Section: Daily News & Analysis (India)
Germany accuses Putin of Cold War reflexes after Moscow beefs up nuclear arsenal
Russian President Vladimir Putin is acting with Cold War reflexes, Germany’s foreign minister said on Wednesday, after Moscow decided to add more than 40 intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal. “President Putin’s announcement to stock up Russia’s strategic missile arsenal is unnecessary and certainly...
Cost of violence hits $14 trillion in increasingly divided world
The cost of violence around the world reached a record $14.3 trillion in 2014, equivalent to the combined economies of Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, a global security report said on Wednesday. The divide between the most and least peaceful regions deepened with many Middle Eastern and African countries sinking...
Nadal crashes out to Dolgopolov at Queen’s
Rafael Nadal’s return to form was stopped in its tracks when he lost his opening match at the Aegon Championships to Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-3 6-7(6) 6-4 today at Queen’s. The Spaniard arrived in London fresh from winning the Stuttgart grasscourt title last week, but his game misfired at crucial moments against the...
Russia to beef up nuclear arsenal in response to US tanks near border
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russia would add more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal this year, a remark that is likely to increase alarm in the West. Putin made his announcement a day after Russian officials denounced a US plan to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO states on Russia’s...
US plans to store heavy arms in Baltic, Eastern Europe to counter Russia in Ukraine
The United States plans to store heavy military equipment in the Baltics and Eastern European nations to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian intervention in Ukraine, and to deter further aggression, a senior US official said on Saturday. “We will pre-position significant equipment,” the official said, commenting on a New York Times...
Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 300 passengers makes emergency landing in Melbourne
A Malaysia Airlines plane carrying more than 300 passengers made an emergency landing at Melbourne airport on Friday after a reported engine fire. Flight MH148 departed Melbourne Airport at 2:16 pm (0416 GMT) to head towards the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur but had to perform an emergency landing. All passengers were safe. “After...
Italy gives Vladimir Putin stage to make case against sanctions
Russian President Vladimir Putin used a trip to Italy to press his case against international sanctions and was urged by Pope Francis to make a “sincere effort” for peace in Ukraine. After telling Italian premier Matteo Renzi that Western sanctions imposed over Russia’s actions in Ukraine would cost Italian companies a billion...
Vladimir Putin visits Italy with one eye on EU sanctions
President Vladimir Putin will be on the lookout for signs of dissent over European Union sanctions on Russia when he visits Italy on Wednesday, but he is likely to be disappointed. The Russian leader is due to meet Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at the Expo 2015 global fair in Milan, two weeks before the EU decides whether to extend the economic...
G7 leaders bid ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ to carbon fuels; Environmental groups welcome move
Leaders of the world’s major industrial democracies resolved on Monday to wean their energy-hungry economies off carbon fuels, marking a major step in the battle against global warming that raises the chances of a UN climate deal later this year. The Group of Seven’s energy pledge capped a successful summit for host Angela Merkel, who...
G7 misses opportunity to help world’s poor and hungry: Charities
The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations have failed the world’s poor and missed an opportunity to stand up for the most vulnerable children, global charities said on Monday. International aid agency Oxfam said that although G7 leaders meeting in Germany made some progress on the issue of climate change they “copped out of...
