolitical tensions, currency swings and economic turmoil can all affect a global technology company’s bottom line. ||| Earnings season has just kicked off, and we’re already starting to get a pretty clear map of where in the world technology companies face the biggest problems. A global tech company’s financial performance is...
Donors pledge millions for Chernobyl cover
International donors have agreed to pay an extra 180 million euros to fund a new cover for the disused Chernobyl nuclear power plant. ||| London – International donors agreed to pay an extra 180 million euros ($201 million) to fund a new cover for the disused Chernobyl nuclear power plant at a conference in London on Wednesday.“Chernobyl...
Turkish delegation chooses Russia’s way in Crimea
An unofficial Turkish delegation has arrived in Crimea through a route offered by Russia and opposed by Ukraine, despite the recent diplomatic row between Moscow and Ankara. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
55 Ukrainian refugees land in Israel
More than three quarters of Donetsk’s prewar Jewish population has fled. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Naftogaz transfers $40 mln to Gazprom for gas
Ukraine and Russia have signed an interim deal for cheaper supplies of gas from Russia covering the next three months …read more Source: World...
PM: The fire near Chernobyl nuclear zone under control
Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said that firefighters have stopped a forest fire near Ukraine’s Chernobyl plant, the scene of the world’s worst civil nuclear disaster. …read more Source: World...
Chernobyl wildfire controlled: Ukraine
Firefighters have brought under control a forest fire near Ukraine’s Chernobyl plant, scene of the world’s worst nuclear accident in 1986, the emergency services said on April 29 …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Huge Ukrainian forest fire contained
Blaze near disused Chernobyl nuclear plant under control, say emergency services …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine: Fire threatens Chernobyl nuclear plant
Strong winds fanning blaze heading towards scene of 1986 nuclear catastrophe, Ukrainian minister says. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine warns of ‘threat of war’
KIEV: A Ukrainian soldier was killed and 14 others injured as shelling intensified in eastern parts of the country where government forces are fighting pro-Russian rebels, the army said Tuesday. “One Ukrainian soldier was killed and 14 injured due to military activity” over the past 24 hours, military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk told a news...
