Section: The Borneo Post (Malaysia)
Malaysia Airlines CEO to return to Ryanair to help fix pilot problems
Bellew talks during a meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Cancun, Mexico this year. — Reuters photo DUBLIN/SINGAPORE: Malaysia Airlines chief executive officer (CEO) Peter Bellew is leaving after just over a year in charge to return to Ryanair as chief operations officer (COO) to tackle the pilot shortages that has...
Kremlin calls latest missile launch another ‘provocation’
MOSCOW: The Kremlin said yesterday that North Korea’s latest missile test was part of a series of unacceptable provocations and that the United Nations Security Council was united in believing such launches should not be taking place. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the comments to reporters on a conference call after Pyongyang fired a...
755 US diplomats must leave Russia: Putin
“More than a thousand people were working and are still working” at the US embassy and consulates, Putin said in an interview with Rossia-24 television. AFP Photo Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin said 755 US diplomats must leave Russia and warned ties with Washington could be gridlocked for a long time, in a move Sunday that followed tough...
Three-man crew blasts off to International Space Station
The arrival of the three astronauts will boost the ISS back up to its full capacity of six for the time since April, after Russia decided to cut the number of its cosmonauts to two -AFP photo BAIKONUR KAZAKHSTAN: A three-man crew from Italy, Russia and the United States on Friday blasted off from Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the...
US House votes to slap sanctions on Russia, Iran, N. Korea
The vote in the US House of Representatives will be followed by a Senate vote before the summer recess. AFP Photo WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to impose tough new sanctions on Iran, North Korea and Russia, a move that will antagonize the Kremlin as well as European nations fearing economic...
Kushner denies collusion, insists ‘all actions were proper’
Jared Kushner arrives on Capitol Hill to testify before the Senate intelligence committee. AFP Photo WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s son-in-law and top White House advisor Jared Kushner forcefully denied colluding with Moscow to sway the 2016 election Monday, insisting a string of undisclosed meetings with Russian officials were “proper.” “Let...
Ukraine rebels announce new ‘state’
Pro-Russian rebels march in the centre of Donetsk during the WWII Victory Day parade on May 9. AFP file photo DONETSK: Russian-backed rebels fighting against Kiev announced on Tuesday the creation of a new “state” that they said would take the place of Ukraine and have its capital in their territory. The proposed country — which has no chance of...
On third MH17 anniversary, families unveil ‘living memorial’
King Willem-Alexander (centre, left) and Queen Maxima attend the unveiling of the monument for the victims of Flight MH17 in Vijfhuizen, in the Netherlands, on July 17, 2017. AFP photo THE HAGUE: Three years after Flight MH17 was shot down by a missile over war-torn Ukraine, nearly 2,000 relatives gathered Monday to unveil a “living memorial” to...
Ukraine wants Russia held to account over MH17 downing
International investigators have said the Boeing airliner flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was blown out of the sky over conflict-wracked east Ukraine on July 17, 2014 by a Buk missile system brought in from Russia. AFP file photo KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday insisted Russia must be held to account over the downing of...
On third MH17 anniversary, families to unveil ‘living memorial’
THE HAGUE: Three years after Flight MH17 was shot down by a missile over war-torn Ukraine, more than 2,000 relatives gather Monday to unveil a “living memorial” to their loved ones. A total of 298 trees have been planted in the shape of a green ribbon, one for each of the victims who died on board the Malaysia Airlines flight en route from...
