Section: Africa&ME
Strategy: 19 billionaires who grew up poor
Some of the richest people in the world came from poor backgrounds. • Billionaires don’t always come from moneyed backgrounds. • In fact, many famous billionaires actually grew up poor. • From George Soros to Larry Ellison to Oprah Winfrey, here’s a look at how some of the wealthiest people on the planet came up from nothing....
Russian President: Returning Crimea to Ukraine Is Impossible Under Any Circumstances
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian President Vladimir Putin said returning Crimea to Ukraine is impossible under whatever circumstances. …read more Source: Fars News...
Putin: villain abroad, hero at home
To the West he is public enemy number one: snatching land from his neighbours, interfering in foreign elections and unveiling weapons that he says render Washington’s missile defence systems obsolete. But despite , or because of, his reputation abroad, Vladimir Putin is still widely popular in Russia and is all but guaranteed to win a...
‘Jews’ behind US poll meddling: Putin
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin suggested in a US television interview that Ukrainians, Tatars or “Jews,” could have meddled in the 2016 US presidential election — but not the Kremlin. “Why have you decided the Russian authorities, myself included, gave anybody permission to do this?” Putin asked in the often-combative interview with NBC...
US drone spotted near Russia’s Crimea
A US drone has been spotted conducting reconnaissance near the Russian territory of Crimea. …read more Source:...
I don’t care, says Putin on alleged US election interference
Moscow — Vladimir Putin says he doesn’t care about alleged Russian interference in the US presidential election because the actions weren’t connected to his government. In an interview with the US TV network NBC, the Russian president was asked if he condoned the interference by 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies...
Politics: Trump scrapped a $2 billion deal with the UAE days before the secret Seychelles meeting that Mueller now has his eyes on
Trump said he turned down the proposal because he did not want to be perceived as taking advantage of the presidency. President Donald Trump rejected a business proposal from a close United Arab Emirates associate days before a Trump surrogate met an Emirati delegation and Kremlin-aligned Russian investor Kirill Dmitriev in the Seychelles. Trump...
Ukraine negotiator charged over plot to kill Poroshenko
Kiev: Ukraine on Friday charged a prisoner swap negotiator with plotting to assassinate President Petro Poroshenko and other top officials leading the four-year campaign against Russian-backed eastern insurgents. A judge in Kiev said Volodymyr Ruban planned to use mortar fire and grenades to attack the presidential administration and parliament...
Ukraine nabs negotiator over plot to kill president Poroshenko
Ukraine’s security forces detained Volodymyr Ruban while he was transporting weapons from the conflict zone in the country’s east. Officials claimed he planned to kill top Ukrainian leaders, including the president. …read more Source:...
Nigerian Navy: 16 Ukrainians arrested, vessel for illegal entry on Nigeria’s waters
One vessel, MT San Padre Pio and the 16 all-male crew members were held in the operation, Capt. Suleiman Olorundare, Commanding Officer of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, Bonny told newsman. The Nigerian Navy said on Friday that it had arrested 16 Ukrainian nationals for illegally transporting 5 million litres of diesel without permit...
