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‘Three-parent’ baby born in Ukraine using new technique
Explanation of IVF using mitochondrial DNA donation, which is designed to allow women carriers of hereditary diseases to have healthy, genetically-related children -AFP photo KIEV: A baby boy has been born in Ukraine to an infertile couple after the first ever use of a new technique using the DNA of three parents, the head of a Kiev fertility...
Ukrainian president calls for global response to Russian threat
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called for a worldwide effort to counter the threat of Russian cyber warfare and urged the United States to “be great again” by demonstrating leadership on issues such as global security. …read more Source: The...
Putin, Merkel and Hollande discuss Ukraine, Syria – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed peacemaking efforts in Ukraine and Syria during a conference call on Wednesday, a Kremlin statement said. …read more Source: The...
Nato relevance ‘not in question’: Top general on Trump barb
BRUSSELS: Nato is as relevant now as when it was founded at the start of the Cold War, a top general said Wednesday after President-elect Donald Trump dubbed the US-led alliance obsolete. “I am strongly convinced Nato is as relevant today as it was before … as it adapts to the new situation,” General Petr Pavel, the Czech...
Ukrainian MPs demand probe into former pilot Savchenko, allege treason
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian lawmakers called on Wednesday for an investigation into what they say are anti-Ukrainian actions by Nadiya Savchenko, a helicopter navigator who returned to Ukraine to a hero’s welcome last year after being held in a Russian jail. …read more Source: The...
No voter ID, no sex, urges Kenya MP
NAIROBI: A Kenyan opposition MP has urged fellow women to impose a sex boycott until their men register to vote in August’s general election. Mishi Mboko, who is married, said women should withhold sex until their menfolk present their credentials in the form of a valid voter ID card. “Women, if your husband has not been registered as...
Indonesia can do business with ‘pragmatic’ Trump, says minister
JAKARTA: Indonesia, the country with the world’s biggest Muslim population, can do business with a “pragmatic” US President-elect Donald Trump, a senior minister close to President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday. Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan said outgoing President Barack Obama’s “ideological” foreign...
Ukraine's power outage was a cyber attack – Ukrenergo
KIEV/MILAN (Reuters) – A power blackout in Ukraine’s capital Kiev last month was caused by a cyber attack and investigators are trying to trace other potentially infected computers and establish the source of the breach, utility Ukrenergo told Reuters on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
China's Xi says willing to help resolve Ukraine crisis
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is willing to play a constructive role in seeking a political resolution to the crisis over Ukraine, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Ukrainian counterpart, adding that he considers the eastern European country a friend. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine files ‘terrorism’ case against Russia at top UN court
THE HAGUE: Ukraine has filed a case at the UN’s top court accusing Russia of sponsoring “terrorism” and demanding Moscow pay damages for the shelling of civilians and the downing of flight MH17, the court said Tuesday. Kiev has asked the International Court of Justice to “declare that the Russian Federation bears...
