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Crimean archbishop accuses Russia of trying to tarnish his name
SIMFEROPOL: The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Moscow-annexed Crimea said on Monday he had been released by police, accusing Russian authorities of seeking to tarnish his reputation.Archbishop Kliment was taken off a bus in the Crimean capital of Simferopol on Sunday as he was preparing to travel to southern Russia to visit a Ukrainian...
Ukraine's Tymoshenko – 'gas princess', prisoner, and next president?
KIEV (Reuters) – Yulia Tymoshenko has been Ukraine’s prime minister twice, was the global face of a revolution, imprisoned by two different presidents, and the target of an operation to discredit her by President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian Church Archbishop says arrested in Crimea
SIMFEROPOL: The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Crimea said he has been arrested by authorities in the Russian-annexed peninsula on Sunday.Father Kliment told AFP he was speaking by phone from a police station in the Crimean capital of Simferopol, where he had been arrested at a bus station.Police did not tell him why he was being held,...
For Russians, growing worries over ‘eternal poverty’
AT a Saint Petersburg cafe, a singer performs Soviet-era tunes for 50 pensioners enjoying a mid-day meal.In the basement of a central apartment block, the cafe offers free food for the elderly – a group particularly hard hit by the economic strains causing growing anger in Russia.Despite icy pavements making crossing the northern city difficult,...
UN warns of ‘complacency’ as measles cases soar worldwide
A nurse administers a measles vaccine to a boy in the school of Lapaivka village near the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Nine people, including two children, have died of measles in Ukraine this year. — AFP photo PARIS: Just 10 countries were responsible for three-quarters of a global surge in measles cases last year, the United Nations...
Far-right poised for gains in Estonia vote
TALLINN: Estonia’s centre-left coalition is fighting for survival in a general election Sunday, challenged by its traditional liberal rival but also a far-right party boosted by a backlash from mostly rural regions in the Baltic eurozone state.The largely lacklustre campaign has focused on taxation, tensions over Russian language education...
UN warns of ‘complacency’ as measles cases soar worldwide
A child reacts during a Philippine Read Cross Measles Outbreak Vaccination Response in Manila. (AFP pic)PARIS: Just 10 countries were responsible for three-quarters of a global surge in measles cases last year, the UN children’s agency said Friday, including one of the world’s richest nations, France. Ninety-eight countries reported...
Google, Facebook, Twitter fail to live up to fake news pledge
The outside of the Google office in Manhattan, New York City, New York, US, Jan 18, 2019. (Reuters pic)BRUSSELS: Google, Facebook and Twitter have fallen short of their pledges to combat fake news, three months before key European elections, the European Commission said on Thursday. The tech companies and trade bodies representing the advertising...
Ukraine president tries to salvage corruption law as tough election looms
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko proposed fresh legislation on Thursday aimed at fighting corruption, after the constitutional court threw out a previous anti-graft law, raising concerns that the country was backtracking on the issue. …read more Source: The...
US asks Moldova to keep ‘democratic trajectory’ after vote
WASHINGTON: The US called Wednesday on Moldova’s leaders to stay on the “democratic trajectory” after pro-Russia forces narrowly won the largest share of a chaotic vote.Sunday’s inconclusive parliamentary election raised fear of turmoil and the prospect of fresh polls in the tiny nation nestled between Ukraine and Romania.“The US...
