Section: Africa&ME
US Election: Moscow says US hacking claims ‘flattering’, but false
Russia's foreign minister dismissed allegations that Russia has directed cyber attacks aimed at influencing the US election Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday said that US claims Moscow is meddling in the American election process are “flattering” but baseless.Lavrov shrugged off US allegations that Russia has...
Are there more racist, sexist Trump recordings?
A TV producer is at the centre of claims which may shatter Donald Trump’s remaining chances of getting to the White House. ||| London – A Los Angeles-based television producer, who was born in London and served in the Falklands as a British Army paratrooper, is at the centre of the latest claims which may shatter Donald Trump’s...
Moscow cracks down on Crimea Tatar dissidents
Russian tactics echo KGB practice of forced psychiatric confinement …read more Source: World...
Clinton blames Trump, WikiLeaks, Moscow after new leaks
The head of Hillary Clinton’s campaign team John Podesta slammed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday for helping Republican rival Donald Trump in the bitter White House race, while accusing Moscow of being behind the hack. The anti-secrecy website has published thousands of emails from John Podesta’s personal Gmail account...
G7 sets common cyber-safety guidelines for financial sector
The Group of Seven industrial powers yesterday said they had agreed on guidelines for protecting the global financial sector from cyber attacks following a series of cross-border bank thefts by hackers. Policymakers have grown more worried about financial cyber security in the wake of numerous hacks of SWIFT, the global financial messaging...
Duterte plans visit to China, criticises ‘arrogant’ US
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he would soon visit China and hoped also to travel to Russia, as he again criticised longtime ally the United States for “arrogance”.The mission to China will be Duterte’s first outside of Southeast Asia since assuming the presidency on June 30, in a symbolic move highlighting the...
Putin cancels visit to Paris in Syria row
Putin had been due in Paris on October 19 to inaugurate a spiritual centre at a new Russian Orthodox church near the Eiffel Tower, but Hollande insisted his Russian counterpart also took part in talks with him about Syria © AFP / Ozan KoseParis, France, Oct 11 – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday cancelled a visit to France in a furious...
Asia: Escalation in Syria means EU less likely to soften stance on Russia
Outraged by Russia’s intensified air strikes on rebels in Syria, the European Union is now less likely to ease sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine, diplomats say, and some in the bloc are raising the prospect of more punitive steps against the Kremlin. …read more Source: Standard...
World: Escalation in Syria means EU less likely to soften stance on Russia
Outraged by Russia’s intensified air strikes on rebels in Syria, the European Union is now less likely to ease sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine, diplomats say, and some in the bloc are raising the prospect of more punitive steps against the Kremlin. …read more Source: Standard...
Lviv, Ukraine’s tourist gem unearths its tragic past
Celebrated as one of Ukraine’s most elegant cities, Lviv is still uncovering its recent history of totalitarian crimes. …read more Source: AL...
