Section: Africa&ME
News24.com | WATCH: Ukraine’s landmines endangering children
Unexploded mines and rockets are one of the legacies of Ukraine’s conflict with Russia-backed separatists. …read more Source:...
Should the Russians hug the Chinese?
Chinese President Xi Jinping was the toast of Russia recently. He smiled at the Moscow Zoo as Russian President Vladimir Putin admired the pandas Xi had brought (a standard Chinese gift to countries it courts). In St Petersburg, he toured the Aurora, the warship that fired the shot marking the start of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, and took...
Putin Says Moscow Seeking Improved Ties with Washington, Warns of Countermeasures
Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country seeks improved relations with the United States but has warned that Moscow will take countermeasures if Washington imposes more sanctions. Putin made the remarks during a news conference at the G20 summit in Japan’s Osaka on Saturday after meeting his American counterpart Donald Trump. The...
Putin says Russia will do all it can to improve ties with U.S.
Russia’s president said Saturday that Moscow would do all it could to improve relations with the United States that have been strained by years of diplomatic conflicts over Ukraine and accusations of Russian meddling in U.S. elections. …read more Source: The Daily...
Chernobyl: What you need to know
An NGO body, The Chernobyl Union of Ukraine, puts the present number of those that died to close to 734,000. …read more Source: Standard...
2 streets in Kiev will no longer be named for Nazi collaborators
Despite protests by Jews, this glorification became mainstream following the 2014 overthrow of the government of former president Viktor Yanukovych. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Don’t meddle in election, a smirking Trump tells Putin at G20
Osaka – US President Donald Trump, upon the prodding of journalists, turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin, wagged a finger and with a smirk on his face told his counterpart not to meddle in elections. “Of course,” Trump said, when asked by journalists at the G20 summit in Osaka on Friday if he would warn Putin. He then...
Online voting opens for Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest
Moscow – The 2019 Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest launched online voting on the stenincontest.com website on Thursday, allowing Internet users to pick their favourite entry. The online vote for the contest’s best photo will be open until July 31, 11:59 pm Moscow time [20:00 GMT]. Anyone who has an account on...
Stormy G20 meeting looms as Trump bashes China on trade
China’s Xi Jinping landed in Osaka yesterday ahead of what promises to be a stormy G20 meeting over trade, as US President Donald Trump lashed out at Beijing and vowed more tariffs. The long-running trade war between the world’s top two economies looked poised to dominate the agenda of the group of 20 summit in Osaka from today and...
Ukraine court nullifies naming of streets for Nazi collaborators
Ukrainian court nullifies naming of Kiev streets for Nazi collaborators, mayor promises to appeal ruling. …read more Source: Arutz...
