Soon there will be a statement on the criminal case relating to the businesses owned by the family of the second president Robert Kocharyan, the director of the National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan told reporters. “As to the statement on Kocharyan’s businesses, yes, there is a criminal case, investigation is carried out and soon the
Day: February 1, 2019
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visiting Germany met with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The German Chancellor welcomed and underlined the importance of the official visit of the Armenian prime minister to Germany, expressing confidence that it will act as a new stimulus to the Armenian-German friendship. Angela Merkel said Germany is interested in further development
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve will lend a hand to Bangladesh’s central bank as it sues to recoup losses from one of the world’s largest cyber heists, even while the Philippine bank targeted by the lawsuit on Friday called it baseless and beyond U.S. jurisdiction. The corner stone of The New York Federal
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – The SoftBank-led Vision Fund is in talks to invest up to $1.5 billion in Chinese used car trading platform Guazi.com, two people with knowledge of the matter said. That would mark the latest Chinese deal by the mammoth $100 billion investment fund as it looks to expand in the world’s No.2
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal appeals court asked pointed questions of the Federal Communication Commission on Friday in hearing a challenge to whether the Trump administration acted legally when it repealed landmark net neutrality rules governing internet providers in December 2017. FILE PHOTO: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) logo is seen before the FCC Net
(Reuters) – Actor Jussie Smollett defended as completely truthful the account he gave of being accosted on a Chicago street by men who used racist and homophobic slurs and said on Friday he was cooperating with police. FILE PHOTO: 2017 BET Awards – Photo Room – Los Angeles, California, U.S., 25/06/2017 – Jussie Smollett. REUTERS/Danny
FILE PHOTO: Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, listens to a question at the Boston College Chief Executives Club luncheon in Boston, MA, U.S., March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (Reuters) – The board of Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Friday it is withholding a bonus worth at least $7 million from former chief executive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Under pressure from fellow Republicans to reset his contentious presidency, Donald Trump plans to offer Democrats a choice in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday: Work together to make progress, or fight each other and get nothing done. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at a healthcare roundtable in
All-Star forward Anthony Davis said Friday that playing for an NBA championship is his priority now, which is why he asked the New Orleans Pelicans to trade him. Jan 18, 2019; Portland, OR, USA; New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis (23) passes the ball during the first half of the game against the Portland Trail
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (Reuters) – The collapse of a Brazilian dam controlled by miner Vale a week ago likely happened because parts of the sand and dried-mud structure dissolved into liquid, a state regulator said in an interview, similar to what caused another deadly mining disaster less than four years ago. Rescue workers attend a
(Reuters) – Actor Jussie Smollett on Friday defended as completely truthful the account he gave of being accosted on a Chicago street by men who used racist and homophobic slurs, and said he was cooperating with police. FILE PHOTO: 2017 BET Awards – Photo Room – Los Angeles, California, U.S., 25/06/2017 – Jussie Smollett. REUTERS/Danny
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Energy Department on Friday told staff they are banned from taking part in foreign recruitment programs as the agency seeks to stop China and other countries from illegally acquiring sensitive research in supercomputing and other technologies. FILE PHOTO: Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy Dan Brouillette attends a
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain complained about the European Union calling Gibraltar a “colony” in a piece of draft legislation on Friday, highlighting how the EU is lining up behind Spain in its territorial dispute as Britain quits the bloc. FILE PHOTO: The European Union flag, the Gibraltarian flag and The Union Jack are seen flying,
Prime Minister Theresa May is seen outside Downing Street in London, Britain January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls (Reuters) – British officials have begun “serious work” on the UK staying in a permanent EU customs union as a way to rescue the Brexit deal, the Independent newspaper reported on Friday. Preparations for the customs union are
Conservative Party MP Jacob Rees-Mogg arrives for an interview, after the British parliament rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal, in London, Britain. January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne LONDON (Reuters) – Prominent British eurosceptic lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg said he could accept a short delay to the departure from the European Union on March 29 if