Section: Malaysia
Wladimir Klitschko urges new Ukraine vote dope tests
BERLIN: Ex-world heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko Wednesday dismissed as a “farce” the doping tests performed on both Ukraine presidential election candidates last week and offered to pay for new ones.Independent US experts of the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association were in Kiev Wednesday and ready to perform tests of both candidates,...
Russia wins WTO "national security" case in potential boost for Trump
GENEVA (Reuters) – Russia won a dispute about “national security” at the World Trade Organization on Friday, in a ruling over a Ukrainian railway dispute that may also lend support to global automobile tariffs that could be imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine presidential rivals undergo televised drug tests
KIEV (Reuters) – The two remaining candidates in Ukraine’s presidential race underwent televised drug and alcohol tests on Friday, capping a week in which they traded jibes in tit-for-tat social media videos and goaded each other to agree to a live policy debate. …read more Source: The...
Comedian rips up the play book in Ukraine election success
KIEV (Reuters) – As a comedian, TV host and actor, Volodymyr Zelenskiy knows how to start a show with a bang. He proved that by beating all comers in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election. …read more Source: The...
Facebook to block foreign ads for Australia election
SYDNEY: Facebook will block election advertising from outside Australia ahead of polls next month, in the wake of growing criticism of the social media giant’s role in the spread of disinformation.The restrictions – already rolled out for polls in other countries such as Thailand and Indonesia – will come into force when the government...
Family of MH17 victim sues Russia banks, US money transfer companies
NEW YORK: The family of an American teenager killed aboard the MH17 flight launched a court case Thursday against Russian banks and US money transfer companies for helping to finance pro-Moscow separatists accused of shooting it down over Ukraine.In a complaint filed in US federal court, the family of Quinn Lucas Schansman – the only US citizen...
Family of MH17 victim sues Russian, US companies
The family of an American teenager killed aboard the MH17 flight launched a court case on Thursday against Russian banks and US money transfer companies for helping to finance pro-Moscow separatists accused of shooting it down over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Rights court notifies Russia of cases brought against it by MH17 families
Malaysia Airlines MH17 was hit by a Russian-made missile over war-torn eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people on board. (Reuters pic)STRASBOURG: Europe’s top rights court said Thursday it had notified Russia of cases brought by nearly 400 relatives of those killed in the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 that...
Family of American killed in downed MH17 jet sues Russia banks, money-transfer firms
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The family of an American killed when a Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 filed a lawsuit on Thursday against U.S.-based money transfer companies and two Russian banks they accuse of providing services to the group they blame for striking Flight MH17. …read more Source: The...
Family of American killed in downed MH17 jet sues Russian, US firms
MH17 was brought down in 2014 over territory held by pro-Russian separatist forces in eastern Ukraine as it flew from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 298 people on board. (Reuters pic)UNITED NATIONS: The family of an American killed when a Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 filed a lawsuit on Thursday against...
