Section: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
Top Russian, US and Saudi diplomats to meet in Qatar
Russia’s foreign minister has scheduled a trilateral meeting in Qatar with his U.S. and Saudi counterparts.The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Sergey Lavrov will confer with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Saudi Foreign Minister Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir during his two-day trip to Doha starting Sunday. Kerry earlier...
Wing part arrives in France as MH370 link investigated
Important debris: Police officers escort an airport vehicle transporting what is believed to be debris from a Boeing 777 plane that washed up on an Indian Ocean island, at Roland Garros airport in Saint-Marie on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion on Friday. (AFP/Richard Bouhet) A piece of Boeing 777 wreckage that washed up on an Indian...
US official: Debris in Indian Ocean belongs to Boeing 777
Air safety investigators have a “high degree of confidence” that aircraft debris found in the Indian Ocean is of a wing component unique to the Boeing 777, the same model as the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared last year, a U.S. official said Wednesday.Air safety investigators — one of them a Boeing investigator —have...
US official: Debris in photo belongs to Boeing 777
Air safety investigators have a “high degree of confidence” that a photo of aircraft debris found in the Indian Ocean is of a wing component unique to the Boeing 777, the same model as the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared last year, a U.S. official said Wednesday.Air safety investigators — one of them a Boeing investigator —...
IOC urges US to come up with another bid city for 2024 Games
With Boston no longer in contention, IOC President Thomas Bach urged U.S. Olympic leaders on Tuesday to pick “the most appropriate city” as a substitute candidate for the 2024 Games. Two-time Olympic host Los Angeles could fit the bill perfectly, according to several IOC board members.The U.S. Olympic Committee severed ties with...
‘Putin wants me for economy minister’: Berlusconi
Italian former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. (AFP)Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to give Silvio Berlusconi Russian citizenship — and the job of economy minister — the disgraced Italian billionaire politician was quoted as saying Thursday.”In Italy, I have been relegated to the sidelines, but Putin has told me he is...
New BRICS bank opens for business in China: Xinhua
A new bank dedicated to the emerging BRICS countries opened for business in China’s commercial hub of Shanghai on Tuesday, the official Xinhua news agency reported.The so-called emerging BRICS countries are made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and their “New Development Bank” has been seen as a challenge to...
Iran, major powers agree historic nuclear deal
AFPMajor powers clinched a historic deal Tuesday aimed at ensuring Iran does not obtain the nuclear bomb, opening up Tehran’s stricken economy and potentially ending decades of bad blood with the West.Reached on day 18 of marathon talks in Vienna, the accord is aimed at resolving a 13-year standoff over Iran’s nuclear ambitions after...
Ukraine PM says reforms continue despite ‘lunatic’ lawmakers
Ukraine’s prime minister pushed back Monday against a pair of forces threatening to undermine his fragile government, likening members of Ukraine’s parliament to “lunatics” while defending a nationalist militia that is locked in a standoff with police.Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, in Washington for meetings with top...
Australian senator threatens to grab PM’s testicles
An independent Australian senator Tuesday threatened to physically intimidate Prime Minister Tony Abbott, using illegal rugby tactics including grabbing his testicles, if he does not limit coal-seam gas exploration.Glenn Lazarus, a former rugby league prop and a senator for the eastern state of Queensland, said he submitted a petition to Abbott...
