Zábava - Hry - Novinky - 6. července 2019

A second Turkish drillship will begin drilling for oil and natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean within a week, Turkey’s energy minister said, in a move which that could strain ties with Cyprus over jurisdiction rights for exploration, Reuters reports. Last month, European Union leaders warned Turkey to end its gas drilling in disputed waters or face action from the bloc, after Greece and Cyprus pressed other EU states to speak out. Turkey already has a ship off Cyprus and Cyprus issued arrest warrants for its crew in June. The second drilling ship, Yavuz, is currently at the port of Mersin doing final tests and taking on supplies, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez was quoted as saying by Turkish state news […] Číst dále >>>

Greek authorities have seized what they described as the world’s largest single haul of super-charged amphetamine Captagon pills from Syria worth more than half a billion euros, Reuters reports. Coastguard and drug enforcement officers seized three containers full of the amphetamines, the financial crimes unit (SDOE) said on Friday. The operation involved 20 officers and landed 5.25 tonnes of the drug – 33 million Captagon pills – found in the containers shipped from Syria. “It is the largest quantity that has ever been seized globally, depriving organised crime of proceeds that would have exceeded $660 million (587.45 million euros),” the financial crimes unit said in a statement. Captagon is one of several brand names for fenethylline hydrochloride, a drug compound […] Číst dále >>>

Kuwaiti athletes will compete at next year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympics under their country’s flag after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday lifted its suspension of the nations after almost four years, Reuters reports. Kuwait was suspended back in October 2015 over a new sports law that the IOC said at the time was interfering with the autonomy of the Olympic movement. As a result, Kuwaiti athletes had to compete under the Olympic flag at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016 and until now had no access to IOC funds. “The (IOC) Executive Board….today fully lifted the suspension of the Kuwait Olympic Committee as a result of the successful implementation of a roadmap agreed between all parties,” the IOC […] Číst dále >>>

Harvard University has ended an agreement with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s foundation to allocate seats for its summer school program, according to the university’s newspaper, Anadolu reports. The agreement was signed back in 2016 between Harvard and Saudi Arabia, and the university promised to allocate 12.5%, or 800 seats, towards students of bin Salman’s foundation, MiSK. University spokesperson Jonathan Swain announced the decision to end the agreement on Wednesday in a press release, according to the school’s newspaper, The Harvard Crimson. Swain, however, did not give a reason for ending the agreement. Several colleges and universities across the US have come under scrutiny over their ties to the Saudi royal family in the wake of the killing of […] Číst dále >>>

Turkey on Saturday fired its central bank governor as policy differences between the government and the bank deepened in the face of an economic slump, volatility in the lira currency and high inflation, Reuters reports. Murat Cetinkaya, who had been serving as the governor since April 2016, was removed from the role and was replaced by his deputy Murat Uysal, a presidential decree published on the official gazette showed. No official reason was given for the sacking, but markets have speculated over recent weeks that Cetinkaya may be pushed out by the government because of his reluctance to cut rates. The central bank has faced pressure in the past from President Tayyip Erdogan to lower interest rates to revive an […] Číst dále >>>