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Russia, Ukraine Swap 70 Prisoners Amid Tensions
Friends and relatives waves as a plane carrying former prisoners lands on September 7, 2019 at Boryspil international airport in Kiev after a long-awaited exchange of prisoners between Moscow and Kiev, a day after Russian President said for the first time the “large-scale” prisoner exchange with Ukraine was being finalised. Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP...
Poland Rejects Trump’s Bid For Russia’s G7 Return
From L) Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, US President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend a work session in the Casino of Biarritz on August 26, 2019, on the third and...
Germany Asks Poland For Forgiveness 80 Years After WWII
Invited Heads of State and officials attend a military ceremony as part of the commemorations marking 80 years since the outbreak of World War II on September 1, 2019 at Pilsudski Square in Warsaw, Poland. Janek SKARZYNSKI / AFP German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday asked Poland’s forgiveness for history’s bloodiest...
Ukraine Denies Reports Of Prisoner Swap With Russia
File Photo Ukraine on Friday denied reports that a prisoner swap with Russia was underway. “The process for the mutual release of prisoners is continuing. Information about its completion is not true,” the Ukrainian presidency said in a post on Facebook. Speculation has spread in recent days that a prisoner swap was imminent and reports surfaced...
G7 Leaders Divided Over Russia’s Readmission
From L) Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, US President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend a work session in the Casino of Biarritz on August 26, 2019. Ian LANGSDON /...
Trump Blames Obama For Russia’s Exit From G8
US President Donald Trump expressed support Tuesday for Russia’s return to the G8, saying it would be “much more appropriate” for Moscow to be in the club of world powers. “I could certainly” support that, he told reporters at the White House, just days before a G7 summit — minus Russia — in Biarritz, France. “It’s much more...
Macron Presses Putin For Ukraine Progress Ahead Of G7
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday hosts Vladimir Putin for a rare bilateral visit by the Russian strongman to a major EU power, seeking to press the Kremlin to help end the conflict in Ukraine. The relationship between a youthful French leader who regards himself as a champion of European liberalism and Putin, in power for two decades,...
Nine Killed In Ukraine Hotel Fire
PHOTO: Oleksandr GIMANOV / AFP Nine people were killed in a hotel fire in Ukraine’s port city of Odessa on Saturday, leading authorities to launch a country-wide inspection of safety regulations in holiday resorts and hotels. The fire broke out at 1.34 am (2234 GMT) in the southern city’s Tokyo Star hotel. Emergency services initially...
17 Chinese, Ukrainian Seamen Kidnapped Off Cameroon
Nine Chinese and eight Ukrainian seamen were abducted in attacks on two merchant ships off Cameroon, in the latest act of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, sources said Friday. The attacks took place on Thursday in Cameroonian waters off the port of Douala, located at the apex of a gulf that has become a hotspot of seaborne crime. A Douala official...
Russians Hail ‘Hero’ Pilot After Moscow Emergency Landing
A Russian pilot was being hailed as a hero on Thursday for landing an Airbus carrying more than 230 people in a Moscow cornfield after a bird strike. The Ural Airlines A321 flying to Crimea hit a flock of seagulls shortly after take-off from Moscow’s Zhukovsky airport on Thursday morning, the Rosaviatsia air transport agency said in a...
