Section: Africa&ME
Qatar acquires stakes in Russian state oil firm
Qatar’s Investment Authority (QIA) and Swiss Commodity trading Glencore have agreed to acquire 19.5 per cent of Russia’s largest oil-producer, Rosnet. The deal is worth €10.2 billion ($11.3 billion), US Bloomberg Economic reported. The agency said yesterday that Glencore, which took charge of attracting investors on behalf of the...
OSCE to replace drones shot down over east Ukraine
HAMBURG (Reuters) – The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Friday launched a tender for long-range drones after losing eight such aircraft over eastern Ukraine since it began a monitoring mission there. …read more Source: Libya...
OSCE to replace drones shot down over east Ukraine
HAMBURG (Reuters) – The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Friday launched a tender for long-range drones after losing eight such aircraft over eastern Ukraine since it began a monitoring mission there. drones-idUSKBN13Y2IE?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews>Read more The post OSCE to replace drones shot down over east...
US, Russia, trade barbs at European security meeting
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) remained divided over the conflict in eastern Ukraine at the end of a two-day meeting in Hamburg, with the United States accusing Russia of blocking a resolution …read more Source: The Daily...
Cruising Chelsea face West Brom, aim for cloud nine
Antonio Conte’s Chelsea juggernaut rolls back into action against West Bromwich Albion tomorrow with the Premier League leaders chasing a ninth consecutive win. Chelsea produced the most impressive display of their winning streak last weekend when they came from behind to win 3-1 at Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. They have not won...
United’s Mkhitaryan breaks duck
Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored his first Manchester United goal to set up a 2-0 win over Zorya Luhansk in Ukraine on Thursday and take Jose Mourinho’s side into the last 32 of the Europa League. United required only a point to secure progress from Group A but Mkhitaryan’s 48th-minute strike and a late Zlatan Ibrahimovic goal separated the...
Joshua eyes Klitschko prize in Molina bout
World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua fights Eric Molina tonight, but all the talk this week has been about who the Briton could fight next. Joshua’s second defence of his IBF world crown might not be generating as much excitement and anticipation as his previous fights, but much is on the line. Should he prevail, Joshua will be set to...
Le Clos breaks 100m fly world record
Chad le Clos, rebounding from what he considered a disappointing Rio Olympics, won his second gold of the Short Course Swimming World Championships on Thursday with a world record-setting victory in the 100m butterfly. The South African’s time of 48.08sec improved his own world record of 48.44, set at the previous edition of the...
Child Neglect: Ukrainian lady jets off with lover, leaves children at home to starve
One of the lady's children died of starvation before rescuers could come come to their aid. A 20-year-old Ukrainian lady, Vladislava Podchapko, has been arrested for child neglect, after leaving her two children at home to starve.The children were left alone at her Kiev apartment with no food in the house. One of them, a little boy however...
OSCE members urge parties to Ukraine conflict to meet commitments
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Member states of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) agree on the need for the parties to the conflict in eastern Ukraine to meet their commitments to end the violence there, the group’s chairman said on Friday. …read more Source: Libya...
