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Kiev slams Iran’s ‘unacceptable’ compensation plan for downed plane
Debris is seen from a Ukrainian plane which crashed as authorities work at the scene near Tehran in January. (AP pic)KIEV: Iran’s announcement Wednesday that it will pay US$150,000 to each family of those killed in the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane was promptly slammed by Kiev as “unacceptable”. Ukraine International...
Iran allocates $150,000 for families of victims of Ukraine plane crash
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Cabinet on Wednesday allocated $150,000 for the families of each of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian plane shot down in Iranian airspace in January, the official IRNA news agency reported. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
Iran to give Ukraine plane crash victims’ families US$150,000
Authorities work at the scene of the Ukrainian plane crash in Tehran in January. (AP pic)UKRAINE: Iran’s cabinet on Wednesday allocated US$150,000 for the families of each of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian plane downed in Iranian airspace in January, the official IRNA news agency reported. “The cabinet approved the provision of US$150,000...
Ukrainians flock to local ski resort, with many European resorts shut to curb coronavirus spread
POLIANYTSIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine’s biggest ski resort Bukovel in the Carpathian mountains is fully booked until the end of year as Ukrainians have sped to it instead of other foreign resorts that have been shut due to coronavirus-linked restrictions across Europe. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
Sri Lanka welcomes tourists despite deadly new virus strain
A Sri Lankan boy reacts as health officials take his nasal swab sample for Covid-19 testing in Colombo last week. (AP pic)COLOMBO: Sri Lanka welcomed its first foreign tourists in nine months Monday even as a new deadlier strain of the coronavirus gripped the island. A charter flight carrying 185 passengers from Ukraine landed at a little-used...
US preparing new sanctions to impede Russia-German pipeline
Washington says the Nord Stream 2 project will compromise European energy security. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: The US is urging European allies and private companies to halt work that could help build the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline and is preparing wider sanctions on the Russian project in coming weeks, senior Trump administration officials said...
Trump grants full pardon to former campaign adviser George Papadopoulos, 14 others
WASHINGTON: Emerging reports have suggested that US President Donald Trump is considering granting additional pardons to several individuals tied to the Russia investigation that drew much attention throughout his time in office. Pardons may be issued to Trump family members and even his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani.Amid reports that Trump...
Russia sanctions EU, says Navalny ‘compares himself to Jesus’
Last week President Putin rejected reports the FSB had poisoned Alexei Navalny. (AP pic)MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday slapped tit-for-tat sanctions on EU officials over their response to the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, saying the opposition leader had a persecution complex and “compares himself to Jesus”. Moscow summoned several senior EU diplomats...
Moscow calls US claims of cyber attacks ‘blind Russophobia’
US lawmakers over the weekend urged a tough response to a huge cyber attack on government agencies. (AP pic)MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Monday denied any role in recent cyber attacks on the US, saying American accusations that Russia was behind a major security breach lacked evidence. US lawmakers over the weekend urged a tough response to a huge...
Amid strained ties, US shuts consulates in Russia
MOSCOW: The US is halting work at two consulates in Russia, the State Department said, citing safety and security issues at the facilities where operations had been curtailed over Covid-19. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in consultation with Ambassador John Sullivan decided to shut the consulate in Vladivostok in the far east and suspend...
