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Ukraine adds Russian oil import ban to growing trade war
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on Wednesday he intended to introduce a ban on oil product imports from petro-giant Russia as part of Kiev’s festering trade war with Moscow. …read more Source: Channel...
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...
Panama Papers, The cat’s out of the bag
Dunya News Report (Madiha Fareed)The biggest document leak of the history has caused a global frenzy on how the powerful and wealthy use tax havens to hide their wealth. At the centre of the controversy is a lesser known Panamanian law firm “Mossack Fonseca” which is a gatekeeper to vast flow of shadowy off-shore secrets and for almost 40 years...
UPDATE1: Japan urges Ukraine to fully implement cease-fire accord
…read more Source: Kyodo News
In Chernobyl nuclear zone, animals thrive without humans
What happens to the environment when humans disappear? Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, booming populations of wolf, elk and other wildlife in the vast contaminated zone in Belarus and Ukraine provide a clue. …read more Source: Channel...
In Chernobyl nuclear zone, animals thrive without humans
CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE, Belarus (Reuters) – What happens to the environment when humans disappear? Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, booming populations of wolf, elk and other wildlife in the vast contaminated zone in Belarus and Ukraine provide a clue. …read more Source: The...
Panama law firm says data hack was external
A marquee of the Arango Orillac Building lists the Mossack Fonseca law firm, in Panama City, Monday, April 4, 2016. Panama’s president says his government will cooperate ‘vigorously’ with any judicial investigation arising from the leak of a vast trove of information on the offshore financial dealings of the world’s rich and...
Ukraine pilot Savchenko starts refusing all food and liquids
MOSCOW, Russia – Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko, convicted over the killing of two Russian journalists, began a hunger strike without water on Wednesday, April 6, to demand her return to Ukraine, her lawyer said. Lawyer Mark Feigin wrote on Twitter that … …read more Source:...
Politicians, Celebs Deny Abuse Of Offshore Accounts
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. …read more Source:...
Dutch referendum turnout lagging below validity threshold – pollster
Turnout in a referendum on the Ukraine-EU treaty being held in the Netherlands is lagging below the threshold needed for it to be valid, according to a prominent pollster. …read more Source: Channel...
