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Will prosecute those responsible for downing MH17: Malaysia
Malaysia said on Friday that it was determined to “prosecute those responsible” for the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine and has “resolved to seek justice for the victims”. …read more Source:...
Ukraine paid Trump lawyer Cohen to arrange White House talks: BBC
US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, received a secret payment of at least $400,000 to arrange talks between Trump and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko last year, the British Broadcasting Corp reported on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
How to Steal an Election in Broad Daylight
How to Steal an Election in Broad Daylight Autocrats and counterfeit democrats have perfected the art of rigging polls to stay in power — without breaking any laws. BY NIC CHEESEMAN, BRIAN KLAAS MAY 21, 2018 In Ukraine’s 2004 presidential election, droves of voters turned out in opposition strongholds, hoping to oust the incumbent, Viktor...
Real as hungry as ever, Zidane warns Liverpool
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has warned Liverpool that his side are as hungry as ever to win the Champions League, rejecting claims that the Spanish giants might have lost their edge ahead of Saturday’s final in Kiev. …read more Source:...
Putin opens bridge linking Russia to Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin, driving a truck, unveiled the auto section of a new road-and-rail bridge linking Russia to the annexed Crimean peninsula on Tuesday, defying Ukraine which said the move showed cynical disregard for international law. …read more Source:...
First China-made aircraft carrier starts sea trials
China’s first domestically developed aircraft carrier departs Dalian, Liaoning province, China on May 13, 2018 Reuters China’s sole operational aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, is a repurposed Soviet ship bought from Ukraine, which went into service in 2012 China’s first domestically manufactured aircraft carrier started sea...
Zidane hopeful Ronaldo will be fit for Champions League final
BARCELONA – Zinedine Zidane is optimistic Cristiano Ronaldo will be fit for the Champions League final against Liverpool despite Real Madrid’s star player going off injured against Barcelona on Sunday, reports BSS. Ronaldo appeared to sustain a knock to his ankle as he bundled home a 14th- minute equaliser for Real at the Camp Nou. The...
European lawmakers demand Russia World Cup boycott
BRUSSELS – A group of EU lawmakers on Friday urged the bloc’s leaders to boycott this year’s football World Cup in Russia to protest over Moscow’s “mockery of European values”, reports BSS. The 60 MEPs said all European Union countries should follow the lead of Britain and non-EU member Iceland in refusing to send official...
Rare glimpse of Assad family ties to Russia in kids’ stay at seaside camp
News that Russia hosted the teenage children of Bashar al-Assad at a lavishly-rebuilt Black Sea summer camp in Crimea last year has given a rare glimpse into the personal lives of the Syrian president’s family and his close relationship to Moscow. …read more Source:...
Expelled Russians arrive home as Moscow warns against travel to UK
MOSCOW – Russian diplomats expelled from the United States arrived in Moscow on Sunday, with post-Cold War tensions peaking in the wake of a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain, reports BSS. A deepening crisis in ties between Russia and the West has over the past weeks seen the biggest wave of tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions in recent...
