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EBRD invests 812 mln euros in Ukraine in 2020
KIEV, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) invested 812 million euros (983 million U.S. dollars) in Ukraine in 2020, Ukrinform news agency reported on Wednesday. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
Action needed to protect fragile ceasefire in east Ukraine, new OSCE head says
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Russia says better ties with US up to Biden
MOSCOW: The Kremlin said Wednesday that any improvement in Moscow’s tense relationship with Washington would depend on Joe Biden when he enters the White House. The US recently blamed Kremlin-backed hackers for a massive cyber attack that breached government institutions, adding to a long list of grievances plaguing ties between the former...
McConnell: Trump ‘provoked’ Capitol siege, mob was fed lies
WASHINGTON: Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday explicitly blamed President Donald Trump for the deadly riot at the Capitol, saying the mob was “fed lies” and the president and others “provoked” those intent on overturning Democrat Joe Biden’s election. Ahead of Trump’s historic second impeachment trial,...
U.S sanctions 11 entities, 3 Individuals for assisting Nicholas Maduro
F.P Report WASHINGTON: Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State on Tuesday has announced that United States has sanctioned three individuals and 11 entities for their ties to a network helping Nicolas Maduro and his illegitimate regime evade U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector. He also provided more details saying that this action builds...
US: Nord Stream 2 will deprive Ukraine of vital revenues
F.P Report WASHINGTON: On Tuesday, U.S State Department issued a press release announced sanctioning of Russian-based entity KVT-RUS. While digging into the details State Department spokesperson added that the United States is imposing sanctions on the Russia-based entity KVT-RUS and identifying the vessel FORTUNA as blocked property. He also...
Kazakhstan to Hit Coronavirus Peak in March, Says Kazakh Healthcare Minister
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan may reach a coronavirus peak in the end of March, said Kazakh Healthcare Minister Alexey Tsoy at a Jan. 19 government meeting. Alexey Tsoy. Photo credit: primeminister.kz The ministry’s working group has been dealing with forecasting...
Meet 10-year-old Kyuta, a dominant 85-kilo sumo in training
Monitoring Desk TOKYO, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Among the young sumo wrestlers lifting weights in the ring, 10-year-old Kyuta Kumagai stands out. At 85 kilograms (187 lb), Kyuta is twice the size of the other children his age and is so dominant that he wrestles, and beats, boys five or six years older. Courtesy: ReutersLast year, he was crowned the...
588 arrive in Kazakhstan without PCR tests
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – 17 international flights arrived in the territory of Kazakhstan on January 17, 2021 from the UK, Germany, the Republic of Maldives, the UAE, Egypt, Turkey, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan, Kazinform reports. …read more Source::...
Meet the Bidens: America’s new ‘first family’
Joe Biden arrives with wife Jill Biden to speak to supporters in Wilmington, Delaware on Nov 4. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill will become the new White House residents when he takes office on Wednesday. Biden has made his family a major focus throughout his career, and his 2020 presidential campaign thrust them...
