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Trump unsettles G7 with support for Russia return
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave a foretaste of his convention-wrecking diplomacy at next weekend’s G7 by calling for Russia — expelled from the group of democracies — to be readmitted.Coming four days before he arrives at the summit in the French seaside resort of Biarritz, Trump’s support for President Vladimir...
State Dept number two expected to be next US ambassador to Russia
WASHINGTON: US Department of State number two John Sullivan is expected to be nominated as the new ambassador to Russia, a sensitive position given Donald Trump’s mixed relations with Moscow.“He’s somebody that’s being put up and respected very much,“ Trump told reporters when asked if Sullivan — the deputy secretary of state —...
HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ sparks tours, stokes fears in Lithuania
IGNALINA: Walking along the top of Lithuania’s decommissioned nuclear reactor, the set of HBO’s critically acclaimed “Chernobyl” TV series, tourist Vytas Miknaitis says he’s not “afraid at all”.“They know what they’re doing,“ the retired computer engineer from Chicago says, referring to organisers of the three-hour tour of...
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...
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...
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...
