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- Bangladesh (459)
- China (1,817)
- India (3,608)
- Indonesia (807)
- Japan (1,436)
- Kazakhstan (682)
- Kyrgyzstan (667)
- Laos (3)
- Malaysia (6,377)
- Myanmar (25)
- Nepal (712)
- Pakistan (3,592)
- Philippines (1,081)
- Singapore (4,460)
- South Korea (305)
- Taiwan (190)
- Tajikistan (42)
- Thailand (1,124)
- Uzbekistan (33)
- Vietnam (614)
Ukraine says dozens of police hurt in clashes with lockdown protesters
KYIV (Reuters) – One police officer was knocked unconscious and 40 others received chemical eye burns from gas on Tuesday in clashes between police and thousands of people protesting a government lockdown to fight the coronavirus, the interior ministry said. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine parliament restores powers of anti-corruption agency in bid for foreign loans
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian lawmakers voted to restore the powers of the NAZK anti-corruption agency on Tuesday in a bid to secure new loans from the International Monetary Fund to fight a sharp economic slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
Fixer Bill Barr turns out to be Trump’s ‘big disappointment’
The resignation of Attorney-General Bll Barr ends one of the most scrutinised relationships in Washington. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: As a businessman, Donald Trump always had a fixer – part-lawyer, part-law bender, someone to make bad things go away. And as president, he thought he’d gone one better: his very own Attorney-General Bill Barr. Barr,...
The story behind the hack that targeted US agencies
Governments and major corporations worldwide are scrambling to see if they, too, were victims of a global cyberespionage campaign that penetrated multiple U.S. government agencies and involved a common software product used by thousands of organizations. Russia, the prime suspect, denies involvement. Cybersecurity investigators said the...
IBRD grants Ukraine 300-mln-USD loan to support low-income families
KIEV, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — Ukraine has signed an agreement on a 300-million-U.S.-dollar loan with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and will receive the first tranche of 170 million U.S. dollars by the end of this year, Ukrainian Ministry of Finance reported on its official website on Monday. Read full story...
ICC prosecutor slams American sanctions
THE HAGUE (AP): The outgoing prosecutor of the International Criminal Court hit out Monday at sanctions slapped on her by the Trump Administration in her final speech to an annual gathering of the court’s member states before she leaves office next year. Fatou Bensouda noted at the start of her speech to the Assembly of States Parties that...
Ukraine seeks World Heritage status for Chernobyl zone
(AFP) — A soft snow fell as a clutch of visitors equipped with a Geiger counter wandered through the ghostly Ukrainian town of Pripyat, frozen in time since the world’s worst nuclear accident in 1986.© GENYA SAVILOV Efforts to secure special status were stepped up after a giant protective dome was installed in 2016 More than three decades...
Ukraine seeks Unesco world heritage status for Chernobyl zone
December 13, 2020 9:51 AMOfficials hope recognition from the UN’s culture agency will boost the site as a tourist attraction …read more Source:: The Straits...
Hunter Biden subpoena seeks information on Ukraine gas company Burisma and other entities
A subpoena seeking documents from Hunter Biden asked for information related to more than two dozen entities, including Ukraine gas company Burisma, according to a person familiar with a Justice Department tax investigation of US President-elect Joe Biden’s son.The breadth of the subpoena, issued on December 8, underscores the wide-angle...
ICC prosecutor pushes for full investigation into Ukraine war crimes
…read more Source:: The Indian...
