Turkey Buying Russia's S-400 Creates 'Unacceptable Risk' For US - Senior Pentagon Official
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) purchasing S-400 air defense systems would create an unacceptable risk for the if receives the US F-35 fighter jet, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and Policy Andrew Winternitz said on Thursday. If purchased both the S-400 and the F-35 for its ...
Foreign Investors May Start Investing In Russia's National Projects In 2019 - RDIF
ST. PETERSBURG (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) Foreign investors are showing interest in 's national projects, the investments take place as early as this year, Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) told reporters following a meeting between President and foreign investors on Thursday. "The investors confirmed their interest in ...
UK, Romanian Police Arrest 18 People In Multimillion-Dollar Train Ticket Scam - Europol
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) EU force Europol said Thursday it had assisted and Romanian in busting a ring involved in a fake train ticket scam that British transport authorities about $22 . The operation wrapped up a year-long investigation that was initiated by the British Transport in cooperation with ...
UPDATE - Qatar Airways To Be 1st Airline To Receive Boeing's 777X Plane In 2020 - Chief Executive
ST. PETERSBURG (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) Airways will be the first to receive Boeing's latest twin-engined passenger jetliner, the 777X, next year, Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker told Sputnik on Thursday. We will also, next year, be the first airline to receive the 777X , which is latest aircraft ...
Russian National Detained In Armenia On Trafficking Charges - Armenian Police
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) Armenian law enforcement officers have detained a national on the with on trafficking charges, the Armenian press office told Sputnik on Thursday. , wanted by the officers of the Kanaker-Zeytun district of on trafficking charges, was transported the Bagratashen checkpoint [located on ...
Russia, Saudi Arabia Boost Cultural Ties Via AI Exhibition At Hermitage - Culture Ministry
ST. PETERSBURG (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) and are boosting cultural dialogue via a new exhibition on artificial intelligence in Hermitage museum in and more cultural projects could be expected in the future, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Culture told Sputnik on Thursday. But it's certainly a fascinating and timely ...
National Rally Leader Le Pen Regrets Russia's Exclusion From D-Day Ceremony
PARIS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) National Rally leader Marine Le Pen said Thursday she regretted that had not been invited to the D-Day commemorative ceremony in Normandy in northern . Earlier on Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron received his US counterpart, , and over a dozen other leaders in Normandy to commemorate the ...
Over one million sexually transmitted infections occur every day: WHO
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 06 (APP):The global scale of sexually transmitted infections (STI) should be a “wake-up call” to governments, UN health experts said on Thursday, citing data showing that one in 25 people today have “at least one” curable STI, which occur at a rate of more than one million a day worldwide. Highlighting the “concerning lack of progress” by countries ...
FACTBOX - Russian Poet Alexander Pushkin
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) marks the annual Pushkin Day on 6, the day when 19th and novelist Alexander Pushkin was born. His father was close to prominent culture representatives, including poets Vasily Zhukovsky and Ivan Dmitriev, writer Nikolay Karamzin and others, so Pushkin lived in a special atmosphere, which later ...
Qatar Airways To Be 1st Airline To Receive Boeing's 777X Plane In 2020 - Chief Executive
ST. PETERSBURG (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) Airways will be the first to receive Boeing's latest twin-engined passenger jetliner, the 777X, next year, Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker told Sputnik on Thursday. We will also, next year, be the first airline to receive the 777X , which is latest aircraft ...
India Sticks To Contract On S-400 Despite US Sanction Threats - Foreign Ministry
NEW DELHI (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) is implementing the deal over S-400 Triumf ( reporting name SA-21 Growler) anti-aircraft missile systems despite the threat to face US sanctions prescribed by CAATSA law, Foreign Ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar said on Thursday. "You know the background, you know that we already have a contract ...
US Congressman Vows To Block Mexico Tariffs Should Trump Declare National Emergency
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) US House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal said on Thursday that he will block President 's proposed 5 percent tariff on Mexican imports if he declares a national emergency to put the tariffs in place.
New European Commission Could Impact Ties With Russia - Head Of French Chamber Of Commerce
ST. PETERSBURG (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) The European has little influence on EU relations with , but the new European Commission could make an impact, Emmanuel Quidet, the president of French of and in , told Sputnik on Thursday. The will have a say in who becomes the head of ...
Newly-elected Nigerian UNGA President to expedite Security Council reform
UNITED NATIONS, June 06 (APP): Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United Nations Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, who has been elected as the next President of the General Assembly, says he will try to advance the stalled process to reform the UN Security Council in order to ensure that the 15-member body is more democratic and efficient. “We will try to hasten those negotiations ...
Russian Orthodox Church Says Not Planning To Change 'Our Farther' Prayer After Vatican
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) The Orthodox does not see any point in changing the text of "Our Father" following the example of Pope Francis, who approved changes to the wording of the , an official the Orthodox told Sputnik.
US, Partners Must Cooperate To Fix Distorted Global Trading System - Lagarde
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) The and partners like and must work together to address distortions in the global trading system, International Monetary Fund ( ) Managing Director Christine Lagarde told reporters on Thursday.
Russia's Foreign Investment Council Discusses Sanctions At SPIEF - AmCham
ST. PETERSBURG (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) The Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC) discussed on Thursday the sanctions against the country at a session held on the sidelines of the International Economic Forum (SPIEF), President of the American of in Alexis Rodzianko told Sputnik on Thursday. He also stressed that the ...
Gazprom Neft, Novatek To Set Up Joint Venture On Arctic Projects - Statement
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) Gazprom Neft and Novatek have signed an of intent to create a joint venture to implement projects in the Arctic, Gazprom Neft said on Thursday. "At the International Economic Forum [SPIEF], Gazprom Neft and Novatek entered into an of intent to cooperate in the implementation of Arctic ...
No meeting arranged between PM Imran, Modi at SCO summit: India
ISLAMABAD: The Indian foreign ministry on Thursday said that no meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek. "To the best of my knowledge, no meeting is being arranged between Prime Minister Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on the sidelines ...
Calvey's Name Not On List Of Participants Of Putin's Meeting With Investors At SPIEF
ST. PETERSBURG (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) The name of US investor Michael Calvey, who is under house arrest on embezzlement charges, is not on the list of participants of President 's meeting with representatives of the international investment community and members of the international expert council of the Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). ...
