Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
US lifts sanctions on Russian firms
Aluminium ingots at the foundry shop of the Rusal Krasnoyarsk aluminium smelter in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday lifted sanctions on aluminium giant Rusal and other Russian firms linked to oligarch Oleg Deripaska, despite a Democratic-led push in the US Congress to...
Israel, Ukraine ink free trade deal
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during their meeting in Jerusalem. (Reuters pic)JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko announced Monday the two countries had signed a free trade agreement. “Today a free trade agreement was signed...
Deadly blast hits cargo ships near Crimea
Smoke rises from a fire at a ship in the Kerch Strait near Crimea. (Reuters pic)MOSCOW: Ten crew members have been found dead and 14 have been rescued after two ships caught fire in the Kerch Strait near Crimea, Russia’s transport ministry said on Monday, with a rescue operation still underway. The ministry said earlier on Monday that crew...
Germany urges Russia, Ukraine to de-escalate conflict
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas speaks during a news conference following a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin in Kiev, Ukraine January 18, 2019. (Reuters pic)MOSCOW/KIEV: German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Friday urged both Russia and Ukraine to de-escalate the conflict in eastern Ukraine and said France and Germany were...
Russia detains model claiming Trump secrets
Anastasia Vashukevich at the immigration detention centre before being deported in Bangkok. (Reuters pic)MOSCOW: Russia on Thursday detained a Belarusian model who claimed she had evidence of Russian efforts to help Donald Trump win office, witnesses told AFP. Anastasia Vashukevich, known by her pen-name Nastya Rybka, was held for questioning at...
Facebook removes more pages, accounts with Russia links
(Reuters pic)MENLO PARK: Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had removed hundreds of Russia-initiated pages, accounts and groups that it judged to be involved in coordinated inauthentic behaviour on its Facebook and Instagram platforms. Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said in a blog post it had unearthed two...
Defying Trump, US Senate advances measure critical of easing Russia sanctions
US President Donald Trump stands with Vice-President Mike Pence as he welcomes the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champion Clemson Tigers at the White House in Washington. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: The Republican-led US Senate voted on Tuesday to advance a resolution disapproving of a Trump administration plan to ease sanctions on Russian...
US authorities charge several people in SEC hacking scheme
The US Securities and Exchange Commission logo adorns an office door at the SEC headquarters in Washington, June 24, 2011. (Reuters pic)NEWARK: US authorities on Tuesday charged several individuals and companies in a scheme to trade on information in nonpublic corporate press releases by hacking into a US Securities and Exchange Commission...
Thai trial of model claiming Trump secrets set to begin
Detained Belarusian model Anastasia Vashukevich, preparing to board a prison van after a court trial in Pattaya, following a police raid on a sex training course. (AFP pic)PATTAYA: A Belarusian model who sensationally claimed she had proof of Russian efforts to help Donald Trump win office appeared in court Tuesday for the expected start of her...
Trump under fresh scrutiny over relationship with Putin
US President Donald Trump (left) Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump faced uncomfortable new questions yesterday about his relationship with Vladimir Putin despite his angry dismissal of a report that he has kept top aides in the dark about his private conversations with the Russian leader. Republican...
