Toshiba chairman Shigenori Shiga has resigned, hours after the company was forced to delay revealing details of a multi-billion dollar loss, BBC reports. The Japanese conglomerate was expected to say it was writing off about $6bn (£4.8bn) at its US nuclear business.The company said Mr Shiga was stepping down “to take management responsibility for the […]
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned on Monday, days after he apologized to Vice President Mike Pence for misleading him about his conversation with the Russian ambassador to the United States, a senior White House official said.
McDonald’s has no plans on opening a chain of restaurants in Armenia yet. Anna Ohanyan, spokesperson of the minister of economic development and investments informed the trade department of the ministry had sent an official inquiry to McDonald’s, which responded that they have no intentions on opening its network in Armenia any time soon.
“In extraditing Alexander Lapshin to Azerbaijan, where he is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment, amongst other human rights violations, the Belarusian authorities have failed to adhere to their obligations under international human rights law,” the statement reads.
Blackstar, his final album released days after he died, also won best alternative music album, rock performance, and engineered album, non-classical (Bowie is listed as one of the engineers on Blackstar.) In the latter category, Bowie was honoured over a list of artists that included Prince, who also died in 2016.
Competition in the record of the year category included Beyoncé’s Formation, Rihanna and Drake’s Work, twenty one pilots’ Stressed Out and Lukas Graham’s 7 Years. Adele shared the award with producer Greg Kurstin.
A special 1,260-member assembly on Sunday confirmed general expectations and elected Steinmeier as the new ceremonial head of state of the German Federal Republic, DW reported. He will succeed current President Joachim Gauck, who decided to step down after a single five-year term in office, citing his advanced age of 77.
Reflecting to Russia’s role and approaches in the region, that these projects will be banned by Russia, Barzegar said it should be taken into consideration that in the South Caucasus and in the region, where Armenia is located, Russia traditionally has had positions of a leading power. In his words this means, like in case of any other country following its national interests, in case of a superpower those interests are being imposed on other countries.
According to Alexander Skakov, the part referring to Karabakh in anticipated negotiations shouldn’t be overestimated, as Iran isn’t an OSCE MG Co-Chair and is a regional actor with its interests—common border with the conflict zone, where, naturally, military operations are a direct threat to it.
Estera Mkrtumyan has been appointed Ambassador of Armenia to Argentina by the presidential decree of Armenia, 168.am was informed from the press service of the Armenian President’s Office.
