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FIFA president Infantino claims World Cup 2018 could be first with video technology
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said that testing is to begin on video technology that could be ready to use at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Speaking during a visit to Moscow to check on preparations for the 2018 football showpiece, Infantino also said the hard graft “starts now” in the crisis-hit country. But after the International...
Iran struggles to find enough ships for oil exports
Iran faces a struggle to increase oil exports because many of its tankers are tied up storing crude, some are not seaworthy, and foreign shipowners remain reluctant to carry its cargoes. Tehran is seeking to make up for lost trade to Europe following the lifting of EU sanctions imposed in 2011 and 2012, which deprived it of a market that...
Russia, Ukraine agree on prisoner swap
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday he and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had agreed a framework for a deal to secure the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko from a 22-… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine to mark 30 years since Chernobyl disaster
Ukraine is preparing to mark 30 years since the Chernobyl disaster, the world’s worst nuclear accident whose death toll remains a mystery and which continues to jeopardise the local population’s health. More than 200 tonnes of uranium remain inside the reactor that exploded three decades ago at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,...
France to give Lebanon 100 mn euros to aid refugees: Hollande
President of France Francois Hollande French President Francois Hollande announced in Beirut on Saturday 100 million euros in aid for Lebanon which is hosting more than one million refugees from war-torn Syria. “French assistance will be increased to USD 113 million in the next three years,” he said at a joint press conference in the Lebanese...
Ukraine recovers four stolen Dutch paintings
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Ukrainian parliament accepts PM’s resignation and appoints new head
Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk and appointed parliament speaker Volodymyr Groysman as the new head of government. The decision was approved by 257 votes in favour, passing the 226-vote minimum requirement. …read more Source: The Times of...
Ukrainian parliament accepts PM s resignation
The Ukrainian constitution stipulates that the replacement of the prime minister results in the change of the entire cabinet. …read more Source: The...
Russia says respected all safety rules in passes near US warship: Interfax
Russian Su-25 ground attack jets are parked after returning from Syria, at a Russian air base in Primorsko-Akhtarsk, southern Russia, Wednesday, March 16, 2016.(Olga Balashova/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) Russian aircraft that flew within metres of a US warship in international waters of the Baltic Sea was observing all required...
Panama Papers: Attorney general raids offices of Mossack Fonseca law firm
Photo for representational purpose Panama’s attorney general late on Tuesday raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm to search for any evidence of illegal activities, authorities said in a statement. The Panama-based law firm is at the center of the “Panama Papers” leaks scandal that has embarrassed several world leaders and...
