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Ukraine presidential rivals undergo televised drug tests
KIEV (Reuters) – The two remaining candidates in Ukraine’s presidential race underwent televised drug and alcohol tests on Friday, capping a week in which they traded jibes in tit-for-tat social media videos and goaded each other to agree to a live policy debate. …read more Source: The...
Comedian rips up the play book in Ukraine election success
41 min 43 sec agoKIEV – As a comedian, TV host and actor, Volodymyr Zelenskiy knows how to start a sho …read more Source:...
Comedian rips up the play book in Ukraine election success
KIEV (Reuters) – As a comedian, TV host and actor, Volodymyr Zelenskiy knows how to start a show with a bang. He proved that by beating all comers in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election. …read more Source: The...
Facebook to block foreign ads for Australia election
SYDNEY: Facebook will block election advertising from outside Australia ahead of polls next month, in the wake of growing criticism of the social media giant’s role in the spread of disinformation.The restrictions – already rolled out for polls in other countries such as Thailand and Indonesia – will come into force when the government...
Family of American killed in downed MAS jet sues Russia banks, money-transfer firms
NEW YORK – The family of an American killed when a Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 filed a lawsuit on Thursday against US-based money transfer companies and two Russian… …read more Source:...
Russian navy navigating stormy seas
Russian officials regularly announce new mega-projects involving the navy, but in reality, the force is battling problems with state financing, ageing shipyards, and delays in fulfilling orders, experts say.The Kremlin is keen to display the strength of its armed forces — organising massive war games on Nato borders, backing President...
Family of MH17 victim sues Russia banks, US money transfer companies
NEW YORK: The family of an American teenager killed aboard the MH17 flight launched a court case Thursday against Russian banks and US money transfer companies for helping to finance pro-Moscow separatists accused of shooting it down over Ukraine.In a complaint filed in US federal court, the family of Quinn Lucas Schansman – the only US citizen...
Family of MH17 victim sues Russian, US companies
The family of an American teenager killed aboard the MH17 flight launched a court case on Thursday against Russian banks and US money transfer companies for helping to finance pro-Moscow separatists accused of shooting it down over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Rights court notifies Russia of cases brought against it by MH17 families
Malaysia Airlines MH17 was hit by a Russian-made missile over war-torn eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people on board. (Reuters pic)STRASBOURG: Europe’s top rights court said Thursday it had notified Russia of cases brought by nearly 400 relatives of those killed in the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 that...
U.S. State Secretary to update NATO on peace negotiations in Afghanistan: Stoltenberg
KABUL (Khaama Press): The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the Secretary of the State of the United States Mike Pompeo will update NATO on peace negotiations in Afghanistan. In his speech ahead of the NATO Foreign Ministerial in Washington, Stoltenberg said “We will also assess NATO’s role in the fight against...
