Category: World
Ukraine to use all international legal means to bring Putin to justice over MH17
KYIV – Ukraine will use all international legal mechanisms to try to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin to justice for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over east Ukraine in 2014, Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said on Wednesday. “The difficulty of obtaining evidence and functional immunity do not allow prosecuting the president of…
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Analysis-Brazil central bank autonomy becomes political punching bag for Lula
By Marcela Ayres and Bernardo Caram BRASILIA – Brazil’s central bank newfound independence that was designed to shield it from politics has turned it into a convenient punching bag for the new government that can use it to fire up its leftist base and blame it for economic woes. Since his Jan. 1 inauguration President…
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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy promises to keep pushing for planes
LONDON -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he would do everything he could to persuade the world to provide Ukraine with the modern planes Kyiv needs to help his forces defeat Russia. “We … will do everything possible and impossible to make the world provide us with modern planes to empower and protect pilots…
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Netherlands will continue to hold Russia to account over MH17, Dutch PM says
AMSTERDAM – The Netherlands will continue to hold Russia to account for the downing of passenger flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Wednesday. Rutte said it was a “bitter disappointment” that the international investigation into the downing of MH17 had ended without further prosecutions for lack of…
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Fisherman facing 4,760 years in Greek prison receives centuries-long sentence
An Egyptian fisherman who was facing a 4760-year sentence in a Greek prison has been sentenced to centuries in jail. H. Elfallah was found guilty this week of ‘smuggling’ nearly 500 people from Libya to Greece in November 2022 — including 336 men, 10 women, 128 boys and nine girls — has ended up with…
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UK government defends law barring ‘illegal’ English channel migrants
The UK government said on Tuesday it was ready for legal challenges against a new law intended to stop migrants from reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel. Home Secretary Suella Braverman claimed the government had “pushed the boundaries of international law” with its bill barring asylum claims by anyone who reaches…
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Erasmus decoded: Where do Europe’s students go when they study abroad?
Armando is just one of thousands of students each year who enjoy the opportunity to study abroad without having to freeze their studies at their home university. Originally from Italy, he has recently started his new adventure in the Greek capital Athens, thanks to the Erasmus programme, which has been sending students across Europe to study abroad for…
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Egyptian archaeologists unearth incredible smiling sphinx of Roman emperor
Archaeologists in Egypt have made a fascinating discovery of a limestone sphinx statue with a “smiley face and two dimples” near the Hathor Temple, a well-preserved ancient site in the country. The find, announced by the tourism and antiquities ministry, is just the latest in a series of discoveries made in recent months. Researchers believe…
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Georgia’s ruling party withdraws Foreign Agents Bill and releases protesters
Georgia’s Interior Ministry has announced it will release protesters detained during two days of mass demonstrations, hours after the ruling party was forced to withdraw its controversial bill that sparked the rallies. “All persons arrested on 7 and 8 March during the protests near the parliament by employees of different structures of the Interior Ministry…
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Greek transport minister announces safety measures to improve national railway system
Greece’s Minister of Transport, Giorgos Gerapetritis said that February’s tragic train crash would not have happened if there had been a complete rail telecommunications system in the country at a press conference on Wednesday. His comments came amid an announcement on new rail safety measures which will upgrade the network’s security system and technology. The…
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