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Kiev tightens requirements for Russians traveling to Ukraine
Ukraine’s restrictions on Russians entering the country are a direct response to Russia’s actions in the region. (Reuters pic) KIEV: Kiev will tighten control over travel by Russian citizens to Ukraine, according to a decree signed by President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday, a further move by the authorities to distance Ukraine from...
Trump congratulates Putin, summit on cards
Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with candidates who participated in the last presidential election, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 19, 2018. (Reuters pic) MOSCOW: US President Donald Trump congratulated Vladimir Putin Tuesday on his re-election, as the leaders raised the prospect of a summit in the near future —...
Merkel to push for EU unity on delicate Poland trip
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and President Andrzej Duda. (Reuters pic) BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will emphasize bilateral ties and the need for European unity when she meets with leading Polish officials, amid ongoing differences between the allies over Polish judicial reforms,...
Cirque du Soleil aerialist falls to his death
Yann Arnaud was performing in a Cirque du Soleil show in Tampa, Florida, when he fell. (File pic) MIAMI: An aerialist fell to his death while performing in a Cirque du Soleil show in Tampa, Florida, the Montreal-based company said Sunday. Yann Arnaud was suspended by straps above the stage during a performance of its VOLTA show on Saturday night...
Putin eyes 4th term in polls as opposition cries foul
Russian President and Presidential candidate Vladimir Putin at a polling station during the presidential election in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018. (Reuters pic) MOSCOW: Russians were voting Sunday in an election set to hand President Vladimir Putin a fourth Kremlin term but slammed by the opposition as a sham as tensions with Britain escalated...
In a first, US blames Russia for cyber attacks on energy grid
Power lines are seen at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in McCarran, Nevada, September 16, 2014. (Reuters pic) WASHINGTON: The Trump administration on Thursday blamed the Russian government for a campaign of cyber attacks stretching back at least two years that targeted the U.S. power grid, marking the first time the United States has publicly...
Putin, in home straight of election campaign, visits Crimea
Vladimir Putin visited Crimea to attempt to gain more support from voters there. (Reuters pic) SEVASTOPOL: Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Crimea on Wednesday, touting his annexation of the peninsula to voters days before an election all but guaranteed to deliver him a second consecutive term in power. Russia’s 2014 annexation of...
Britain and Russia brace for showdown as deadline expires for nerve attack explanation
Members of the emergency services wearing protective clothing work near the bench where former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found poisoned in Salisbury, Britain, March 13, 2018. (Reuters pic) LONDON: Britain braced for a showdown with Russia on Wednesday after a midnight deadline set by Prime Minister...
RS ‘fear-mongering’ ahead of Bosnia vote raises concern, security minister says
Dragan Mektić is Bosnia’s security minister. (Reuters pic) SARAJEVO: Bosnia’s entity of Republika Srpska is“fear-mongering” to undermine the country’s integrity by organising nationalist paramilitary groups and disproportionately arming the region’s police, the national security minister said. Secessionist pressures in the...
EU’s Mogherini presses Ukraine on anti-corruption court
The EU’s Federica Mogherini is on a two-day visit to Kiev aimed at reaffirming her bloc’s support for Ukraine. (AFP pic) KIEV: The European Union pressed Ukraine on Monday to create an independent anti-corruption court with the power to prosecute and convict officials guilty of state graft. The bloc’s diplomatic chief Federica...
