Rome, May 27 (IANS) Italy’s former environment minister Corrado Clini Monday was put under house arrest on embezzlement charges, the media reported. Clini, 67, allegedly misappropriated 3.4 million euros (or $4.6 million) in public money for a water treatment project in Iraq, Xinhua quoted the ANSA news agency as saying, quoting police sources. The sources said […]
Johannesburg, May 27 (IANS) South Africa’s new cabinet was sworn in Monday amid criticism for being bloated. The proceedings got underway with President Jacob Zuma swearing in his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa in the presidential guest house in Pretoria, Xinhua reported. Then Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng administered the oath of office to the 35 cabinet ministers who […]
Lisbon, May 27 (IANS) The Eurozone is at risk of a “negative spiral”, European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi said Monday. Draghi was speaking at a conference in Sintra, near Portugal’s capital Lisbon, during the ECB forum that ends Tuesday, Xinhua reported. The ECB forum is expected to come up with answers on how to […]
Tripoli, May 27 (IANS) Libya’s new Prime Minister Ahmed Maitiq and his cabinet swore in Monday evening amid objections raised to his election process, the media reported. Maitiq took his oath before President of the Parliament Nuri Abu Sahmain. He will wait for acting Prime Minister Abdullah Thinni to hand over his power, Xinhua quoted the […]
Copenhagen, May 27 (IANS) Denmark’s first exchange for virtual currencies will open next week, operator Crypto Coins Exchange Denmark (CCEDK) announced Monday. The firm said the exchange would allow customers worldwide to trade the computer-generated currencies bitcoin and litecoin for Danish and Norwegian kroner, pounds, dollars and euros, Xinhua reported. Bitcoin trading has made news in […]
Islamabad, May 26 (IANS) At least four people were killed Monday in separate attacks in the Pakistani city of Karachi, media reported. Three bodies that had torture marks and bullet wounds were recovered from Karachi’s Northern Bypass, Dawn online reported. The three victims were kidnapped, but the bodies have not been identified as yet, the police […]
Seoul, May 26 (IANS) Fire broke out near a bus terminal in Goyang, a city just north of South Korea’s capital Seoul, leaving fived dead and three injured, the media reported Monday. The South Korean fire department said that five have been confirmed dead, with three injured, without identifying who the dead were, Xinhua reported citing […]
Managua, May 26 (IANS) At least four restaurants and one property were destroyed Sunday by a fire in Nicaragua’s western city of Leon, authorities said. There were no victims in the fire in the city’s centre with bars and restaurants, Xinhua quoted Eliezer Eugarrio, chief of Leon’s Fire Brigade (DGB), as saying in a press conference. […]
Bogota, May 26 (IANS) Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos and opposition candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga will face each other in run-off to be held June 15, Xinhua reported Monday. The National Civil Registry said 89.39 percent of the votes have been counted. Local daily El Espectador on its website said that so far Zuluaga has 29.25 […]
Jerusalem, May 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday offered Israel’s help to investigate Saturday’s shooting at a Jewish museum in Brussels, Belgium, that left four people dead, including an Israeli couple from Tel Aviv. “I am very disturbed by the growing anti-Semitism in Europe. There must be zero tolerance for anti-Semitism toward Jews and their […]