Section: The Frontier Post (Pakistan)
Germany to invest in gas-fired plants in coming decades
BERLIN (AA): Germany is committed to diversifying its energy supply in order to compensate for reduced power production from nuclear and coal, Germany’s Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Thomas Bareiss, told Anadolu Agency (AA) on Wednesday. Speaking exclusively to AA, Bareiss said that Germany will phase out nuclear power...
Putin expands list of Ukrainians eligible for Russian passports
MOSCOW (Reuters): Russian President Putin has signed a decree expanding the list of Ukrainians and citizens of some other countries eligible for fast-tracked Russian passports, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. The initial decree, simplifying the procedure for obtaining a Russian passport for residents of the rebel-controlled Donetsk and Luhansk...
Russia considers offensive in Idlib ‘unnecessary’
MOSCOW (AA): Russia considers a military offensive in the Syrian province of Idlib “unnecessary” because of possible civilian casualties, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday. However, Russian air forces will continue to provide support to the Syrian army as part of its fight against terror, Putin said, speaking at a news conference...
What Putin Said to Kim
By FP Editors Talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un earlier this year may have faltered, but at least one person thinks that there is still hope for stabilizing the Korean Peninsula: Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Thursday, he met with Kim, whom he describes as “an interesting and substantive...
Russian, North Korean leaders discuss denuclearization
MOSCOW (AA): Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un concluded their summit on Thursday with a formal reception. Putin and Kim met in the Russian port city of Vladivostok to discuss bilateral relations and de-nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The closed-door talks lasted 3.5 hours. Speaking to the participating...
North Korea’s Kim arrives for summit with Russia’s Putin
VLADIVOSTOK (Reuters): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in the Russian city of Vladivostok on Wednesday for a summit he is likely to use to seek support from President Vladimir Putin while Pyongyang’s nuclear talks with Washington are in limbo. The armored train carrying Kim — on his first official visit to Russia — pulled into the...
Talk of cooperation with Ukraine premature: Russia
Monitoring Desk MOSCOW: In the wake of Vladimir Zelensky’s apparent election win on Sunday, talk of cooperation between Kiev and Moscow is premature, according to President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman. “It’s too early to talk about President Putin congratulating Mr. Zelensky, as well as the opportunity to work together,” Dmitry...
Ukraine enters uncharted waters after comedian wins presidency
KIEV (Reuters): Ukraine entered uncharted political waters on Monday after near final results showed a comedian with no political experience and few detailed policies had dramatically upended the status quo and won the country’s presidential election by a landslide. Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s win was a bitter blow for incumbent Petro...
Comedian Zelenskiy wins Ukrainian presidential polls
KIEV (Reuters): A Ukrainian comedian, who plays a fictitious president in a TV show, is tipped to become Ukraine’s next leader, according to a national exit poll. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who has no previous experience in politics, has won 73% of the vote, the poll showed, surpassing his rival, incumbent Petro Poroshenko, who has just 25% of...
Meet the Emirati female pilot who flies A380s, one of the world’s largest passenger aircraft
Monitoring Desk ABU DHABI: Regularly flying across the world, traversing different time zones and flying the world’s largest passenger aircraft — the Airbus A380 — is all in a day’s work for Emirati pilot Aisha Al Mansouri, a senior first officer with Etihad Airways. It all started when her sister, who was already a pilot, took her to...
