Section: Daily News & Analysis (India)
Euro 2016 Qualifiers: Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque calls up unsettled David De Gea
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has included unsettled Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea in his squad for the holders’ Euro 2016 qualifiers at home to Group C leaders Slovakia and away to Macedonia next month. Del Bosque called up De Gea despite the fact that United coach Louis van Gaal has not used him this season amid widespread...
Russian authorities burn 1.5 tonnes of imported food for BMW racing team
Russia’s food safety watchdog has burned 1.5 tonnes of food imported for a BMW car racing team taking part in an event in Moscow, TASS news agency reported on Thursday. The destruction was part of Moscow’s programme of burning and bulldozing Western food, banned from Russia in retaliation for sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine....
Dutch air safety body to publish final MH17 crash report in October
The final report into the crash last July of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine will be published on October 13, the Dutch Safety Board said on Thursday. The crash, attributed in a preliminary report last year to “high energy objects” striking the aircraft, is widely believed to have been caused by a ground-to-air missile...
Russia and NATO need new rules to cut risk of war, ex-ministers say
Russia and NATO must agree common rules to handle unexpected military encounters to reduce the risk of inadvertently triggering a war between Moscow and the West, a group of former foreign and defence ministers said on Wednesday. With both Russia and NATO intensifying military exercises because of the crisis in Ukraine, incidents such as mid-air...
Ukraine clashes kill five despite new EU push for peace
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels said on Tuesday reported the deaths of five people in clashes in the east that raged despite a new EU push to end one of Europe’s bloodiest conflicts in decades. A spokesman for the army in Kiev said four servicemen were killed and 12 injured in mortar fire exchanges across the eastern separatist province of...
Russia investigates online community that promotes selfies with dead people
Russia is investigating an online community that urges members to post selfies with dead people and even offers cash prizes for the best shot, police said on Monday. A police spokesman in the northern city of Syktyvkar told AFP they have opened an investigation into a community called “Selfie with the Deceased” on popular Russian...
Civilians, soldiers die in east Ukraine fighting
Fighting flared between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels in separate parts of eastern Ukraine overnight, killing at least two Ukrainian soldiers and several civilians, Kiev’s military and separatist sources said on Monday. The clashes, near Mariupol in the southeast and at Horlivka, a rebel-held town, formed part of a resurgence...
UK’s Labour cannot win power as a party of protest, says former PM Brown
Britain’s opposition Labour Party must choose a leader who can make it electable and not just a party of protest, former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday, after a poll found voters believe the current frontrunner would worsen its chances of winning an election. Labour, which in May suffered its worst election defeat since...
Germany says situation in eastern Ukraine ‘explosive’
Calling the situation in eastern Ukraine “explosive”, Germany’s foreign minister urged both parties in the conflict to come together quickly for talks to prevent a spiral in violence. In a newspaper interview on Sunday, Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he had proposed in talks with his Ukrainian and Russian counterparts that Kiev...
After food, now Russia burns Dutch flowers
A week after angering many in Russia by burning illegally imported Western food, authorities have started feeding Dutch flowers to the flames. Officials say blooms from the Netherlands, which supplies much of Russia’s $2.5 billion flower market, pose safety risks because they may be infected. Critics say the “flower war” marks a...
