Jon Huntsman Jr. has accepted US President Donald Trump’s offer to be ambassador to Russia, New York Times reported. Huntsman Jr. was the US ambassador to China in 2009- 2011.
The Russian MFA spokeswoman stated that the Russian side will make efforts for the settlement process of the NK conflict within the frames of the agreed approaches, taking into account Russia’s close relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a major status update Thursday: He announced on his Facebook and Instagram pages that he and wife Priscilla Chan are expecting their second child, reports ABC News.
In an interview with German newspaper Die Zeit, Pope Francis said the lack of Catholic priests was an “enormous problem” for the Church, and indicated he would be open to a change in the rules governing eligibility for the priesthood.
The wife of actor George Clooney, who represents victims of Isis rapes and kidnappings, told a UN meeting that what’s “shocking” is not just the group’s brutality but the “passive” response by the world’s nations to the campaign to investigate its crimes and bring the perpetrators to justice, reports the Assoicated Press.
“As for operations by Azerbaijan, they are rather predictable. Every event, which once again proves that Artsakh is a productive and complete state, stirs aggression. It’s necessary to show on the site that the conflict isn’t resolved. And NKR Defense Army showed its readiness to such “traditional” attacks.”
A police spokesman said the suspected attacker had been taken into custody. One of those attacked was seriously injured. The spokesman said police were investigating whether more attackers had been involved but had no indication of that.
“We remove Park Geun-hye from office,” Lee Jung-mi, acting president of the court, has announced. Her actions betrayed the people’s confidence. They are a grave violation of law which cannot be tolerated.”
“I can’t state what results will current efforts by the Co-Chairs have. I can surely state that success will be very local, global agreements aren’t anticipated in this conflict, as interests of parties to the conflict, external players haven’t considerably changed throughout recent years.”
The Committee of the European Parliament on Civil Liberties, Justice and Internal Affairs (LIBE) on Thursday, March 9, approved the draft on the inclusion of Ukraine in the list of third countries whose citizens are canceled visa requirements.
