Section: Africa&ME
Hospital worker in Israel breaks quarantine, hops on plane to Ukraine
The worker, reportedly from Bat Yam, contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, and was showing symptoms of the illness before boarding the plane. …read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
Coronavirus patient breaks quarantine, boards plane to Ukraine
Man has yet to recover from the COVID-19 and reportedly displays symptoms of disease; breach of quarantine may carry a sentence of up to 7 years in prison if committed intentionally …read more Source:: Yedioth...
‘Coffee, cigarettes, journalists’: video shows hostage-taker captured in Ukraine bank
Ukrainian security forces disguised as part of a TV news crew captured a suspected hostage-taker at a bank branch in Kyiv Monday, while he was lounging in a chair speaking to journalists whose presence he had demanded along with coffee and cigarettes. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Police detain man threatening to blow up bank in Ukraine’s capital
Police detained a man who allegedly threatened to set off an explosive device at a bank in Ukraine’s capital and demanded to speak with journalists Monday.The man, identified as Sukhrob Karimov, a 32-year-old citizen of the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan, entered a bank office in Kieve and said he had explosives in his backpack, police...
Ukraine: Man threatens to detonate bomb in Kyiv business centre
A man carrying a backpack enters a bank in the Leonardo business centre in central Kyiv, claiming he had a bomb. …read more Source:: AL...
Tourism amid coronavirus: Which countries lifted, eased or kept travel restrictions?
Forty percent of all destinations worldwide have now eased :Coronavirus confirmed cases worldwide pass 18 million: AFP tallyCoronavirus: Qatar implements new COVID-19 policies for travelers’ entryCoronavirus: Kuwait sets rules for transit travelers’ entry from high risk countriesCoronavirus: Tips for UAE residents planning an August...
Maverick Citizen: OP-ED: SA will beat Covid tender corruption by proactive publishing of procurement information
South Africa can learn much from Ukraine and Nigeria’s open e-procurement systems which ensure transparency relating to pandemic-related contracts, and allow journalists and citizens to analyse the details of such contracts. …read more Source:: Daily...
2nd round of Iran-Ukraine talks to be held in Oct. in Tehran
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Ukraine to let Israelis in for Rosh Hashanah?
Ukraine to let in at least 5,000 Uman pilgrims for Rosh Hashanah, chief rabbi says. …read more Source:: Arutz...
Ukraine police kill man after another incident of hostage-taking, says official
A man who had taken a senior police officer hostage a week ago and then escaped was killed by police special forces in central Ukraine early on Saturday when he took a new hostage and exploded a grenade, a senior government official said. The man, called Roman Skrypnyk, was found by a police officer in the early hours in an uninhabited house...
