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Netanyahu visits Ukraine ahead of September poll
JERUSALEM: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embarked Sunday on an official visit to Ukraine — from which many Israelis hail — a month ahead of the Jewish state’s elections.Netanyahu said he was travelling at the invitation of Ukraine’s recently elected President Volodymyr Zelensky, in what Israeli media reported was...
Suspected online dope-dealer back in Israel after extradition
JERUSALEM: A man accused of operating a large drug-dealing ring on a popular messaging app appeared in an Israeli court Sunday after his extradition from Ukraine, where he had previously sought to escape.Amos Dov Silver, an Israeli-American, was taken to court in Rishon Lezion near Tel Aviv after his arrival from Ukraine, police said.His remand...
Russian Airbus makes emergency landing in corn field
MOSCOW: A Russian Airbus with more than 230 people on board was forced to make an emergency landing in a corn field outside Moscow on Thursday after hitting a flock of seagulls, officials said.There were no immediate reports of serious injuries.The Ural Airlines A321 was carrying 226 passengers and seven crew from Moscow’s Zhukovsky airport...
As troops pull out, Ukraine frontline village fears for future
STANYTSYA LUGANSKA: While Ukrainian troops were stationed in her village, Anna felt safe despite living on the frontline of a war that has claimed thousands of lives over the last five years.But since they started to withdraw two months ago from Stanytsya Luganska, eastern Ukraine, she says she feels exposed to the Russian-backed separatists...
Mexico church holds mass baptism despite leader’s sex crimes scandal
GUADALAJARA: Mexican Pentecostal church the Light of the World is in crisis, its leader facing pedophilia charges, but that has not stopped thousands of people from around the world traveling to its headquarters to be immersed in a giant baptismal pool.The leader of the controversial church, Naason Joaquin Garcia, was arrested in Los Angeles in...
Ukraine to simplify citizenship for ‘persecuted’ Russians
Volodymyr Zelensky had pledged to grant citizenship to Russians who ‘suffer’ under the Kremlin’s rule after he was elected as president in April. (AFP pic)KIEV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday ordered to simplify the granting of Ukrainian citizenship for Russians persecuted on political grounds. A decree...
Global measles cases triple year-on-year: WHO
GENEVA: Measles cases nearly tripled globally during the first seven months of the year compared to the same period in 2018, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, amid growing concern over public resistance to the vaccine.So far this year, 364,808 measles cases were reported around the world, compared to 129,239 cases during the first seven...
Kremlin defends ‘justified’ police response to protests
A protester being hauled off by Russian police. (AFP pic)MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Tuesday defended the police response to a wave of protests demanding free local elections in Moscow and downplayed the huge demonstrations. “We believe the firm action of law enforcement to curb public unrest was absolutely justified,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, in...
Ukraine to simplify citizenship for ‘persecuted’ Russians
KIEV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday ordered to simplify the granting of Ukrainian citizenship for Russians persecuted on political grounds.A decree published on the presidential website orders the cabinet to write a law “easing the process of obtaining Ukrainian citizenship by Russian citizens who have been persecuted...
High winds cause stand collapse at Dutch stadium
PARIS: High winds caused part of Dutch club AZ Alkmaar’s stadium to collapse on Saturday with officials relieved that the ground was empty at the time.Dramatic pictures emerged of the damage to the 17,000-capacity AFAS stadium in the northern Dutch city which was built 13 years ago.“This surprised us all. We are very shocked but happy that...
