Section: Malaysia
Hungary court confirms new charges in deadly boat sinking
BUDAPEST: A Hungarian court confirmed Thursday new charges against the captain of a Budapest river cruise ship involved in a collision with a sightseeing boat on May 29, which left at least 27 dead.The Mermaid tourist boat sank with 35 people on board seconds after colliding with the larger Viking Sigyn vessel on a busy stretch of the Danube...
Scientists produce radioactivity-free Chernobyl vodka
LONDON: A team of British scientists has helped produce a radioactivity-free vodka called “ATOMIK” from crops near the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the University of Portsmouth said on Thursday.The team did find some radioactivity in the grain but said the normal distillation process meant the only radioactivity in the alcohol was...
From reformer to hardliner: Putin’s 20 years on the global stage
MOSCOW: Twenty years ago on Friday, Russian president Boris Yeltsin appointed his fourth prime minister in less than 18 months: Vladimir Putin, then a relatively unknown security services chief with scant experience of politics.The departing Yeltsin was casting around for a successor and few could have predicted that two decades later Putin would...
Brazil court rejects Turkey’s extradition request for businessman
BRASÍLIA: Brazil’s highest court on Tuesday rejected a request to extradite a Turkish citizen accused by Ankara of terrorism, saying the man would not be guaranteed a fair trial.The unanimous decision by the Federal Supreme Court means Ali Sipahi can remain in the Latin American country where he has lived for the past 12 years.Sipahi faced...
US ambassador in Moscow resigns
Huntsman says in his letter the US must continue to hold Russia accountable when its behaviour threatens America. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman is resigning after more than two years in one of the hottest of diplomatic hot seats, a US newspaper reported Tuesday. The Salt Lake Tribune published Huntsman’s...
Facebook dismantles covert influence campaign tied to Saudi government
Controversies surrounding Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death has also been part of the Saudi government’s fake Facebook account propaganda. (Bloomberg pic)LONDON: People connected to the government of Saudi Arabia have run a network of fake accounts and pages on Facebook to promote state propaganda and attack regional rivals,...
Trump, Putin discuss Russian wildfires: White House
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump spoke on Wednesday with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin about wildfires in Siberia and trade, the White House said.Trump “expressed concern over the vast wildfires afflicting Siberia. The leaders also discussed trade between the two countries,“ according to a brief statement from Trump’s press...
Ukraine seizes Russian tanker over naval clash: Prosecutor
KIEV: A Ukrainian court has ordered the seizure of a Russian tanker stopped last week over its alleged involvement in a Ukrainian-Russian naval clash last year, the country’s chief military prosecutor said Tuesday.A court, in the southern city of Odessa, ordered the seizure of the tanker Nika Spirit on Monday, according to documents posted...
Britain fines Russia's RT for breaking broadcast rules over Skripal and Syria
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s media regulator fined Russia’s RT 200,000 pounds for breaching broadcasting impartiality rules in its coverage of the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal, Ukraine and the conflict in Syria. …read more Source: The...
Trump congratulates Ukraine's Zelenskiy on parliamentary elections
MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Ukraine’s new president Volodymyr Zelenskiy on holding parliamentary elections which Zelenskiy’s party won, and offered U.S. help to promote reforms in Ukraine, Zelenskiy’s office said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
