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Trump pressured Ukraine president to investigate Biden: reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters): U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly pressured Ukraine’s president to investigate Joe Biden, one of Trump’s chief political rivals, in a July phone call, according to reports on Friday by the Wall Street Journal and other U.S. media outlets. The call featured in a classified whistleblower complaint that has...
President Donald Trump gets heat for urging Ukraine probe
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump urged the new leader of Ukraine this summer to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, a person familiar with the matter said. Democrats condemned what they saw as a clear effort to damage a political rival, now at the heart of an explosive whistleblower complaint against Trump. It was the latest...
EU extends sanctions against Russia
Monitoring Desk BRUSSELS: The EU has extended sanctions on Russia for six more months over its actions against Ukraine, the European Council said on Thursday. “The Council has extended the restrictive measures over actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine for a further six months, until...
Qureshi leaves for Geneva to attend UN Human Rights Council session
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday left for Geneva on a three-day visit. He will represent Pakistan at the 42nd session of United Nations Human Rights Council beginning today. The session is expected to continue for two weeks from September 9 to September 27. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will...
FM Qureshi to represent Pakistan at UN Human Rights Council session
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi departed for Geneva on a three-day visit, to represent Pakistan at the 42nd session of United Nations Human Rights Council, on Monday. According to reports, the UN Human Rights Council meeting is expected to continue for two weeks from September 9 to September 27. UN High Commissioner...
A case for Pakistan’s ‘City Liveability Index’
Karachi is like Damascus. And without a civil war! The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) recently launched, ‘The Global Liveability Index 2019′. According to the Report the Index assesses, ‘which locations around the world provide the best or the worst living conditions’. Hence, the index covers 140 cities around the world, which are...
France, Portugal back on track, England cruise in Euro 2020 qualifiers
PARIS: France and Portugal got their Euro 2020 qualification campaigns back on track with impressive wins over Balkan pair Albania and Serbia that boosted the world and European champions chances of making next summer’s tournament. France moved back top of Group H with a 4-1 thumping of Albania thanks to a Kingsley Coman’s first...
Russians go to polls after summer of protests
Russians voted Sunday in local elections after weeks of opposition protests that led to the biggest police crackdown on dissent in nearly a decade. The elections take place a day after after Moscow and Kiev carried out a long-awaited swap of 70 prisoners, a deal hailed as a first step towards ending five years of conflict after Moscow’s...
Russia, Ukraine swap prisoners in landmark ?first step? to ease tensions
KIEV: Russia and Ukraine carried out a long-awaited swap of 70 prisoners on Saturday, in a deal hailed as a first step towards ending five years of tensions and conflict.Two planes carrying 35 prisoners from each side landed simultaneously in Moscow and Kiev, where the passengers emerged under sunny skies.”We have taken the first...
Russia, Ukraine begin prisoners exchange
MOSCOW (AA): Russia and Ukraine on Saturday exchanged 70 prisoners after intense negotiations. Thirty-five people from each side, including 24 Ukrainian sailors who were detained in the incident near the Sea of Azov last November by Russia, and Russian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky convicted of espionage, were freed. Commenting on the exchange,...
