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Biden publicly backs son Hunter after US tax probe revelation
US president-elect Joe Biden embraces his son Hunter in Delaware last month. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US president-elect Joe Biden has expressed full confidence in his son Hunter, a frequent target of Republican attacks, after it was revealed last week that he was under a federal tax investigation. During his unsuccessful reelection campaign,...
Ukraine to spend record high of funds on medicine in 2021: PM
KIEV, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — Ukraine will spend a record high of nearly 160 billion hryvnias (5.8 billion U.S. dollars) on medicine in 2021, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in his official Telegram channel on Wednesday. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
Iran is not investigating Ukraine plane downing properly, says Canada
Debris is seen from a Ukrainian plane which crashed as authorities work at the scene in Shahedshahr. (AP pic)OTTAWA: Iran is not conducting its investigation into the downing of a civilian airliner in January properly and many questions remain unanswered, an independent Canadian report into the tragedy said on Tuesday. The 79-page document is the...
Ukraine says dozens of police hurt in clashes with lockdown protesters
KYIV (Reuters) – One police officer was knocked unconscious and 40 others received chemical eye burns from gas on Tuesday in clashes between police and thousands of people protesting a government lockdown to fight the coronavirus, the interior ministry said. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine parliament restores powers of anti-corruption agency in bid for foreign loans
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian lawmakers voted to restore the powers of the NAZK anti-corruption agency on Tuesday in a bid to secure new loans from the International Monetary Fund to fight a sharp economic slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
Fixer Bill Barr turns out to be Trump’s ‘big disappointment’
The resignation of Attorney-General Bll Barr ends one of the most scrutinised relationships in Washington. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: As a businessman, Donald Trump always had a fixer – part-lawyer, part-law bender, someone to make bad things go away. And as president, he thought he’d gone one better: his very own Attorney-General Bill Barr. Barr,...
IBRD grants Ukraine 300-mln-USD loan to support low-income families
KIEV, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — Ukraine has signed an agreement on a 300-million-U.S.-dollar loan with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and will receive the first tranche of 170 million U.S. dollars by the end of this year, Ukrainian Ministry of Finance reported on its official website on Monday. Read full story...
World Bank approves $300 million loan to fight poverty amid COVID-19 in Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) – The World Bank has approved an additional loan of $300 million to help Ukraine’s government support low-income families amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, the bank said late on Friday. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
ICC prosecutor seeks investigation into Ukraine war crimes -statement
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday said she would seek permission to open a formal investigation into whether war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed in Ukraine. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
EU leaders agree to extend Russia sanctions again
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to extend economic sanctions imposed on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine by another six months, a spokesman for European Council President Charles Michel said. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
