Section: Africa&ME
Iran U-21 Volleyball Coach Very Happy for Win over Ukraine
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran U-21 volleyball coach is very satisfied with the win over Ukraine at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men’s U-21 World Championship. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Is that grain really organic? US rules get tightened amid fraud
It’s no secret that US consumers have a seemingly insatiable appetite for organic food. What they might not realise is some of the product doesn’t always live up to its billing – and that’s driving regulators to tighten rules on incoming shipments.While the US is the world’s largest corn and soybean producer, only a small...
Iran Edges Past Ukraine at FIVB U-21 World Championship
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran earned a hard-fought five-set victory over Ukraine at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men’s U-21 World Championship on Saturday. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Putin’s Visits to Crimea Give New Impetus to Region’s Development – Crimea Head
SIMFEROPOL (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visits to the Crimean peninsula encourage the development of the region, Republic of Crimea Head Sergey Aksenov said Saturday. “The head of state pays constant attention to Crimea. Vladimir Vladimirovich [Putin] regularly comes to Crimea and Sevastopol on working visits and goes into...
Putin visits annexed Crimea, triggering Kiev protest
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday visited Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula Moscow annexed in 2014, a trip quickly denounced by Kiev as a violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty. Putin made a stop at the legendary Artek holiday camp for young people, dating from Soviet times, on the shores of the Black Sea, the Kremlin said in a...
Gazprom smells opportunity as UK’s top gas store shuts
Gazprom PJSC is in talks to ramp up natural gas sales in the UK as coal plants are shuttered and the nation’s biggest storage site is closed for good.“We see an appetite from major players in the UK for additional volume of contracted gas,” deputy chief executive officer Alexander Medvedev said in an interview in Prague on Thursday,...
OSCE Observers Claim of Arms Fire, Explosions Heard Near Patrol Cars in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier on Saturday, a ceasefire timed to the summer harvest has come into force in eastern Ukraine. This is the fourth attempt this year at forcing the warring parties to lay down their arms and allow a peaceful life to resume in the Donbass region, torn by more than three years of fighting. “On 23 June an SMM patrol...
Ukraine Appeals UK Court Ruling on Its $3 bln Russia Debt
Heart of the matter Russia filed a lawsuit against Kiev in February 2016 after Ukraine defaulted on paying off a $3-billion loan by December 31, 2015. The $3 billion Eurobond debt was taken out by the government of Ukraine’s then President Viktor Yanukovych in December 2013, just two months before he was ousted by the February 2014 Maidan...
Politics: Evidence is mounting that Russia took 4 clear paths to meddle in the US election
Russia's interference was a multi-faceted, coordinated, and well-planned campaign aimed at undermining the backbone of democracy. It was September 2015 when the FBI first noticed that Russian hackers had infiltrated a computer system belonging to the Democratic National Committee. It was the first sign that Moscow was attempting to meddle in...
US’s Russia sanctions
American senators overwhelmingly voted for strict sanctions on Russia over what they call Moscow’s interference in the US 2016 presidential election as well as its alleged role in the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
