Section: Africa&ME
Crimean cat ‘adopts’ 4 orphaned baby squirrels
In Crimea, a cat has “adopted” four orphaned baby squirrels and is raising them as her own alongside her new kittens. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s president-elect Zelensky offers passports to Russians
President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed an offer by Vladimir Putin to provide passports to Ukrainians, and pledged instead to grant citizenship to Russians who “suffer” under the Kremlin’s rule. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Moscow ‘thinking’ of simplifying nationality process for all Ukraine: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday Moscow was ‘thinking’ of making it easier for all Ukrainians to obtain Russian citizenship after the Kremlin moved to grant passports in the country’s separatist east, causing uproar in Kiev. ‘We are actually thinking about providing citizenship in a simplified order to all citizens of...
Putin Raises Possibility of Meeting Ukraine Leader
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday raised the possibility of meeting Ukraine’s president-elect in a sign Moscow might want to improve relations that soured after its 2014 annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Death toll from Ukraine mine blast rises to 13
…read more Source: Al-Manar TV
Putin inquires into new Ukrainian president’s position on East Ukraine
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Most Asian markets decline further
Asian markets mostly fell yesterday with investors treading carefully as global slowdown worries return to the fore, with analysts pointing to an economic divergence between the US and the rest of the world.Traders have been cheered by a string of better-than-expected earnings from corporate titans this reporting season, with Facebook, Microsoft...
Ukraine MPs pass language law
Ukraine’s parliament approved a law yesterday that grants special status to the Ukrainian language and makes it mandatory for public sector workers, a move Russia described as divisive and said discriminated against Russian-speakers. The law, which obliges all citizens to know the Ukrainian language and makes it a mandatory requirement for...
Ukraine: Chernobyl nuclear disaster marks 33 years
Nearly 8.4M people exposed to radiation, over 400,000 displaced in wake of 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster …read more Source: Anadolu...
Russia was too quick to celebrate Zelensky’s victory in Ukraine
In fact, the Kremlin may start missing ex-President Petro Poroshenko very soon. …read more Source: AL...
