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Ukrainians prepare for further economic hardships
Despite predictions of slight economic growth, Ukrainians feeling the financial burden of war. …read more Source: AL...
Lifting of Iran sanctions is ‘a good day for the world’ | World news
The lifting of nuclear-related sanctions on Iran will be “a good day for the world”, its foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has said as leaders gather in Vienna to complete the agreement. “It’s a good day for the people of Iran … and also a good day for the region. The sanctions will be lifted today,” he said on Saturday after arriving...
US, Kremlin officials meet at Russian border for Ukraine talks
The meeting came amid an apparent international push to shore up the brittle truce amid sporadic fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: World...
Russia, US officials hold talks on Ukraine crisis: Source
Senior officials from Russia and the United States have reportedly held a closed-door meeting to discuss the crisis in eastern Ukraine, which has been the scene of fighting between Kiev’s troops pro-Moscow forces. …read more Source: Iran...
Top US, Kremlin officials meet at Russian border for closed Ukraine talks
Meeting came amid apparent international push to shore up brittle truce as sporadic fighting pe… …read more Source:...
Ukraine launches new China trade route bypassing Russia
‘Now, Ukraine is not just a potential transit country between the East and West, but one that has finally realized its potential,’ Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister says …read more Source: World...
Lavrov and Kerry to meet in Zurich over Syria talks, Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet in Zurich on next week for talks on Syria and Ukraine …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Completed restructuring deals fell by a third to $140.9 bln in 2015
LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Completed distressed debt and bankruptcy restructurings fell by a third in 2015 compared with the previous year with failed Icelandic bank Glitnir and Ukraine’s sovereign debt accounting for the top deals, Thomson Reuters… …read more Source:...
Ukraine seeks US, EU help to secure Crimea return
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says he has been seeking assistance from the United States and European Union for reclaiming the strategic Black Sea Crimea peninsula from Russia.President Poroshenko told a press briefing in the capital Kiev on Thursday that he wanted to launch an “international process… that includes the...
The Tempting of Bernie Sanders
The front-runner for the Democratic nomination is beset by scandal, trailing (some) Republicans in general-election polling, and at risk of losing to her socialist rival in the earliest two states. That same socialist rival is arguably technically further to the left than Donald Trump is to the right, he has higher polling averages than Trump,...
