March, 2018

• 27 March

  Trump’s expulsions stun Putin in favour of snubbed Europe allies

  

  Bloomberg The US president often accused of cozying up to the Kremlin suddenly looks closer than ever to the European allies he’s sometimes snubbed. Donald Trump expelled 60 Russian diplomats considered spies from the US, the most since 1986, demonstrating united resolve with Europe after the UK blamed Vladimir Putin’s government for a March 4 nerve-agent attack on a former ...

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• 27 March

  Trump fundraiser sues Qatar over hacked emails

  Reuters Elliott Broidy, a top Republican fundraiser, sued Qatar, accusing the Gulf state of pilfering and leaking emails in retribution for his attempts to influence the Trump administration in favour of regional rivals of Qatar. In the lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Los Angeles, Broidy accused Qatar and its agents of hacking into his and his wife’s email ...

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• 27 March

  Putin vows full probe on deadly Russian mall blaze

  

  Bloomberg Vladimir Putin told relatives of the scores killed in a shopping-mall fire in Siberia that those guilty for one of the deadliest blazes in recent Russian history would be brought to justice, seeking to defuse a rising wave of public anger over the loss of life. The Russian president flew to the city of Kemerovo early on Tuesday morning, ...

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• 27 March

  Kim makes surprise China visit

  Bloomberg Kim Jong Un made a surprise visit to Beijing on his first known trip outside North Korea since taking power in 2011, three people with knowledge of the visit said. Further details of his trip, including how long Kim would stay and who he would meet, were not immediately available. Speculation about a possible visit by a high-ranking North ...

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• 27 March

  Thousands more leave enclave in Ghouta

  

  BEIRUT / Reuters Some 7,000 people departed eastern Ghouta for Syrian rebel territory near the Turkish border on Tuesday under a deal arranged by Russia to surrender the enclave to the Syrian government, Russian state media and a war monitor said. Rebels have been gradually leaving Ghouta, accepting safe passage for themselves and their families to Idlib in northwestern Syria ...

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• 27 March

  Zambia oppn impeachment motion frivolous, says govt

  LONDON / Reuters The Zambian government said President Edgar Lungu hasn’t committed any offence that warrants the impeachment motion the opposition has brought to parliament. “On face value it’s extremely frivolous,” government spokeswoman Dora Siliya said in comments broadcast by Lusaka-based Hot FM on Tuesday. “We know that this motion is baseless and it’s purely a political gimmick by the ...

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• 27 March

  Serbs in Kosovo quit cabinet

  Bloomberg Ethnic Serbs quit the Kosovo government to protest police breaking up their meeting with a negotiator from Serbia, escalating tension between the two Balkan neighbors. Their walkout may destabilize the government in Kosovo and undermine European Union-mediated talks with Serbia. Both aspire to join the bloc but must mend ties in order to do so. The escalation comes after ...

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• 27 March

  Slovak cabinet wins confidence vote as street protests persist

  

  Bloomberg Slovakia’s lawmakers endorsed a new cabinet whose appointment sought to avert early elections after the country’s largest anti-government demonstrations since the fall of communism. The three ruling parties need to restore public trust in state institutions that was shaken during a month of political turbulence following the murder of a reporter investigating crime with political links. Prime Minister Peter ...

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• 27 March

  EU urges Congo to attend aid talks

  Bloomberg The European Union’s aid chief urged the Democratic Republic of Congo to take part in a donor meeting on tackling a humanitarian crisis in the vast central African country that’s left more than 13 million people in need of aid. Congo’s government, which has been under pressure to hold elections that would see President Joseph Kabila leave power, has ...

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• 27 March

  Oil gains as easing trade tensions counter supply fears

  

  Bloomberg Oil traded above $65 a barrel as global trade tensions showed signs of easing, countering concerns that US crude stockpiles may have resumed their expansion last week. Futures in New York rose 0.3 percent, remaining near the year’s highest close set in January at $66.14. A resurgence in risk appetite has helped lift markets from equities to commodities after ...

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