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Autocracies that look like democracies are a threat across the globe
Autocracies that look like democracies are a threat across the globe A rally celebrating the second anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, March 18, 2016.AP/Ivan SekretarevRichard Carney, China Europe International Business School Russia’s successful interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election may inspire other...
Nuns ‘sex slaves’ scandal fresh blow to Catholic church
Pope Francis’s public admission that priests have used nuns as “sexual slaves” marks a new chapter in the crisis rocking the church. (AFP pic)VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis’s public admission that priests have used nuns as “sexual slaves” – and may still be doing so – marks a new chapter in the abuse crisis rocking the Catholic church....
Ukraine nearly withdraws from CIS coordinating bodies
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Mourinho fined for tax fraud in Spain in lieu of jail time
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho. Photo: Reuters MADRID: Former Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has accepted a one-year prison sentence for defrauding the Spanish state of 3.3 million euros ($3.77 million), a Spanish court filing showed on Tuesday, although the Portuguese will not serve any jail time. The filing said the tax ministry and...
Attacks on activists as Ukraine struggles with graft reform
KIEV – Last summer, Vitaliy Ustymenko was brutally attacked by two men in broad daylight in an assault he believes was linked to his work as an anti-corruption activist in Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Kuryk seaport to boost shipment capacity
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Approximately 2.5 million tonnes of freight will be shipped through Kuryk seaport in 2019, one million tonnes more than last year. Photo credit: kuryk.kz. The port, on the Caspian Sea in the Mangystau region, was put into service in December 2016 and...
People of Nagorno Karabakh should have their representative in negotiation process-PM Pashinyan
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan are working to arrange the possible meeting of the heads of the states, ARMENPRESS reports Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview with Deutsche Welle Russian service. To the question of the journalist what were the results of the meetings with Aliyev, Pashinyan answered,...
Moscow faces 300 bomb threats, up to 50,000 evacuated
A Russian police officer with a dog walk inside the store GUM, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. Moscow on Tuesday faced dozens of fake bomb calls that prompted authorities to evacuate shopping malls, schools and other buildings. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)Moscow (AP) — Russian news reports say that a flurry of fake...
Artsakh Must Have Its Representative in Negotiations: Prime Minister Pashinyan
The ministers of foreign affairs of Armenia and Azerbaijan are working on the preparations of a possible meeting of the heads of state, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told Deutsche Welle’s Russian service, Armenpress informed. In answer to the question of the reporters what the meetings with the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev brought,...
Thanks to new Beeline campaign, Internet will not "be nullified" at the end of month
ArmInfo. Beeline conducts a promotion for subscribers of the “Smart” tariff plans and announces the improvement of conditions in some of the tariff plans of the mentioned line, the press service of the company informs. Thus, starting from February 1 subscribers of Smart prepaid tariff plans have had access to a promotion, within the...
