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Putin’s interference in US elections undermines faith in American democracy

Questions about the legitimacy of the 2016 U.S. presidential election continue to reverberate and deepen partisan mistrust in America.

August 8, 2018
Published in Politics

Russia says U.S. Lacks Legal Support to Remain in Syria

Moscow, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Ministry of Defense (MINDEF) today considered that the U.S. military presence in Syria is unjustified, as it lacks any legality to continue carrying out operations there.

July 25, 2018
Published in World News

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague.

Task Force to Address Any Fallout from Sanctions on UC Rusal

KINGSTON, June 2, 2018 - A task force has been established to address any fallout in bauxite operations from United States (US)-applied sanctions, which have affected the Russian owned company UC Rusal.

June 2, 2018
Published in local news

Washington has accused Rusal founder Oleg Deripaska of operating for the Russian government

Aluminium giant Rusal shares collapse after US sanctions

Shares in Russian aluminium giant Rusal collapsed on Monday after Washington targeted it with sanctions, putting the metals major at risk of defaulting on part of its debt.

April 9, 2018
Published in Business & Economy

Iran Warns of Dire Regional Consequences if Nuclear Deal is Canceled

Tehran, Mar 27 (Prensa Latina) Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned today about the serious international consequences of a failure on the Tehran-Group 5+1 nuclear deal (United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia and China plus Germany).

March 28, 2018
Published in World News

Investigations continue into the nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter. Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Russian spy attack: why Britain is limited in how it responds to Russia

LONDON, March 13, 2018 - It is “highly likely” that Russia was to blame for the attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter using a deadly nerve agent, British Prime Minister Theresa May told MPs. The government is now waiting for a response from Russian diplomats before formulating its response, though Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has already denied the country is to blame.

March 13, 2018
Published in World News

Investigating the possible scene of the crime in Salisbury. EPA/Gerry Penny

Sergei Skripal and the long history of assassination attempts abroad

Whitehall sources had been claiming that the suspected poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal was being treated as a state-sponsored Russian assassination attempt. Now British prime minister, Theresa May, has said officially that it is “highly likely” to have been ordered by Moscow after the nerve agent used was found to have been of a military grade developed by Russia.

March 12, 2018
Published in World News

The cancer Kaposi sarcoma. South Africa has large productivity losses because of deaths caused by it. Shutterstock

Cancer is costing BRICS economies billions each year

Premature – and potentially avoidable – death from cancer is costing tens of billions of dollars in lost productivity in a group of key developing economies.

March 11, 2018
Published in Health

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