Section: Malaysia
Putin: Maybe ‘Jews’ but not Kremlin meddled in US election
WASHINGTON: President Vladimir Putin suggested in a US television interview that Ukrainians, Tatars or “Jews” could have meddled in the 2016 US presidential election – but not the Kremlin. “Why have you decided the Russian authorities, myself included, gave anybody permission to do this?” Putin asked in the often-combative...
Ex-Trump campaign head Manafort pleads not guilty in second case
WASHINGTON: Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of bank and tax fraud in special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s sprawling Russia meddling probe. Answering the second set of charges brought against him by Mueller’s team, Manafort asked the federal court in Alexandria, Virginia for a jury...
Ukrainian doctor struggles with lack of resources
Doctors in Ukraine are hampered by the country’s failing healthcare system. (Reuters pic) KIEV: Family doctor Dmitriy Rozumiy struggles to bridge the gap between what his patients in rural Ukraine need and what the country’s cash-strapped healthcare system can provide. His clinic in the village of Ivankovichy, 35 kilometres outside...
Ukrainian doctor struggles with lack of resources
KIEV (Reuters) – Family doctor Dmitriy Rozumiy struggles to bridge the gap between what his patients in rural Ukraine need and what the country’s cash-strapped healthcare system can provide. …read more Source: The...
Ex-Georgian leader Saakashvili 'kidnapped' in Kiev – his Facebook page
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili has been detained in Kiev by unknown “kidnappers”, according to a post on the former Georgian leader’s official Facebook page and his spokeswoman. …read more Source: The...
‘Cyborgs’ war drama replays real-life Ukraine battle
KIEV: A new Ukrainian feature film called “Cyborgs” has become the first to depict the bloody war against Russian-backed separatists, focusing on a battle for a highly symbolic airport. The patriotic drama details the clash for Donetsk airport, a gleaming international hub rebuilt as the eastern industrial city prepared to host the...
Outrage in Ukraine over activist lawyer’s slaying
KIEV: The murder of a lawyer who helped convict her sister’s well-connected killer sparked public outrage in Ukraine Tuesday and a warning from the foreign minister that the slaying marked “a challenge to the state”. Lawyer and activist Iryna Nozdrovska spent two years working on the case against Dmytro Rossoshansky — a Kiev...
Outrage in Ukraine over activist lawyer’s slaying
KIEV: The murder of a lawyer who helped convict her sister’s well-connected killer sparked public outrage in Ukraine Tuesday and a warning from the foreign minister that the slaying marked “a challenge to the state”. Lawyer and activist Iryna Nozdrovska spent two years working on the case against Dmytro Rossoshansky — a Kiev...
Outrage in Ukraine over activist lawyer’s slaying
KIEV: The murder of a lawyer who helped convict her sister’s well-connected killer sparked public outrage in Ukraine Tuesday and a warning from the foreign minister that the slaying marked “a challenge to the state”. Lawyer and activist Iryna Nozdrovska spent two years working on the case against Dmytro Rossoshansky — a Kiev...
Saudi chess PR gambit checked by controversies
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia brushed aside rulings from top clerics to host a big money chess tournament, but the gambit to improve the kingdom’s image has been jolted by regional powerplays. The landmark event and its record US$2 million (RM8 million) prize pot come as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman looks to repackage his oil-rich nation as more...
