Section: Africa&ME
Putin-Trump phone call to take place on Saturday: Kremlin
MOSCOW/BERLIN (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will speak by telephone on Saturday, the Kremlin said, a first step towards what Trump has billed as a normalization of relations after three years of tensions sparked by the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: Libya...
Putin and Trump to speak by phone on Saturday: Kremlin
US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will on Saturday hold their first phone conversation since the American leader’s inauguration, the Kremlin said. “I can confirm that a telephone conversation is planned. It will be Saturday evening Moscow time,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Friday....
Ukrainian president to meet Merkel in Berlin Monday: agency
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will hold talks in Berlin Monday with Chancellor Angela Merkel on the separatist conflict in Ukraine, Interfax Ukraine news agency quoted the president’s spokesman as saying …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin and Trump may speak by phone on Saturday: Kremlin
US President Donald Trump has pledged to mend ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government/AFP-FileMOSCOW, Russian Federation, Jan 27 – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may speak by telephone on Saturday for the first time since the US leader’s inauguration, the Kremlin said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov...
Putin-Trump phone call expected on Saturday: Kremlin
MOSCOW/BERLIN (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are expected to speak by telephone this Saturday, the Kremlin said, a first step towards what Trump has billed as a normalization of relations after three years of tensions sparked by the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: Libya...
Even with new leader, Germany’s SPD will struggle to take power
Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) may look reinvigorated with a new leader, Martin Schulz, set to take on conservative Angela Merkel in September’s election, but their chances of leading a left-wing coalition to oust the chancellor remain slim.The surprise leadership switch has given the SPD a psychological boost by ending months of...
“Weapons of Mass Corruption:” New Report Exposes Massive Corruption in South Sudan’s Army (SPLA)
Tweet FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 26, 2017; A new report, “Weapons of Mass Corruption: How corruption in South Sudan’s military undermines the world’s newest country,” published today by the Enough Project, details massive corruption within South Sudan’s army. Corrupt activities within the army detailed in the report include...
Emerging stocks at 3-month high
Emerging stocks hit three-month highs yesterday, boosted by US shares roaring higher, but currencies weakened led by a fall in the rouble after Russian authorities announced steps to increase central bank reserves.MSCI’s emerging market index rose 0.7% in its fourth day of gains, after solid US earnings and expectations of a large fiscal...
Corruption continues to plague Ukraine
Corruption remains a problem in Ukraine 3 years after the Euromaidan uprising. …read more Source:...
Vandals paint Nazi graffiti on Polish graves in Ukraine
Culprits daub name of SS unit made up of Ukrainian volunteers at burial site; foreign minister denounces action …read more Source: The Times of...
