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Moscow slams Britain's spy poison claims as 'attempt to discredit Russia'
AFP, Published on 13/03/2018
» MOSCOW - Russia on Tuesday slammed Britain's accusations of involvement in the poisoning of a former double agent as an attempt to discredit Moscow and demanded that London give it access to the nerve agent.
The scientist who leaked Russia's Novichok 'conspiracy'
AFP, Published on 13/03/2018
» MOSCOW - Dissident Soviet scientist Vil Mirzayanov gained notoriety in the 1990s when he blew the cover on Moscow's secret experimentation with Novichok, the nerve gas used in the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in Britain.
Le Pen's far-right rebrand off to a rocky start
AFP, Published on 13/03/2018
» PARIS: Marine Le Pen's grand unveiling of a new name for France's far-right National Front party didn't go as smoothly as she'd hoped.
Allies back UK after it says Russia likely poisoned ex-spy
AFP, Published on 13/03/2018
» LONDON: Western allies voiced support for Britain late Monday, after Prime Minister Theresa May said it was "highly likely" that Moscow was responsible for a nerve agent attack on a Russian former double agent.
The secretive UK army lab where poisons are hunted and made
AFP, Published on 13/03/2018
» LONDON - A secretive British army base, which identified the nerve gas used to poison a Russian ex-spy earlier this month, has for years been fuelling conspiracy theories with its pioneering research into chemical and biological weapons.
Hi-tech conservationists fight Indonesia wildlife crime
AFP, Published on 11/03/2018
» JAKARTA: rom cutting-edge DNA barcoding to smartphone apps that can identify illegal wildlife sales, conservationists are turning to hi-tech tools in their battle against Indonesia's animal traffickers.
Unwell Tillerson cancels Nairobi programme
AFP, Published on 10/03/2018
» NAIROBI: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who is on his first Africa tour as Washington's top diplomat, on Saturday cancelled his programme in Kenya because he was feeling unwell, officials said.
Chinese drones slink into North Korean arsenal
AFP, Published on 09/03/2018
» SHENYANG, China: Wang Dewen's daughter-in-law says the Chinese businessman could be dead. His wife claims he is travelling. But they are sure of one thing: he is definitely not working in North Korea.
Trump, Kim Jong-un to hold historic meeting
AFP, Published on 09/03/2018
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump agreed Thursday to a historic meeting with Kim Jong-un in a stunning development in America's high-stakes nuclear standoff with North Korea.
In show of confidence, ECB inches towards stimulus exit
AFP, Published on 08/03/2018
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN - The European Central Bank on Thursday signalled greater confidence in the eurozone economy and its own chances of hitting its elusive inflation goal by dropping talk of boosting its mass bond-buying programme.