Section: New Age (Bangladesh)
Ukraine MPs approve Groysman for prime minister
Ukraine’s new prime minister Volodymyr Groysman — Reuters photo Ukraine’s parliament approved presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman for the post of prime minister on Thursday in the biggest political shakeup since a 2014 uprising brought in a pro-Western leadership. A new Groysman-led government could end months of political infighting...
Ukraine parliament approves Proysman as PM
Ukraine’s new prime minister Volodymyr Groysman — Reuters photo Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday approved Volodmyr Groysman for the post of prime minister, paving the way for a new government in the biggest shake-up since a 2014 uprising brought in a pro-Western leadership. ‘I will show you what leading a country really means,’...
Ukraine PM Yatseniuk resigns
Ukrainian prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation in a televised broadcast on Sunday and signalled support for parliamentary speaker and presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman to take over his post. Yatseniuk has resisted pressure to resign since surviving a no-confidence motion against his government in February, but...
Ukraine PM tenders resignation
Ukrainian prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation on Sunday in a televised broadcast. ‘I took the decision to resign as prime minister of Ukraine. On Tuesday, April 12, I will submit it to parliament. My decision is based on a several reasons – the political crisis in the government has been unleashed artificially, the desire to...
Panama law firm says data hack was external
A marquee of the Arango Orillac Building lists the Mossack Fonseca law firm, in Panama City, Monday, April 4, 2016. Panama’s president says his government will cooperate ‘vigorously’ with any judicial investigation arising from the leak of a vast trove of information on the offshore financial dealings of the world’s rich and...
Huge leak reveals elite’s tax havens
A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth. Eleven million documents were leaked from one of the world’s most secretive companies, Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. They show how Mossack Fonseca has helped clients launder money, dodge sanctions and evade tax. The...
BREAK THE SILENCE : A world war has begun
This is an edited version of an address by John Pilger at the University of Sydney, entitled: A World War Has Begun I HAVE been filming in the Marshall Islands, which lie north of Australia, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Whenever I tell people where I have been, they ask, ‘Where is that?’ If I offer a clue by referring to...
Trump questions US financial backing for NATO
The United States should significantly cut spending on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Monday, questioning a policy that has underpinned US foreign relations for nearly 70 years. Trump, whose worldviews have been rebuked by a section of the Republican establishment, made the...
Spain bus crash kills 13 exchange students
Emergency services personnel stand at the scene of a bus accident crashed on the AP7 highway that links Spain with France along the Mediterranean coast near Freginals halfway between Valencia and Barcelona early Sunday, Spain, March 20, 2016. — AP photo A bus carrying university exchange students back from Spain’s largest fireworks festival...
Spain student bus crash ‘kills 13’
At least 13 people were killed when a bus carrying a large group of foreign university students crashed early on Sunday midway between the Spanish cities of Valencia and Barcelona, authorities in the northeastern region of Catalonia said. Eight of the 43 passengers had also been seriously injured. The students were from at least 19 countries and...
