Section: Malaysia
Poroshenko: Ukraine to continue moving towards EU despite Dutch vote
TOKYO (Reuters) – Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday his country will continue moving towards the European Union despite a resounding rejection by Dutch voters of a treaty on closer ties between the European body and Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Dutch PM – may reconsider Ukraine treaty ratification
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Wednesday his government may have to reconsider ratifying a treaty on closer ties between the European Union and Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
In Chernobyl nuclear zone, animals thrive without humans
CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE, Belarus (Reuters) – What happens to the environment when humans disappear? Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, booming populations of wolf, elk and other wildlife in the vast contaminated zone in Belarus and Ukraine provide a clue. …read more Source: The...
Dutch referendum turnout lagging below validity threshold – pollster
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Turnout in a referendum on the Ukraine-EU treaty being held in the Netherlands is lagging below the threshold needed for it to be valid, according to a prominent pollster. …read more Source: The...
Dutch Ukraine vote tests strength of anti-EU mood
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch voters cast ballots in a national referendum on Wednesday on the European Union’s treaty with Ukraine, providing a gauge of anti-EU sentiment weeks before Britain puts its membership of the bloc on the line. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president Poroshenko denies offshore vehicle was set up to minimise taxes
TOKYO (Reuters) – Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko denied he put his assets in an offshore trust to minimise taxes, after the country’s fiscal service said it was looking into documents relating to his offshore assets that were included in the “Panama Papers.” …read more Source: The...
The ‘Panama Papers’ main revelations
An office of the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca in Shanghai on April 6, 2016. -AFP Photo PARIS: World leaders, aides and families, sports and movie stars are among those named in a huge leak of documents dubbed the Panama Papers, some of which reveal hidden offshore assets. An investigation by more than 100 media groups has shone a light...
Iceland premier resigns as Panama Papers scandal widens
Iceland’s prime minister resigned Tuesday, becoming the first political victim of a mushrooming global scandal over hidden offshore financial dealings exposed in the so-called Panama Papers. Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson was the biggest casualty of a worldwide media probe into 11.5 million leaked documents that purportedly...
Dutch referendum on Ukraine treaty will test anti-EU sentiment
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch national referendum on Wednesday on economic and political ties with Ukraine is turning into a test of anti-EU sentiment before June’s Brexit vote. …read more Source: The...
Revelations trigger global probes
Panama Papers expose murky offshore financial dealings of a slew of politicians and celebrities worldwide View of buildings in the financial centre of Panama City. — AFP photo PARIS: Several countries have launched tax evasion probes after a massive leak of confidential documents lifted the lid on the murky offshore financial dealings of a slew...
