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Russia to join Nato navy drills for first time in a decade
Russia’s Black Sea fleet is expected to take part in the Aman-2021 drills next year. (Twitter pic/Modo Militar)MOSCOW: The Russian navy said on Thursday it would take part in drills involving more than 30 countries off the coast of Pakistan, the first time in a decade that its vessels have taken part in exercises alongside Nato ships. The...
Biden’s son Hunter says under investigation for tax affairs
Reports say Hunter Biden’s (left) laptop contains incriminating data on his dealings with Ukraine and China. (Reuters pic)WILMINGTON: Hunter Biden, the son of US president-elect Joe Biden and a frequent target of Republican attacks, said Wednesday he was under federal investigation about his taxes. The revelation about the probe included no...
Russia beefs up forces in Kaliningrad exclave citing Nato threat
Russian and Nato military aircraft often intercept each other in a game of cat and mouse in Kaliningrad. (Twitter pic/Russian Defence Ministry)MOSCOW: Russia is beefing up its forces in its Kaliningrad exclave and has already formed a full motorised rifle division that includes a regiment of tanks, a naval admiral said on Monday, citing the need...
World food price hits almost 6-year high
ROME: World food prices rose for a sixth month running in November, hitting almost a six- year high with the index posting its biggest monthly increase since July 2012, the UN food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy...
Ukrainian student launches initiative to turn fallen tree leaves into paper
ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine (Reuters) – Valentyn Frechka was a high school student living in rural Ukraine when he began a science project to turn fallen leaves from trees and plants into paper. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine plans to negotiate FTA with several countries
KIEV, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) — Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture, Trade Representative of Ukraine, Taras Kachka, said the country plans to start talks or resume negotiations on free trade agreements (FTA) with several countries, including China and Britain, Ukrainian news outlet European Pravda reported on Tuesday....
Hungary summons Ukrainian ambassador over raids on ethnic Hungarian organisation
BUDAPEST/KYIV (Reuters) – Hungary summoned the Ukrainian ambassador and accused its neighbor of intimidation on Monday after Ukraine’s state security service (SBU) raided the offices of ethnic Hungarians, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
Former Giuliani associates plead not guilty to charges in new indictment
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Ukraine-born businessman who once helped Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani gather information about U.S. President-elect Joe Biden pleaded not guilty to cheating investors in a fraud insurance company, even after his former partner in the venture pleaded guilty. Read full story …read more...
Ukrainian volunteers step in to battle oxygen shortage in hospitals
KYIV: Lesya Lytvynova’s phone never stops ringing. With one hand she soothes her three-month-old baby, with the other she answers calls from relatives of coronavirus patients desperate to get an oxygen generator.Lytvynova runs a Kyiv-based charity called ‘Ours’ that gives free generators to patients suffering respiratory...
World Bank to help Ukraine purchase COVID-19 vaccines
KIEV, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) — The World Bank, together with the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, is working on a project that will allow the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines and equipment for medical institutions, Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported on Thursday. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
