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Russian embassy in Kiev protests car damage; Ukrainians demand pilot’s release
Russia’s embassy in Kiev sent a note of protest to Ukraine’s foreign ministry on Sunday about attacks on the embassy’s cars, the RIA news agency quoted embassy spokesman Oleg Grishin as saying. …read more Source: GMA News...
Fukushima ‘dark tourism’ aids remembrance, healing
NAMIE: Shinichi Niitsuma enthusiastically shows visitors the attractions of the small town of Namie: its tsunami-hit coastline, abandoned houses and hills overlooking the radiation-infested reactors of the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant. Five years after the nuclear disaster emptied much of Japan’s northeastern coast, tourism is giving...
Trump poses threat to peace, economic development: German Vice Chancellor
German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has criticised leading US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as a right-wing populist whose political views pose a threat to peace and prosperity. The comments by Gabriel, economy minister and leader of the Social Democrats, are the clearest sign yet that ruling politicians in Europe are...
Fukushima ‘dark tourism’ aids remembrance and healing
NAMIE: Shinichi Niitsuma enthusiastically shows visitors the attractions of the small town of Namie: its tsunami-hit coastline, abandoned houses and hills overlooking the radiation-infested reactors of the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant. Five years after the nuclear disaster emptied much of Japan’s northeastern coast, tourism is giving...
Malaysia Airlines out of danger 2 years after MH370 disaster
FILE – In this Feb. 29, 2016 file photo, a Malaysia man is silhouetted as a Malaysia Airlines plane prepares for take off at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Speang, Malaysia.Malaysia Airlines is out of intensive care after it was hit by twin disasters in 2014, starting with the disappearance of Flight 370. The airline’s new chief...
German vice chancellor says Trump poses threat to peace and prosperity
Republican candidate Donald trump. (Source: AP) German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has criticised leading U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as a right-wing populist whose political views pose a threat to peace and prosperity. The comments by Gabriel, economy minister and leader of the Social Democrats, are the clearest sign...
Malaysia Airlines out of danger 2 years after MH370 disaster
After crisis: In this Oct. 13, 2015 file photo, a traveller uses the Malaysia Airlines self check-in kiosk in Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia. Malaysia Airlines is out of intensive care after it was hit by twin disasters in 2014, starting with the disappearance of Flight 370. The airline’s new chief has made sweeping...
Armenia-EU Coming Accord might not be Equivalent to Association Agreement: European Analyst
“Factors restricting Armenia’s foreign policy are a lot,” Linas Kojala, representative of the Department of Political Analysis and Research at the Eastern Europe Studies Centre (Vilnius), authoritative European analyst, told 168.am today, touching upon the EU Eastern Partnership Program and Armenia-EU coming accord. According to him,...
Svitolina, Bouchard head to Malaysian Open final
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Second seed Elina Svitolina will square off against sixth seed Eugenie Bouchard in the Malaysian Open final Sunday after both won their semi-final matches in straight sets.Svitolina, ranked 19th in the world, easily dispatched Chinas Lin Zhu 6-3, 6-3 in the first semi-final match which only lasted about an hour on...
Rangoon’s Rare International Cuisines
A vendor sorts sausages at a stand in Vienna, Austria. Similar German sausages are now available at Mahlzeit restaurant in Rangoon. (Photo: Herwig Prammer / Reuters) RANGOON — Asian cuisines from China, Japan, Korea, Thailand and India are not considered unconventional among food lovers in Rangoon. But German, Russian and Mediterranean dishes...
