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Surge in eastern fighting kills seven Ukrainian soldiers: official
Ukraine said on Tuesday seven of its servicemen had been killed in the past 24 hours as a result of increased attacks by pro-Russian rebels, the highest reported daily casualty figure since August. …read more Source:...
EU’s Mogherini sees Russia sanctions being renewed
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini expects sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine to be renewed in July, she told a German newspaper on Thursday. …read more Source:...
US election: Donald Trump open to talks with North Korea
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. –AP photo Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is willing to meet the North Korean leader to discuss Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. ‘I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him,’ the businessman said of Kim Jong-un....
Singer Jamala’s Eurovision win lifts spirits in Ukraine, raises eyebrows in Russia
Ukrainians have hailed their country’s unexpected victory in the Eurovision song contest as a Europe-wide endorsement of Ukraine in its smouldering conflict with Russia, while Moscow said the contest had been hijacked by politics. …read more Source:...
Eurovision Song Contest: Ukraine’s Jamala wins competition
Ukraine’s Jamala has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, held in Stockholm, Sweden, reports BBC. The country scored 534 points with its song 1944, about the deportation of Crimean Tatars under Josef Stalin. Australia finished second with 511 points, while Russia – which was the favourite going into the competition – was third...
Panama Papers database goes online
The Panama Papers affair has widened, with a huge database of documents relating to more than 200,000 offshore accounts posted online. The database became accessible from 18:00 GMT at offshoreleaks.icij.org. The Panama Papers have shown how some wealthy people use offshore firms to evade tax and avoid sanctions. The papers belonged to...
Brexit could endanger peace, UK PM warns
David Cameron Peace in Europe could be at risk if Britain votes to leave the European Union, David Cameron is to say. The UK has regretted ‘turning its back’ on Europe in the past, the PM will say in a speech later, arguing the European Union has ‘helped reconcile’ countries and maintain peace. Cameron will ask if leaving the union is...
The US Needs to Stop Pouring Rocket Money into Putin’s Pockets
The Delta IV engine is more expensive than the RD-180, but at least it doesn’t enrich cronies of the Russian president With the Russian economy in a tailspin, President Vladimir Putin has been reorganizing his government’s structures to funnel more income to his confidantes and allies. Russia’s space industry is now controlled...
75m children deprived of school: UNICEF
In Syria, five years of civil war have left 6,000 schools out of use. – Reuters photo Some 75 million school-age children in crisis areas around the world are in desperate need of educational support, according to a new report by UNICEF. One in four children aged 3-18 – 462 million – live in countries affected by humanitarian crises, the report...
Obama says Russia sanctions must stay in place until Minsk implemented
US President Barack Obama said on Monday that the West needed to uphold the sanctions it has imposed against Russia over the Ukraine crisis until Moscow fully implements the so-called Minsk peace agreement. …read more Source:...
