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Ukraine tackles graft with new US-style police force
KIEV (AFP) – Some 2,000 young, athletic, US-trained Ukrainians on Saturday swore oaths to enforce the law — and resist the temptation to take bribes — at the launch of a new police service in Kiev to replace a notoriously corrupt force.Hands on their hearts, the new recruits assembled on a central square sang the national...
Why Pakistan must not join NPT!
3D (Distress, Discord, Discriminatory) persist in post NPT RevCon 2015 The closing meeting of month-long ninth NPT Review Conference (RevCon) opened a novel debate about the future of the non-proliferation regime. The four-week long negotiations ended in dismay as the states party to the treaty on Nuclear Non-Proliferation could not reach a...
IMF nears $1.7 billion loan payout to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund said Thursday that its Ukraine mission had reached agreement with Kiev authorities on the steps needed to release $1.7 billion in much-needed bailout funds to the government.The mission has been reviewing the countrys reform achievements since the IMF awarded Ukraine a new four-year, $17.5...
Football: Milan sign Brazil hotshot Luiz Adriano
MILAN (AFP) – Brazilian striker Luiz Adrianos goalscoring exploits for Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk in last seasons Champions League earned him a move to Italian giants AC Milan on Thursday, the buying club announced on its website.The 28-year-old — who along with Lionel Messi, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo scored nine goals in last...
Ukraine leader lays out vision of new war-time constitution
KIEV (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday proposed constitutional changes giving sweeping powers to the regions but critically failing to address demands of pro-Russian militants in the separatist east.Poroshenkos new vision of the ex-Soviet states basic law trims presidential controls over the provinces and extends to...
Russian activist probing Ukraine troop deaths found guilty over fraud
MOSCOW (AFP) – A Russian court on Wednesday found an elderly rights activist guilty on a fraud charge she said was aimed at her work investigating Russian troop deaths in Ukraine, but then immediately amnestied her.Lyudmila Bogatenkova, who heads a committee of soldiers mothers in the southern Russian region of Stavropol, was given a...
Ukraine’s state energy firm announces a day earlier it was suspending gas purchases from Russia.
Russian has halted gas supplies to Ukraine after a breakdown on pricing talks. The Russian gas firm Gazprom confirmed that it halted the supply because Ukraine did not make an advance payment for July’s delivery. Ukraine’s state energy firm Naftogaz announced a day earlier it was suspending gas purchases from Russia. The two countries...
Australia lowers iron ore price forecast as China outlook softens
SYDNEY (AFP) – Leading global producer Australia on Tuesday lowered its forecast for iron ore prices as Chinese steel production eases, but said export volumes were expected to grow as suppliers ramp up output.The price was forecast to fall to US$54.40 a tonne for this year and slip to US$52.10 in 2016 as Chinas output of steel, of which...
US warship visits Georgia amid Ukraine crisis
A US warship arrived Sunday in Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi on a training mission, the US embassy said, sending a message of support to the NATO aspirant amid the conflict in Ukraine. The US 6th Fleet’s guided missile destroyer USS Laboon “will conduct routine combined training with the Georgian Coast Guard”, the US embassy in...
U.S. compares China’s South China Sea moves to Russia’s in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Departments number two diplomat on Friday compared Chinas behavior in pursuit of territory in the South China Sea to that of Russia in eastern Ukraine.Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Chinas large scale reclamation projects in the South China Sea, a threat to peace and stability.He said the...
