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France wants proof before responding on Britain poisoning affair
PARIS: France on Wednesday said it wanted firm proof of Russian involvement in the nerve-toxin poisoning of a Russian double agent in Britain before it took any action in solidarity with the British government.In contrast to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump who assured British Prime Minister Theresa May they were...
Russia's Putin, in home strait of election campaign, visits Crimea
THE KERCH STRAIT (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday inspected a new bridge linking Crimea to Russia, touting his annexation of the peninsula to voters days before an election all but guaranteed to deliver him a second consecutive term in power. …read more Source: The...
A Chernobyl in the making
A nuclear catastrophe looms from Yongbyon, North Korea, which could threaten to annihilate thousands of people and make some parts of North Korea, Russia and China uninhabitable for decades to come. Satellite image of North Korea’s light water nuclear reactor in Yongbyon. That deadly scenario also poses health risks to thousands, if not...
Singapore starts landmark public hearing on fake news
SINGAPORE: Singapore yesterday began a public hearing on how to tackle the threat of fake news, with speakers suggesting measures ranging from blocking websites to balancing the interests of national security and free speech. The wealthy city state is among the countries looking to introduce legislation to rein in fake news, a trend that has...
Singapore starts landmark public hearing on fake news
SINGAPORE: Singapore on Wednesday began a public hearing on how to tackle the threat of fake news, with speakers suggesting measures ranging from blocking websites to balancing the interests of national security and free speech. The wealthy city-state is among the countries looking to introduce legislation to rein in fake news, a trend that has...
Konstantin Kosachev: Selling weapons to Azerbaijan, we fulfill the agreements reached before April 2016
ArmInfo.”Nagorno-Karabakh, fortunately, is not a hot spot, although we understand that the situation there is explosive especially given the April events of 2016,” Head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia Konstantin told a news conference in the Armenian parliament Kosachev,...
British deadline to Russia expires, escalation expected
LONDON: Britain braced for a showdown with Russia on Wednesday after a midnight deadline set by Prime Minister Theresa May expired without an explanation from Moscow about how a Soviet-era nerve toxin was used to strike down a former Russian double agent. The United States, European Union and NATO supported Britain after May said it was “highly...
Russia calls poisoning accusations by Britain ‘nonsense’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gestures during a meeting at the Russian foreign ministry in Moscow, Tuesday March 13. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)London (AP) — Russia on Tuesday dismissed accusations of any involvement in the poisoning of an ex-spy and his daughter as “nonsense,” saying it will only cooperate with a British...
Kazakhstan labels fugitive tycoon’s political movement ‘extremist’
ASTANA (TCA) — A court in Kazakhstan has branded an opposition political movement established by Mukhtar Ablyazov, a fugitive critic of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, as an extremist organization, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported. Astana’s Esil District Court ruled on March 13 that Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DVK)...
Trump fires top diplomat Tillerson, names CIA chief as successor
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Tuesday sacked his top diplomat Rex Tillerson and named current CIA chief Mike Pompeo to succeed him, ending a rocky tenure by the Texas oilman who had frequently been at odds with the mercurial US president. A senior White House official said Trump wanted to reshuffle his team with a view to launching talks with North...
