Section: Africa&ME
EU Extends Russia Economic Sanctions
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The European Union on Wednesday formally rolled over damaging economic sanctions against Russia for another six months, saying Moscow had failed to live up to its Ukraine ceasefire commitments. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Business highlights June 28 2017
CMA gazettes Stewardship Code The Capital Markets Authority, Kenya’s market regulator, has announced the gazettement of the Stewardship Code for Institutional Investors (Stewardship Code) Kenya is now the second country in Africa, after South Africa, to introduce the framework. The Stewardship Code is aimed at empowering institutional...
Ukraine city to hold festival in honor of Nazi collaborator
Nationalist collaborator Roman Shukhevych’s men were part of a pogrom that killed over 6,000 Jews. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
NATO Chief: Cyber Attacks A Call to Arms
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned the alliance must step up its defense against cyberattacks, saying they could potentially trigger their Article 5 mutual defense commitment. Computer users around the world were scrambling Wednesday to reboot systems after a tidal wave of ransomware cyberattacks spread from Ukraine and Russia across Europe to...
Global cyber ransomware attack spreads
A global cyber attack‚ which was initiated in the Ukraine‚ spread on Wednesday to other countries in Europe‚ less than two months after the last worldwide ransom ware attack. …read more Source: The...
Not About Money: Why Poland, Ukraine are Boosting Military Equipment Trade
Poland and Ukraine have signed military-technical cooperation agreement, under which Ukraine will supply its radar-guided R-27R1 missiles, the main armament on Poland ‘s Soviet-era MiG-29 fighters. Kiev, in return, will get surveillance and guidance devices from Poland for its armored vehicles. Sputnik Polska discussed the issue with Russian...
Cyber attack sweeps globe, researchers see ‘WannaCry’ link
* Wave of disruption started in Russia and Ukraine * Virus spreads to major global companies * Asian businesses report disruptions, though wider impact limited * Cyber security experts blame ransomware virus A major global cyber attack disrupted computers at Russia’s biggest oil company, Ukrainian banks and multinational firms with a virus...
News24.com | Former Trump campaign chair registers as a foreign agent
Former Trump campaign chairperson Paul Manafort has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for more than $17m worth of consulting work he performed for a Ukrainian political party. …read more Source:...
Former Trump campaign chairman registers as foreign agent
President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, registered Tuesday with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for political consulting work he did for a Ukrainian political party, acknowledging that he coached party members on how to interact with U.S. government officials …read more Source: The Daily...
Tech: Victims of the global cyberattack have paid $9,000 so far but can’t get their files back
German email operator Posteo said it shut the hackers' account — leaving the victims out of luck. Victims of the ongoing Petya cyberattack have paid £7,064 ($9,000) in Bitcoin to hackers so far to try and get their files back — but they won’t have much luck. The cyberattack broke out on Tuesday, impacting the Ukrainian government...
