Section: Malaysia
Ukraine, IMF agree terms to resume financial support – IMF
KIEV (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it had agreed with Ukraine the policies it must implement for the board to agree in July to dispense along-delayed third tranche of loans under a $17.5 billion (£12 billion) bailout programme. …read more Source: The...
Trump would speak to N.Korean leader: report
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would speak with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, in what would be a dramatic shift in US policy. “I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him,” the Republican presumptive presidential nominee told Reuters in an exclusive interview. Until now, the US strategy has been to...
Ukrainian pleads guilty in hack-for-profit scheme
WASHINGTON: A Ukrainian national has pleaded guilty to charges of hacking into databases holding unpublished company press releases to gain insider information that led to US$30 million (RM120.50 million) in illicit gains, officials said. The US Department of Justice said 28-year-old Vadym Iermolovych pleaded guilty Monday before a federal judge...
Aussie families of MH17 victims shown video at inquest
PETALING JAY: A video simulating how the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was blown up was shown to the families and friends of the six New South Wales (NSW) victims at an inquest in Sydney. According to news portal Daily Mail Online, the video, created by Dutch air crash investigators, simulated the final moments of the aircraft before it was shot...
New police force finds old habits die hard in Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – The launch of Ukraine’s new police patrol force last year sparked an internet craze of citizens posting selfies with newly recruited officers. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine stuns Russia to win politically charged Eurovision
STOCKHOLM: Ukrainian singer Jamala snatched victory from arch-rival Russia to win the Eurovision song contest Saturday, adding a touch of political drama to the annual kitsch extravaganza. After a tense vote count, during which it seemed Australia was going to run away with the crown until the audience votes came in, Jamala was declared the...
Ukraine stuns Russia to win politically-charged Eurovision
After a tense vote count Jamala representing Ukraine was declared Eurovision 2016 winner after a heart-felt performance of “1944”, about the deportations of Crimean Tatars during World War II. Photo by AFP STOCKHOLM: Ukrainian singer Jamala snatched victory from arch-rival Russia to win the Eurovision song contest, adding a touch of political...
Obama denounces Russia’s ‘aggressive’ military stance in Europe
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama (pix) warned Russia about its military build-up in northern Europe Friday as he hosted leaders from five Nordic countries at the White House. “We are united in our concern about Russia’s growing, aggressive military presence and posture in the Baltic-Nordic region,” Obama said at the end of...
Editors quit Russian media group after Putin family reports
MOSCOW: Three top editors at a top Russian media group which has reported on the business interests of President Vladimir Putin’s family quit Friday, in the latest blow to the country’s beleaguered media industry. The RBC group’s daily newspaper recently published a number of high-profile investigations including about the...
Another Syria peace push, but has US put too much faith in Russia?
WASHINGTON: First a ceasefire in Syria, then aid and then – who knows – perhaps a political transition? Don’t bet on it, analysts warn, saying Washington has put too much faith in Moscow. Efforts to end Syria’s brutal five-year civil war may hang by a thread, but Washington’s top diplomat will once again throw himself into the...
