Section: The Manila Times (Philippines)
Ukraine parliament appoints pro-EU Groysman as PM
KIEV, Ukraine: Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday appointed pro-Western speaker Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister in a bid to end months of political gridlock and unlock vital aid to the war torn-state. Lawmakers voted by 257 to 50 to approve the resignation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk—condemned by President Petro Poroshenko for...
Russian jets in ‘aggressive’ passes of US warship
WASHINGTON: A Russian military jet came within a few feet of a US destroyer in international waters in the Baltic Sea during a series of “aggressive” overflights, US officials said Wednesday. Russian aircraft repeatedly buzzed the USS Donald Cook this week, including an incident Tuesday in which a Russian Su-24 flew just 30 feet (nine meters)...
Russian jets in repeated ‘aggressive’ passes of US warship
WASHINGTON: A Russian military jet came within a few feet of a US destroyer in international waters in the Baltic Sea during a series of “aggressive” overflights, US officials said Wednesday. Russian aircraft repeatedly buzzed the USS Donald Cook this week, including an incident Tuesday in which a Russian Su-24 flew just 30 feet (nine meters)...
Global tax authorities probe Panama Papers
PARIS: Tax authorities from the world’s richest nations on Wednesday probed a mass of murky offshore dealings revealed in the huge Panama Papers data leak, just hours after police raided the law firm at the centre of the scandal. The leak of 11.5 million confidential financial documents from Panamanian law office Mossack Fonseca offered...
Ukraine eyes Thursday vote on new pro-EU government
KIEV: Strife-torn Ukraine appeared to move a step closer Wednesday to agreeing a new pro-EU government headed by parliament speaker Volodymyr Groysman that could be voted on the following day. A senior member of President Petro Poroshenko’s party said that “according to my information, all the agreements have been reached and no further...
Panama raids law firm at center of tax leaks scandal
PANAMA CITY: Police on Tuesday raided the headquarters of the Panama law firm whose leaked documents have unleashed a global scandal over how the world’s elite use offshore companies to hide their wealth. Organized crime police surrounded Mossack Fonseca’s headquarters in Panama City as the offices were being searched, along with...
G7 Hiroshima Declaration calls for ‘world without nuclear weapons’
HIROSHIMA, Japan: US Secretary of State John Kerry and G7 foreign ministers on Monday called for a “world without nuclear weapons”, citing North Korea’s saber-rattling as a key challenge to achieving that goal. “We reaffirm our commitment to seeking a safer world for all and to creating the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons in...
Kerry in Japan for landmark Hiroshima visit
HIROSHIMA: John Kerry and other G7 foreign ministers on Sunday began two days of talks on global hotspot issues in Hiroshima, where the first ever visit to the atomic-bombed city by a US secretary of state is overshadowing the broader agenda. Kerry’s trip is seen as possibly paving the way for Barack Obama to become the first serving US...
US warns of ‘credible threats’ to Turkish tourist spots
ISTANBUL: The US embassy in Turkey on Saturday warned of “credible threats” to tourist areas in Istanbul and the resort city of Antalya, intensifying fears in a country hit by four suicide bombings this year. The fresh alert comes a day after Israel reissued a warning to its citizens to avoid Turkey or “leave as soon as possible”, citing an...
IMF: Brexit is worrisome risk for global economy
WASHINGTON: International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said Thursday that the possibility that Britain would vote to pull out from the European Union poses risks for the already weak world economy. “The risk of Brexit is a worry because it’s uncertainty,” Lagarde told a New York audience. “The outcome of any new regime is totally...
