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France stops large shipment of radioactive Belarus mushrooms
PARIS: France has stopped a large shipment of Belarus mushrooms contaminated with low-level radioactivity probably from Chernobyl and not linked to a radioactive cloud that appeared in southern Russia last month, officials said on Thursday.Earlier, Pierre-Franck Chevet — the head of French nuclear regulator ASN — told the French Senate that...
France stops large shipment of radioactive Belarus mushrooms
PARIS: France has stopped a large shipment of Belarus mushrooms contaminated with low-level radioactivity probably from Chernobyl and not linked to a radioactive cloud that appeared in southern Russia last month, officials said on Thursday.Earlier, Pierre-Franck Chevet — the head of French nuclear regulator ASN — told the French Senate that...
Tensions down after ‘coup’ in Ukraine’s separatist region
While tensions appeared to abate in Lugansk two days after infighting erupted in the war-scarred region, military vehicles were still present in the city. — AFPLUGANSK, Ukraine: Tensions appeared to abate Thursday in Lugansk, a stronghold of Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, two days after infighting erupted in the war-scarred...
Merkel fourth term in doubt as German coalition talks fail
German Chancellor Angela Merkel — of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) — speaks to media after the exploratory talks about forming a new coalition government collapsed in Berlin, Germany, November 20, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal HanschkeBERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel’s efforts to form a three-way coalition government that would secure...
Wanted Russian arrested over Forbes editor’s murder
KIEV: Ukraine’s security agency said Saturday it has arrested a Russian man wanted by Interpol over the 2004 murder of American journalist Paul Khlebnikov.The suspect, originally from Chechnya, was arrested in Kiev.”According to Interpol, the foreigner participated in a series of sponsored murders, in particular, that of Forbes’...
OSCE watchdog slams US, Russia for ‘foreign agent’ media laws
Journalists watch Russian President Vladimir Putin on a big screen during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, December 20, 2012. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/FilesVIENNA: The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) media watchdog said on Thursday moves by the United States and Russia to force some foreign media to...
Govts increase efforts to manipulate information on social media, report says
Online manipulation and propaganda played an important role in elections, not only in the US but in 17 other countries around the globe in the year ending May 31, according to the latest Freedom of the Net report from Freedom House — a nonprofit organisation that promotes democracy and civil liberties. Governments around the world have...
In first, Putin speaks with Ukraine?s separatist leaders
Putin’s shift in his approach to Ukraine has been unexpected. — ReutersMOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken to eastern Ukraine’s rebel leaders to discuss a prisoner swap, his first publicly acknowledged direct contact with the two pro-Russian separatist republics.The Kremlin said late Wednesday that Putin spoke by...
Spain sees Russian interference in Catalonia separatist vote
Protesters hold the lights of their mobile phones during a demonstration called by pro-independence associations asking for the release of jailed Catalan activists and leaders, in Barcelona, Spain, November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea BRUSSELS: Madrid believes Russian-based groups used online social media to heavily promote Catalonia’s...
Trump distances himself from remarks on Putin over election meddling
US President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. Photo: Reuters HANOI: US President Donald Trump on Sunday attempted to clear up confusion over whether he accepts Russian President Vladimir Putin’s denials of meddling in the US election...
