Section: The Himalayan Times (Nepal)
30 years on, Ukrainians remember victims of Chernobyl disaster
KIEV: Ukraine held memorial services on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster which permanently poisoned swathes of eastern Europe and highlighted the shortcomings of the secretive Soviet system. In the early hours of April 26, 1986, a botched test at the nuclear plant in then-Soviet Ukraine triggered a meltdown...
Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl disaster
A man lights a candle at a memorial, dedicated to firefighters and workers who died after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, during a night service in the city of Slavutych, Ukraine, April 26, 2016. REUTERS Ukraine prepared on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which permanently poisoned swathes of eastern Europe...
Obama, Merkel push for trade deal as foreign crises weigh
US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel shake hands after their news conference after their meeting at Schloss Herrenhausen in Hanover, Germany April 24, 2016. REUTERS HANOVER: US President Barack Obama said on Sunday he would do whatever he could to advance a controversial trade deal with the European Union in his last...
Economy, crises in focus as Obama heads to Germany
US President Barrack Obama takes part in a Town Hall meeting at Lindley Hall in London, Britain, April 23, 2016. REUTERS LONDON: US President Barack Obama is set to visit Hanover, Germany on Sunday to hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of his closest allies in dealing with a shaky global economy and security crises in the Middle...
Economy, crises in focus as Obama heads to Germany
US President Barrack Obama takes part in a Town Hall meeting at Lindley Hall in London, Britain, April 23, 2016. REUTERS LONDON: US President Barack Obama is set to visit Hanover, Germany on Sunday to hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of his closest allies in dealing with a shaky global economy and security crises in the Middle...
Liverpool’s Sakho investigated over failed drugs test
LONDON: Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho is being investigated by UEFA over a failed drugs test after last month’s Europa League game against Manchester United. Although Sakho is not yet subject to a UEFA suspension, the club announced Saturday that he will not play for the Europa League semifinalists while the investigation is underway....
Panama raids Mossack Fonseca property, seizes shredded papers
Mossack Fonseca law firm sign is pictured in Panama City, in this April 4, 2016 file photo. REUTERS Panamanian investigators on Friday raided a property used by Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of a massive leak of offshore financial data, removing bags full of shredded documents as evidence, a local prosecutor said. “We have secured a...
Ukraine president: Sanctions against Russia must remain
BUCHAREST: Ukraine’s president says sanctions against Russia must stay in place as long as hostilities in eastern Ukraine still continue. President Petro Poroshenko said he and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis agreed that “discussions related to cancelling sanctions imposed on Russia cannot take place until the aggression stops.” Security...
Malaysia Airlines CEO to leave job long before contract ends
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines CEO Christoph Mueller will leave his job in September, way ahead of the end of his three-year contract, due to his “changing personal circumstances.” The airline said Tuesday it has begun searching for a new CEO from a pool of internal and external candidates. Its statement said Mueller will serve a six-month...
Polish minister says Russia preparing aggression against NATO: report
Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland March 10, 2016. REUTERS Poland’s defence minister has said Russia continued to pose a serious threat to NATO and that Moscow was systematically preparing for aggression against the alliance. Poland, a former Soviet satellite state, fears Russia is...
