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Ukraine to inaugurate comedian Zelensky as president
Ukrainian comic actor Volodymyr Zelensky will become the country’s youngest post-Soviet president. (AFP pic)KIEV: Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky steps into his new role as Ukrainian president with his inauguration on Monday, launching a new era for the country wracked by war and economic difficulties. A month after scoring a landslide victory...
Kremlin struggles to defuse protests in Putin heartland
Protesters in Russia’s Yekaterinburg against President Vladimir Putin’s rule.(AFP pic)MOSCOW: A confrontation with authorities in Russia’s fourth-largest city has become the latest example of spreading public discontent with President Vladimir Putin’s rule amid rising hardship as the economy sputters. Police sealed off...
US and Russia see path forward on Syria but clash on election meddling
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at his dacha in Sochi. (AFP pic)SOCHI: Russia and the United States voiced hope Tuesday for better ties including working together in Syria as President Vladimir Putin welcomed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, but tensions were laid bare in a clash over election...
Pompeo in Russia: Five talking points
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, U.S., March 15, 2019. (Reuters pic)MOSCOW: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will have plenty to talk about with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov when the pair meet in the southern Russian city of Sochi on Tuesday. As relations between...
WHO issues warning as measles infects 34,000 in Europe this year
The death toll among 34,300 cases reported across 42 countries in the WHO’s European region reached 13. (AFP pic)LONDON: More than 34,000 people across Europe caught measles in the first two months of 2019, with the vast majority of cases in Ukraine, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday as it urged authorities to ensure vulnerable...
Facebook deletes more accounts linked to Russia
Facebook’s removal of multiple pages comes as a move to curb the use of network for propaganda. (Bloomberg pic)BENGALURU: Facebook said on Monday it had removed multiple pages, groups and accounts linked mostly to Russia that were used to spread misleading information on the social network and its Instagram service. The company deleted 97...
Wife of Ukraine president-elect got penthouse bargain from tycoon
A view shows the Emperor’s House residential complex in the Black Sea resort of Yalta, Crimea. (Reuters pic)KIEV: The wife of Ukrainian president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy bought a luxury apartment for less than half the market rate from business tycoon Oleksandr Buryak, according to official income and property records. Zelenskiy, a...
US measles outbreak hits ‘completely avoidable’ 25-year-high
(Reuters pic)NEW YORK: The number of measles cases in the United States has reached a 25-year peak, propelled by the spread of misinformation about the vaccine that can prevent the disease, federal health officials said on Monday. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 704 cases as of April 26, a 1.3% increase since the most...
Former US senator Lugar dies at 87
US senator Richard Lugar (R) with co-chairman and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative Sam Nunn. (Reuters pic) WASHINGTON: Centrist Republican Richard Lugar, a soft-spoken foreign policy powerhouse who championed nuclear nonproliferation during 36 years in the US Senate, died on Sunday at age 87. The Lugar Center, a...
US military spending up for first time in 7 years
US Marines watch the US Navy multipurpose amphibious assault ship ‘USS Wasp’ during the annual joint US-Philippines military exercise on April 11, 2019. (AFP pic) STOCKHOLM: US military spending has risen for the first time in seven years, reflecting Trump administration policy, according to a new report released Monday by the Stockholm...
