Section: The Himalayan Times (Nepal)
‘Honoured’ Mourinho rejects chance to coach Syria football team
FILE – Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho reacts before the Champions League Group G soccer match between Dynamo Kiev and Chelsea FC in Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday, October 20, 2015. Photo: Matt Dunham/AP LISBON: Jose Mourinho has politely declined the Syrian football federation’s offer for him to coach the war-torn nation’s team, his agent...
US needs up to 18 more Russian rocket engines: Pentagon
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft stack sits on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Monday, March 21, 2016. Photo: Ben Smegelsky/NASA via AP WASHINGTON: The Pentagon will need to buy up to 18 more Russian-built RD-180 engines to power rockets carrying US...
UK leader Cameron under fire over link to offshore accounts
A marquee of the Arango Orillac Building lists the Mossack Fonseca law firm in Panama City, on Thursday, April 7, 2016. Photo: AP DUBLIN: British Prime Minister David Cameron faced mounting pressure Friday over his involvement in offshore investments after he finally admitted he benefited from his father’s Panama-registered trust, an entity...
Pellegrini risks Belgium ire with desire to play Kompany
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini during press conference. Reuters Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini’s plans to play captain Vincent Kompany in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final, second-leg against Paris St Germain could rekindle his feud with Belgium manager Marc Wilmots over the defender. Kompany, who has...
EU threatens to put sanctions on Panama, other tax havens
Indians women walk past an advertising poster showing Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan in a market, in Allahabad, Thursday, April 7, 2016. Photo: AP BERLIN: A European Union official threatened Thursday to sanction Panama and other nations if they don’t cooperate fully to fight money laundering and tax evasion, after a leak of data showed...
Russia’s Putin: Friend named in Panama Papers not corrupt
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on the preparations for the upcoming Victory Day, marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, April 5, 2016. REUTERS ST PETERSBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin said a friend of his named in the “Panama Papers” leaks had done...
Swiss police raid UEFA as Panama Papers scandal spreads
Members of the media outside the UEFA headquarters in Nyon July 29, 2011. REUTERS ZURICH/REYKJAVIK: Swiss police raided the European soccer body UEFA on Wednesday to seize information about a contract disclosed in the Panama Papers that was signed by Gianni Infantino, now head of the global soccer body FIFA. The impact of the leaked documents...
Politicians, celebs deny abuse of offshore accounts
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Photo: AP BERLIN: The president of Ukraine became the latest prominent politician to deny wrongdoing Wednesday after his name was linked to secretive offshore accounts arranged by a Panama law firm. The...
Ukraine leader defends himself in offshore account leaks
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures during a news conference in Kiev, Ukraine, January 14, 2016. REUTERS TOKYO: The president of Ukraine has defended himself in the massive leak of records on offshore accounts that has named political officials, business and celebrities from around the world. Petro Poroshenko said at a news conference...
Iceland president rejects PM’s attempt to call a new vote
Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, speaks during a parliamentary session in Reykjavik on Monday, April 4, 2016. Photo: AP REYKJAVIK: Iceland’s president on Tuesday refused a request from the prime minister to dissolve parliament and call a new election amid a dispute over the premier’s offshore tax affairs....
