Section: Africa&ME
Germany assumes Russia behind recent cyber attack
BERLIN: The German government has to assume that a cyber attack on its Foreign Ministry stemmed from Russia, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told the broadcaster ZDF on Sunday. Maas listed a series of what he called problematic actions by Moscow, including the lack of progress in implementing a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, a poison gas attack in...
Naldo screamer seals Schalke win over arch-rivals Dortmund
A 30-metre rocket from Naldo fired Schalke 04 to a 2-0 victory over-arch rivals Borussia Dortmund yesterday and strengthened their grip on second place in the Bundesliga. Naldo’s superb strike sent the blue half of the Ruhr region into raptures as Schalke recorded their first win over Dortmund since September 2014.The Brazilian, who scored...
World: Martin Sorrell resigns as chief of WPP advertising agency
Martin Sorrell has resigned amid an investigation into alleged misconduct as the chief executive of WPP, the world’s largest advertising group, the company said Saturday, abruptly ending his decadeslong run leading the agency he helped found. In a statement, the London-based advertising behemoth said the change would take effect...
Assad’s children visited Crimean holiday camp, Russian lawmaker says
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Germany says will push for new international effort to end war in Syria
Germany will join France to push for a new international effort to achieve a lasting ceasefire in Syria, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Saturday according to a Retuers report, criticising Russia for repeatedly blocking UN Security Council action on the war. Officials from Germany, France, Britain and the United States will meet in...
Banking overhaul seeks to shut Latvian money laundromat
Eurozone member Latvia is scrambling to reform its banking sector after US authorities accused its third largest lender of large-scale money laundering with connections to North Korea’s nuclear weapons development programme. Desperate to restore credibility, Riga is eliminating deposits in US dollars, cracking down on dealings with shell...
NATO Equals Chemical Weapon and Gazprom, Prepping Ukraine for Hybrid Warfare
NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller dedicated her speech at the Kyiv Security Forum to Russia, which “has created a fog of neither peace nor war, but of constant crisis and destabilization.” At the meeting in the Ukrainian capital, she briefed the country’s ministers and security officials on its key goals for countering...
Liverpool kwa Roma, kule Real, Bayern
Mechi ya fainali ya michuano hiyo inatazamiwa kufanyika Mei 26 mwaka huu katika uwanja wa NSC Olimpiyskiy jjini Kiev nchini Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Iran, Ukraine sign scientific cooperation MoU
Officials from Iran’s Scientific Association of Urban Economy and National Transport University of Ukraine (NTU) signed a memorandum of understanding scientific cooperation in Kiev Friday. …read more Source: Iran...
Ukraine to leave Commonwealth of Independent states
Ukraine says it could quit the Commonwealth of Independent states, a Russia-led political and economic bloc of former Soviet Republics. …read more Source:...
