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IMF team arrives in Ukraine to check on new government
KIEV: An International Monetary Fund team arrived in Kiev on Tuesday after the formation of a new Ukrainian government resolved a prolonged political crisis that had stalled the release of vital aid. The mission’s visit was long awaited in the cash-strapped former Soviet country as it grapples with the costs of a two-year conflict in the...
Provincial Russians keep faith with Putin despite crisis
TVER, Russia (Reuters) – Before Russia annexed Crimea and oil prices fell, Dmitry Trapeznikov had a flourishing dental practice. He spent freely, bought a flat and holidayed in Egypt. …read more Source: The...
OSCE says open to sending armed monitors to Ukraine conflict zone
KIEV (Reuters) – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, which is monitoring a fragile ceasefire in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine, is open to sending armed personnel there, but only if that is agreed by all sides, its chief said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Russia marks WWII victory anniversary with military parade
Russian servicemen march at Red Square before the start of the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2016. Photo by AFP MOSCOW: Russia on Monday staged a grandiose military parade through Moscow’s Red Square as part of nationwide celebrations to mark 71 years since the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War...
Panama Papers report alleges NZ prime place for rich to hide money
WELLINGTON: New Zealand is at the heart of a tangled web of shelf companies and trusts that are being used by wealthy Latin Americans to channel funds around the world, according to a report on Monday based on leaks of the so-called Panama Papers. Local media has analyzed more than 61,000 documents relating to New Zealand that are part of the...
Spain police seek child victims of ‘porn king’ director
MADRID: Police in Spain said Saturday they were trying to identify children who had been forced to appear in pornographic videos after they arrested the country’s “king of porn”. The investigation was launched after a minor lodged a complaint alleging she had been asked at a Madrid bar to appear in porn films, a police statement said....
Russia says bolstering forces to counter Nato
MOSCOW: Russia’s defence minister said Wednesday that Moscow will set up three new divisions in the west and south of the country by the end of the year to counter Nato forces close to its border. “The defence ministry is taking a range of measures with the aim of countering the build-up of Nato forces in close proximity to...
Tear gas in Paris, Istanbul as tensions erupt on May Day
A protester is taken away on a stretcher after being injured during clashes with anti-riot police at a May Day rally in Bakirkoy, a district of Istanbul. — AFP photo PARIS: French and Turkish police fired tear gas at protesters as tensions erupted in both countries during May Day rallies yesterday, while thousands marched across the globe for the...
CIA ‘live tweets’ Osama bin Laden raid to mark five-year anniversary
The CIA has marked the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden by live-tweeting with a five-year delay the raid by US special forces on the Al-Qaeda founder’s compound in Pakistan. Using the hashtag #UBLRaid, the CIA blasted out updates of the May 2011 strike as if it was unfolding in real time—in a highly unusual move for the...
With five-year delay, CIA ‘live-tweets’ bin Laden raid
WASHINGTON: The CIA has marked the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden by live-tweeting — with a five-year delay — the raid by US special forces on the Al-Qaeda founder’s compound in Pakistan. Using the hashtag #UBLRaid, the CIA blasted out updates of the May 2011 strike as if it was unfolding in real time — in a highly unusual...
