Section: Africa&ME
Spy Tapes and Amazon Clouds: South African at centre of bid for Pentagon data cloud linked to Kremlin insider
While South African, Andre Pienaar, founder of C5 Capital and exposed as the mysterious “Luciano” in the leaked “Zuma spy tapes” saga, is involved in a bid for the Jedi Pentagon Project – a cyber-cloud that will store highly sensitive data including US nuclear codes – he has also been linked to Ukrainian-born Russian oligarch, Viktor Vekselberg,...
EU parliament to award Ukrainian film director rights prize
The European Parliament is set to award its prestigious Sakharov prize for human rights on Wednesday to jailed Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, at a time of heightened tensions between Russia and the West. Sentsov, a fierce critic of Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, was sentenced in 2015 to two decades in...
Egyptian-Italian business relations recovering
The events of the Egyptian-Italian Business Forum on Water, Energy, Waste, and Mobility have ended. The forum was organised by the Italian embassy in Cairo, in cooperation with Ecomondo, the leading circular and green economy expo in the Euro-Mediterranean area organized by Italian Exhibition Group , and the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Egypt....
Politics: The US and Russia are trading shots after Moscow sent 2 bombers to visit the US’s biggest foe in the hemisphere
Russia's ties to Venezuela are longstanding, but despite the arrival of two Russian bombers there, that support may have its limits. Two Russian strategic bombers landed in Venezuela on Monday. Their arrival comes amid increased tensions between the US and Russia and a US-led pressure campaign on Venezuela. Russia remains one of...
Kiev terminates friendship treaty with Russia
Ukraine has terminated the friendship treaty with its most important neighbor, Russia. …read more Source:...
Egyptian-Italian relations recovering
The events of the Egyptian-Italian Business Forum on Water, Energy, Waste, and Mobility have ended. The forum was organised by the Italian embassy in Cairo, in cooperation with Ecomondo, a group of Italian exhibitors, and the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. About 200 Egyptian and Italian companies participated, and over 40 bilateral...
400-year-old Jewish cemetery in Ukraine restored
Fencing at Buchach represents the 107th such completed project by the ESJF, which expects to complete at least a dozen more sites by the end of 2018. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Nancy Isime returns to Nigeria after 12 days of shoot in Norway
Nancy Isime returned to Nigeria after working on the set of a Norwagian movie, 'The Department of Applied Chemistry,' where she is the female lead act. Nancy Isime has returned to Nigeria after working 12 days on the set of an international production, ‘The Department of Applied Chemistry.’Nancy Isime was casted alongside...
Russia gas pipeline to boost grip on Ukraine, Europe: US diplomat
Russia is seeking to boost its power in Europe and grip over Ukraine with the proposed Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, the top U.S. energy diplomat said on Dec. 10, in a step-up of Washington’s rhetoric against the pipeline. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Inter Milan, PSG and Liverpool sweating on last-16 spots
The bid to reach the knockout stages of the Champions League reaches its climax this week with Inter Milan, Paris St Germain and Liverpool among seven clubs sweating on taking the remaining four places for the last 16. Today’s a number of blockbuster encounters will take place as Liverpool hope for one of those magical European nights at...
