Author: EMPEZARUNBLIG

More popular performers with little to no political experience are running for public offices in Ukraine, where comedian Volodymyr Zelensky managed to win the presidency two months ago. This year life in Ukraine has had many moments of mixing politics with show business. Zelensky, a professional actor and comedian with no record of public service, […]

Mexico has agreed to “immediately” start buying products from US farmers, said President Donald Trump in the wake of the deal the two nations signed amid a row over tariffs and immigration. The US’ southern neighbor has “agreed to immediately begin buying large quantities of agricultural products from our great patriot farmers,” Trump wrote on […]

Uncertainty over US-China trade tensions could hurt market confidence if not resolved soon, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Saturday. The Japanese official told reporters after the first day of the G20 meeting of finance leaders in Fukuoka, in southern Japan, that the global economy is facing many risks that might bring its growth […]

Manchester City and Ukraine star Oleksandr Zinchenko celebrated his county’s 5-0 demolition of Serbia on Friday by planting a kiss directly on the cheek of sports reporter Vlada Sedan live on television. The 22-year-old, who emerged to prominence as a full-back in Pep Guardiola’s Premier League-winning side last season, was used in a central midfield […]

Tel Aviv has a right to annex certain parts of the West Bank, a US envoy to Israel said as Donald Trump’s much-touted Middle East peace plan was rejected by the Palestinians. “Under certain circumstances,” Israel “has the right to retain some, but unlikely all, of the West Bank,” David Friedman told the New York […]

Moscow and Beijing cooperating in the Arctic is a win-win model for how nations can work together, Beijing’s envoy to Moscow told RT’s SophieCo, stressing that China is not seeking military bases in the region. Beijing sees itself as a “near-Arctic” state and is actively participating in creating international rules and regulations governing the Arctic, […]

Amid escalating threats to boot Turkey from its stealth fighter jet program over its purchase of Russia’s S-400 air defense systems, Washington will reportedly stop accepting Turkish pilots for F-35 training. The US has decided to stop accepting new pilots as part of the training program with Turkey, Reuters reports, citing officials. Currently, four pilots […]

US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, calling her a “disgrace” and a “disaster” for wanting to see him “in prison” rather than impeached – and suggesting the idea is “disgusting.” “Nervous Nancy Pelosi is a disgrace to herself and her family for having made such a disgusting […]

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Denmark would eventually provide the necessary permits for completing the gas pipeline from Russia to Europe despite aggressive US attempts to block the project. The undersea pipeline passes through the territorial waters of  Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany. Only Danish authorities have yet to allow the pipeline in […]

The French president wants an August summit of the Group of Seven advanced economies to take firm action on climate change despite divergences with Washington on the issue. Emmanuel Macron said that President Donald Trump’s presence at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, in southwestern France, is not being questioned, AP reports. Macron said in Paris […]