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Global Gender Gap Report 2015 – Reports
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Russian president calls for int’l cooperation against terrorism
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow is willing to fight terrorism in cooperation with the rest of the world, criticizing the West for having contributed to an upsurge in terrorism with military interventions in Iraq and Libya. “We are faced with common threats, and we still want all countries, both in Europe and the whole world, to join...
Four more people killed in war-torn eastern Ukraine
Four people have been killed in renewed fighting in Ukraine’s war-torn east, where government forces are fighting pro-Russians. “Over the last day, two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed,” Ukraine’s military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said on Sunday. He said one of the two was killed near the village of Zaitseve, some 55...
The 3 countries (and 1 disputed territory) that don’t have Netflix
On Wednesday, Netflix announced that it would expand service “around the world.” Only three countries missed the cut: China, North Korea, and Syria: (Netflix) Map of where Netflix service is available.There’s one other place that won’t get Netflix. That’s Crimea, the part of Ukraine annexed by Russia in March 2014....
The US world order is a suit that no longer fits
©GettyEven in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington more than a decade ago, international terrorism was — to use a Taoist quote — “a semblance great, the shadow of a shade”. Now such violence has moved out of the shadows. Many see political violence as the most important threat to the modern world. MoreOn this topicIN...
‘We Would Have Been Frozen’: People of Frigid Ukrainian Town Thank Russia for Gas Supply
TEHRAN (FNA)- People in a freezing town in southern Ukraine have thanked Russia and President Putin for restoring gas supplies on Monday evening. The town’s residents, who have been without gas for several days, pleaded for Russian help during a bitter cold spell. …read more Source: Fars News...
The BRICS – A Fable for Our Time
The BRICS – A Fable for Our Time The story of the BRICS is a strange one. It starts in 2001 when Jim O’Neill, at that time the chairman of the Assets Management division of Goldman Sachs, the giant investment house, wrote a widely-commented article about what we have come to call “emerging economies.” O’Neill singled out four...
Ukraine imposes tit for tat ban on Russian food imports
The Ukrainian government has agreed to impose a ban on Russian food imports in response to a similar move by Moscow. The ban is expected to come into force on January 10, according to a decree signed by Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. The decree says that the embargo will stay in place “until the cancelation of the ban on...
Japan’s Abe wants summit talks with Putin over territorial dispute
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says summit talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin are needed in order for Japan and Russia to settle a long-running territorial dispute. Tokyo and Moscow never reached a peace treaty following World War II due to conflicting claims over four Pacific islands close to Japan’s north coast, known as the...
Putin names United States among threats in new Russian security strategy| Reuters
MOSCOW A new appraisal names the United States as one of the threats to Russia’s national security for the first time, a sign of how relations with the west have deteriorated in recent years. The document, “About the Strategy of National Security of Russian Federation”, was signed by President Vladimir Putin on New Year’s...
