Section: The United Kingdom
US vetos UN resolution on Jerusalem
Credits Drew Angerer/Getty Images Alt Text Nikki Haley condemns a UN resolution on the placement of the US embassy in Israel The rest of the Security Council backed the resolution rejecting Trump’s decision to recognise Israeli capital One-Minute Read Tuesday, December 19, 2017 – 6:50am …read more Source: The...
The countries that have two Christmases
Please may I have some more? ADULTS take the adage “Christmas comes but once a year” as an excuse to splurge on gifts. For children, it is a warning of the limits of Utopia. The tots would no doubt be angered to learn that in some places it is not true. This year Ukraine recognised December 25th as an official holiday, along with the traditional...
Ukraine’s chief prosecutor says Saakashvili extradition ‘likely’
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Ukraine’s chief prosecutor says Saakashvili extradition ‘likely’
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We need to plan for Russia after Putin | Natalie Nougayrède
The president says he’ll stand again. But as the fall of the Soviet Union showed, the unexpected can happenVladimir Putin has announced he will be running for re-election next March. He has no serious challengers. Another six-year term lies ahead. None of this is a surprise, but it raises the question of where Russia is heading, and how to...
We need to plan for Russia after Putin | Natalie Nougayrède
The president says he’ll stand again. But as the fall of the Soviet Union showed, the unexpected can happenVladimir Putin has announced he will be running for re-election next March. He has no serious challengers. Another six-year term lies ahead. None of this is a surprise, but it raises the question of where Russia is heading, and how to...
Mikheil Saakashvili arrested for second time in Kiev
Detention of Ukraine opposition leader threatens to spark more anti-Poroshenko protests …read more Source: Financial...
Ukrainian police recapture former Georgian president Saakashvili
Opposition leader had been detained in Kiev on Tuesday but was freed by supportersUkrainian police have recaptured the former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, who was freed from police custody by his supporters in dramatic scenes earlier this week. The development is the latest twist in a long feud between the Ukrainian authorities and...
Saakashvili: Ex-Georgia leader detained by police in Kiev
Mikheil Saakashvili’s detention comes days after he was freed from police custody by his supporters. …read more Source:...
Protesters gather in Kiev after police recapture ex-Georgia leader Saakashvili
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian police recaptured the former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili on Friday, prompting further protests in central Kiev by his supporters who freed him from police custody earlier this week. …read more Source:...
