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Ukrainians will reject Putin’s passport offer
Zelenskiy took to Facebook to rebuke his Russian counterpart. (Reuters pic)KIEV: Russian President Vladimir Putin should not expect many Ukrainians to take up his offer of a Russian passport, Ukraine’s President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, while offering Ukrainian citizenship to Russians. Putin said on Saturday Moscow was considering...
Migration remains a burning issue in EU election campaign
Europe has been home to 510 million migrants. (Reuters pic)BRUSSELS: Migration is resurfacing as a hot topic in the election campaign for the new European Parliament after sowing discord across the EU throughout the outgoing legislature’s five-year term. In order to shed light on the debate, here are figures ranging from the number of...
Moscow wants to simplify process for Ukrainians to gain citizenship
Putin’s announcement has been condemned by the EU. (AFP pic) BEIJING: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday Moscow was “thinking” of making it easier for all Ukrainians to obtain Russian citizenship after the Kremlin moved to grant passports in the country’s separatist east, causing uproar in Kiev. “We are actually thinking...
Macron and Merkel: A relationship on the rocks?
The relationship between Germany’s Angela Merkel and France’s Emmanuel Macron is going through a period of unprecedented strain. (AFP pic)PARIS: The relationship between French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, long seen as Europe’s defining political alliance, is undergoing a period of unprecedented...
US measles cases highest since 2000
Cases of measles have spiked in the US. (AFP pic)NEW YORK: The US recorded 695 cases of measles in 2019, the most of any year since the disease was declared eliminated at the turn of the century, officials said on Wednesday, ahead of a campaign to reinforce the message that vaccines are safe. The surge comes amid a growing global movement against...
No laughing matter as comedian Zelensky becomes Ukraine president-elect
Zelensky won by a landslide victory. (AFP/Getty pic)KIEV: A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday, drawing congratulations from global leaders while dealing a stunning rebuke to his country’s political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political...
What we learned – and didn’t learn – from the Mueller report
Mueller spent two years compiling his report. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: Most of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 448-page report became public Thursday when Attorney General William Barr released a version to Congress and the public. The document sheds new light on Mueller’s exhaustive investigation into whether Donald Trump or his...
London police fire shots as vehicle rams Ukraine ambassador’s car
Police were forced to open fire on a vehicle after it rammed the parked car of Ukraine’s ambassador in London. (Reuters pic)LONDON: British police fired shots after a vehicle rammed the parked car of Ukraine’s ambassador in London on Saturday, the Ukrainian embassy said. No one was injured, it said. The ambassador’s official...
India hopes to avoid US sanctions over Russian missile deal
Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says India is hopeful it will avoid US sanctions over its purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile system. (AFP pic)NEW DELHI: India is hopeful it will avoid US sanctions over its purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile system, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told AFP. New Delhi has been “heard and...
Ex-Obama White House counsel caught in Mueller-probe dragnet
Former White House counsel Gregory Craig is expected to be charged. (Bloomberg picture)WASHINGTON: Lawyers for a White House counsel during the presidency of Barack Obama said Wednesday they expected him to face federal charges in coming days linked to jailed disgraced lobbyist Paul Manafort, the Washington Post reported. Gregory Craig faces...
