Section: Africa&ME
Ukrainian Church archbishop Kliment arrested in Crimea
SIMFEROPOL: The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Crimea said he was arrested on Sunday by authorities in the Russian-annexed peninsula. Father Kliment told reporters that he was speaking by phone from a police station in the Crimean capital of Simferopol, where he had been arrested at a bus station. Police did not tell him why he was...
Graphic novelist ordered to pay $42m dollars to murdered fiancee’s family
Los Angeles – A Los Angeles judge has ordered a graphic novelist from a wealthy Canadian family to pay 41.6 million dollars to the family of his fiancee, whom he brutally tortured and killed in 2016. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Bobbi Tillmon delivered the verdict after a bench trial in the wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Iana...
Turkish Airlines moves circus lions to natural habitat
Turkish Cargo, affiliate of national flag carrier, carries lions from Ukraine to Kragga Kamma Game Park in South Africa …read more Source: Anadolu...
It’s all classical at Belgium Embassy
West and the Europeans have long had a love affair with the classical arts and music and no doubt plays host to internationally renowned artistes. It defines heritage and culture and transports you to just another world, if you’re a keen lover for violin, piano or any instrument for that matter. The trend seems to be shifting its place and...
El Reyada For Rice Milling eyes 25% growth in exports
El Reyada For Rice Milling aims to increase its exports by 25% compared to last year by expanding into new markets. Mahmoud Al-Waili, chairperson of El Reyada For Rice Milling, said that exports in the last year reached $40m and aims to increase that to $50m this year. He pointed out that the company has already started opening new markets last...
US, Allies Aim to Eliminate the Statehood of Countries They Dislike: Moscow
Chief of the Russian General Staff and First Deputy Defense Minister, General Valery Gerasimov stated that modern conflicts are characterized by attracting means of economic, political, diplomatic, informational pressure, as well as a demonstration of military power in the interests of enhancing the effectiveness of non-military measures....
Ukraine race heats up with fraud accusations
KIEV: With Ukraine’s presidential election just weeks away, former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Friday turned up the heat on a top rival accusing incumbent Petro Poroshenko’s campaign of fraud. Tymoshenko told journalists at the interior ministry building in Kiev that she was providing “evidence, testimony, that today...
Ukraine protesters call for president’s impeachment
KIEV (Ukraine): Hundreds of demonstrators marched across the Ukrainian capital on Thursday calling for the impeachment of the country’s president over embezzlement claims. President Petro Poroshenko, who is seeking re-election in a March 31 vote, has come under fire over a media investigation that implicated one of his senior associates in...
Google, Facebook, Twitter fail to live up to fake news pledge
Google, Facebook and Twitter have fallen short of their pledges to combat fake news, three months before key European elections, the European Commission said on Thursday. The tech companies and trade bodies representing the advertising industry signed up to a voluntary code of conduct in October to tackle the spread of fake news, aiming to stave...
‘Frozen Conflicts’ Says a Lot About Today’s 70M Displaced in World – Turkish FM
Some 70 million people are displaced today worldwide due to wars and conflicts, more than during World War II, said Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu on Wednesday. Speaking to students, scholars, and the media at a conference organized by TOBB University in the capital Ankara, Cavusoglu addressed a wide array of issues. Cavusoglu said that many...
