Section: Africa&ME
FBI director’s email letter broke recent pattern: NYT
The FBI director’s making public a new trove of emails connected to Hillary Clinton on Friday departed from decisions in recent months to keep quiet two separate investigations, The New York Times reported Tuesday. James Comey has come under fierce criticism for his letter informing Congress about the bureau’s decision to effectively...
Palestinian FA wants Crimea-style solution in dispute with Israel
The head of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) wants FIFA to adopt what he called a Crimea-style solution to prevent Israeli league clubs from being based in settlements in the occupied West Bank, he said on Tuesday. After Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula in 2014, European soccer body UEFA banned Crimean clubs from moving...
Palestinian FA wants to adopt Crimea-style solution in conflict with Israel
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Warning of spectre of war
Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union and recipient of the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize, has appealed to world leaders to reduce the dangerous tensions which today threaten to plunge human civilisation and the biosphere into a nuclear war. “I think the world has reached a dangerous point, I don’t want to give any concrete...
How Russia’s Vladimir Putin took centre stage in the US election
In the previous 56 US presidential elections, no candidate has had to suspect that a rival may have colluded with a foreign power to scuttle his campaign. But then again, this is no ordinary presidential race. American intelligence agencies have accused Russia of hacking into the email servers of the Democratic National Committee and leaking...
UK spy chief sees growing threat from Russian cyber-attacks, espionage
Russia is pushing its foreign policy in increasingly aggressive ways including cyber-attacks and espionage, posing a growing threat to Britain and the rest of Europe, the head of Britain’s internal intelligence agency MI5 has said. The Kremlin dismissed the allegations as untrue and challenged its critics to produce evidence. MI5 Director...
In Ukraine: For a free phone, a 20-year old man changed his name to “iPhone 7”
A man originally named Olexander Turin has legally changed the name his parents gave him to "iPhone 7." Wonders, like they say, will never end and we have come across another example of why this is true. In Ukraine, a man originally named Olexander Turin has legally changed the name his parents gave him to “iPhone 7” because...
British spy chief warns of threats from ‘aggressive’ Russia
London // The head of British intelligence agency MI5, Andrew Parker, on Monday warned of Russia acting in “increasingly aggressive ways” and utilising new technologies in its opposition to the west.”It is using its whole range of state organs and powers to push its foreign policy abroad in increasingly aggressive ways –...
British spy chief warns of threats from ‘aggressive’ Russia
London // The head of British intelligence agency MI5, Andrew Parker, on Monday warned of Russia acting in “increasingly aggressive ways” and utilising new technologies in its opposition to the west.”It is using its whole range of state organs and powers to push its foreign policy abroad in increasingly aggressive ways –...
Super Ray: ‘Cool together’ [Video]
The visuals of the song which was shot in Ukraine was produced by Cally. Rising artiste, Super Ray brings on his swag in the video of his hot track, ‘Cool together’.The visuals of the song which was shot in Ukraine was produced by Cally.Enjoy! …read more Source: Pulse...
