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Varying vaccine trust leaves populations vulnerable, global study finds
LONDON: Trust in vaccines – one of the world’s most effective and widely-used medical products – is highest in poorer countries but weaker in wealthier ones where scepticism has allowed outbreaks of diseases such as measles to persist, a global study found on Wednesday. France has the least confidence of any country in the world in the...
Netherlands set to prosecute suspects in MH17 airliner downing
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands – International investigators are set on Wednesday (June 19) to launch criminal proceedings against suspects in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine nearly five years ago. The Dutch-led international team tasked with assigning criminal responsibility for the plane’s...
Merkel says she has recovered from shaking bout after drinking water
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was seen shaking when she met visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy earlier on Tuesday (June 18), said she had since drunk water and was feeling better. She said she was just a bit dehydrated in the heat. Merkel looked as if she were struggling to stand up while she and Zelenskiy...
Merkel says recovered from shaking bout after drinking water
June 19, 2019 8:10 AMBERLIN (REUTERS, AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was seen shaking when she met visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy earlier on Tuesday (June 18), said she had since drunk water and was feeling better. …read more Source: The Straits...
Netherlands set to prosecute suspects in MH17 airliner downing
June 19, 2019 7:31 AMNIEUWEGEIN, NETHERLANDS (REUTERS) – International investigators are set on Wednesday (June 19) to launch criminal proceedings against suspects in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine nearly five years ago. …read more Source: The Straits...
Netherlands set to prosecute suspects in MH17 airliner downing
International investigators are set on Wednesday to launch criminal proceedings against suspects in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine nearly five years ago.… …read more Source: Japan...
Netherlands set to prosecute suspects in MH17 airliner downing
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (Reuters) – International investigators are set on Wednesday to launch criminal proceedings against suspects in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine nearly five years ago. …read more Source: The...
US announces US$250m in military aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON: The United States announced Tuesday a US$250 million military aid package for war-torn Ukraine to strengthen the former Soviet republic’s naval and land capabilities.The amount is part of a series of Pentagon payments now totalling US$1.5 billion to the country since 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula and a conflict...
Captain in fatal Budapest boat crash was sober
The search continues for three victims and will continue as long as there is any hope of finding the bodies. (Twitter pic from @BBMohanty7)BUDAPEST: Hungarian police said on Tuesday they had found no evidence of alcohol or drug abuse by the captain of a cruise ship that struck and sank a small tourist vessel last month, killing 28 mostly Korean...
Backlash in Ukraine as president says beautiful women ‘our brand’
A woman is a person, not a brand, says the organisation Insight LGBTQ. Shown here is Nina Goryniuk, Miss Ukraine 2015. (AFP pic)KIEV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has described beautiful women as part of the country’s “brand”, prompting a furious backlash from activists and on social media Tuesday. “Tourists have always said that...
