Section: The News International (Pakistan)
Child sex exploitation spreads to new destinations as tourism booms
LONDON: Portugal, Moldova and Ukraine in Europe, and Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam in Asia have emerged as new child sex tourism destinations, prompting activists to call for governments to include measures to protect children in their tourism plans. Sex tourism has spread around the world to countries that were previously inaccessible as tourism...
EU proposes visa-free travel for Kosovo citizens
BRUSSELS: Citizens of Kosovo will be able to travel freely within Europe’s borderless Schengen zone under a European Commission proposal after the tiny Balkan state introduced a series of reforms sought by Brussels. The European Union had been wary about offering Kosovo a visa-free regime after large numbers of Kosovars sought asylum in the...
US keeps China, India on shame list
Intellectual property WASHINGTON: The Obama administration on Wednesday kept China, Russia and India on its annual list of countries with the worst records of preventing the theft of intellectual property and cited Switzerland for failing to curb online copyright infringements. The annual list, released by the US Trade Representative’s...
US sends F-22 fighters to reassure Nato allies
Two highly advanced US fighters flew to the Black Sea on Monday for the first time since Washington beefed up military support for Nato’s eastern European allies who say they face aggression from Russia. President Barack Obama promised in 2014 to bolster the defences of Nato’s eastern members, unnerved by Russia’s annexation of...
Economy, security crises in focus as Obama arrives in Germany
HANOVER, Germany: US President Barack Obama arrived in Germany on Sunday to hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of his closest allies in dealing with a shaky global economy and security crises in the Middle East and Ukraine. It… …read more Source: The News...
Bets are off for stranded HK casino ship, forlorn crew
HONG KONG: Captain Valerie Lyzhyn and his 45 crew are stranded in Hong Kong, big losers in a gambling slump triggered by a Chinese crackdown on corruption that has scared off the high-rollers. Lyzhyn, 62, a Russian-born Ukrainian and veteran… …read more Source: The News...
Ukraine approves new PM in bid to end reform deadlock
KIEV: Ukraine’s parliament approved presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister on Thursday in the biggest political shakeup since a 2014 uprising brought in a pro-Western leadership. President Petro Poroshenko hopes the… …read more Source: The News...
Dutch vote highlights EU?s problem with voters, UK beware
BRUSSELS: The European Union’s long-running problem with voters just got a little worse after the Dutch rejected an agreement on closer EU ties with Ukraine, highlighting the difficulties of further European integration. Coming less than… …read more Source: The News...
Dutch Ukraine vote tests strength of anti-EU mood
AMSTERDAM: Dutch voters cast ballots in a referendum on Wednesday on the European Union’s treaty with Ukraine, providing a gauge of anti-EU sentiment weeks before Britain puts its membership of the bloc on the line. Launched by eurosceptic… …read more Source: The News...
New Ukraine coalition ?uncertain?
KIEV: Ukraine’s prospects of forming a new coalition – vital to get IMF loan talks back on track – were thrown into fresh doubt on Tuesday after Yulia Tymoshenko pressed demands as the price of taking her Fatherland Party into an alliance…. …read more Source: The News...
