Section: Africa&ME
4 killed in pro-Russian rebel attack in eastern Ukraine
President Poroshenko cancels appearance at finals of Eurovision Song Contest …read more Source: Anadolu...
Barshim wins in Shanghai
Mutaz Barshim of Qatar competes in the high jump event during the Shanghai Diamond League athletics meeting in Shanghai yesterday. The Rio Olympics silver medallist leapt 2.33m to win the event ahead of China’s Yu Wang and Ukraine’s Andriy Protsenko who managed 2.3 and 2.27m respectively. Barshim had delighted home fans in Qatar a...
4 civilians killed in Ukraine ahead of Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv
As the glitz and glamour of Eurovision kicked off in Kyiv, people were being shelled to death in their own homes in eastern Ukraine. Authorities have blamed pro-Russia separatists for the attack. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko Cancels Visit to Eurovision Due to Shelling of Avdiivka
KIEV (Sputnik) — Poroshenko said he had canceled his visit to the final of the 2017 Eurovision song contest set for May 13 because of the shelling of the town of Avdiivka in Donbas, resulting in casualties among civil population. Earlier in the day, Pavlo Zhebrivskyi, the governor of the Kiev-loyal Donetsk region administration, said that at...
Italy leads the pack at Eurovision
Italy and Portugal were the frontrunners going into last night’s final of the Eurovision Song Contest, an annual song and dance fest – held in Kiev this year – whose global audience topped 200mn people last year.Italian Francesco Gabbani is leading the pack with a number, viewed nearly 114mn times on YouTube, that mixes Buddhist imagery...
Israel performs in Eurovision final
Imri Ziv wows Kiev, but will it be enough? …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Hackers behind global cyberattack likely to strike again, experts warn
Washington // The hackers that launched a global cyberattack that brought chaos to banks, hospitals and corporations are expected to return and many computers remain at risk.Experts warned on Saturday that the hackers can still gain easy access to personal computers that lack a security update issued in March by Microsoft to fix the vulnerability...
Ukraine president skips Eurovision after shelling kills 4
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Saturday he was cancelling his appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest final in Kiev after a shelling attack in the war-torn east reportedly killed four civilians. “I…Click To Continue …read more Source: Daily...
234 Years of Naval Glory, and Counting: Russian Black Sea Fleet Marks Birthday
Following Crimea’s absorption into the Russian Empire in 1783, it quickly became apparent to Empress Catherine the Great that the peninsula on the Black Sea required a fleet to defend it. Ahtiar Bay, a sparsely populated area located in the southwest of the peninsula, was chosen to serve as the base for the fleet, and it was here that the...
Global cyber attack slows but risk of fresh strikes seen
* “Unprecedented attack” requires global inquiry – Europol* Carmakers Renault, Nissan targeted by cyber extortionists* Ransomware also hits German railway, Chinese Window users* UK expert stems ransomware spread but fresh attacks feared* Attackers use tools honed by US National Security Agency A global cyber attack described as...
