Section: The Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Stolen Dutch paintings recovered in Ukraine
KIEVE: Four Dutch masterpieces dating from the Netherland’s 17th-century Golden Age have been recovered by security services in Ukraine over 10 years after they were stolen from a museum in the Netherlands, Ukraine Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said on April 14. The paintings — part of a group of 24 works valued at $11.26 million when they...
Front runners emerge for UNchief from town halls with General Assembly
Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and current Administrator of the United Nations Development Program, speaks during an interview in New York April 4, 2016. REUTERS UNITED NATIONS: Two or three front runners for the position of United Nations Secretary-General have emerged after 18-hours of unprecedented General Assembly town hall...
Latest battle to wipe out polio begins with vast vaccine switch
World is tantalisingly close to eradicating polio virus Incurable disease causes paralysis, vaccines prevent it Only 12 cases so far in 2016, in Pakistan and Afghanistan Global vaccine switch a crucial step in polio endgame LONDON: In a huge immunisation effort in 150 countries, health teams will on Sunday launch what they hope will be the final...
Madrid get City, Atletico face Bayern in Champions League
NYON: Falling short of peak drama, Friday’s Champions League draw sent Real Madrid to play Manchester City and paired Atletico Madrid with Bayern Munich in the semi-finals. A Madrid derby combined with a match between Pep Guardiola’s current and future teams was avoided, but either scenario can still happen in the final on May 28 in...
Liverpool-Villarreal, Sevilla-Shakhtar in Europa League
NYON: Liverpool will play Villarreal in the Europa League semifinals and two-time defending champion Sevilla will face Shakhtar Donetsk. Liverpool and Sevilla play away in the first legs on April 28. The return matches will be on May 5. Shakhtar plays “home” matches in Lviv in western Ukraine because of longstanding conflict with pro-Russian...
Ukrainian world indoors medalist fails test for meldonium
FILE – This is a Saturday, August 22, 2015 file photo of Ukraine’s Anastasia Mokhnyuk as she checks her time after the 200m event of the women’s heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing. Photo: AP KIEV: Ukrainian athlete Anastasia Mokhnyuk has been provisionally suspended after...
Ukraine privatisation
KIEV: Foreign investors are waiting impatiently for a new Ukrainian government to kick-start privatisation. They are far from sure it will. Parliament is expected to vote on a Cabinet line-up this week following prime minister Arseniy Yatseniuk’s resignation on Sunday after months of political infighting in a country already destabilised by...
Panama raids offices of Mossack Fonseca law firm
The car of Panama’s attorney general is seen parked outside the Mossack Fonseca law firm office in Panama City April 12, 2016. REUTERS Panama’s attorney general late on Tuesday raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm to search for any evidence of illegal activities, authorities said in a statement. The Panama-based law firm...
G-7 foreign ministers push nuclear disarmament in Hiroshima
US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a news conference concluding the G7 foreign ministers meetings in Hiroshima, Japan, on Monday, April 11, 2016. Photo: Yuta Omori/Kyodo News via AP HIROSHIMA: Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialised countries, meeting Monday in the atomic-bombed Japanese city of Hiroshima, called for...
G7 foreign ministers gather in Hiroshima to discuss nuclear, maritime issues
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini (clockwise from bottom left), Canada’s Foreign Minister Stephane Dion, Britain’s Foreign Minister Philip Hammond, US Secretary of State John Kerry, JapanÕs Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Germany’s Foreign Ministry Political Director Andreas Michaelis, Italy’s...
