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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...
Kerry urges Lavrov to respect Ukraine ceasefire
Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday pressed his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to ensure that Moscow respects the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, the State Department said. …read more Source: The Times of...
Worst refugee crisis since WWII: United Nations
A Syrian refugee drinks water after crossing into Turkey from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad. (Source: Reuters) Eleven million people were uprooted by violence last year, most propelled by conflict in Syria, Iraq, Ukraine and Afghanistan. Conflict and poverty have also pushed thousands out of parts of sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. A look...
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...
Ukraine, Russia Protest Over Attacks on Each Other’s Diplomatic Missions
Ukraine protested to Russia today after mobs vandalised its embassy in Moscow and its consulate in Rostov-on-Don overnight, a day after Russia made a similar protest to Ukraine over damage to the Russ… …read more Source:...
Caught in middle: War in Ukraine creates no man’s land
In this photo taken on Thursday, June 11, 2015, a boy rides a bicycle past the sign reading “Severodonetsk” in the town of Severodonetsk, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine.(Source: AP) A single crack of an automatic rifle shattered the tomb-like silence of this no-man’s-land village in east Ukraine. The gunshot, fired in error by a jumpy...
Russian fighter jet flies dangerously close to US plane, says Pentagon
The Pentagon said a Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to a US plane A Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to an American reconnaissance aircraft during an “unprofessional” intercept in international airspace over the Black Sea last month, the Pentagon said today. The American RC-135 was conducting routine operations on May 30 when...
Ukraine says it may freeze debt payments to fund war
Ukraine’s premier warned Friday that Kiev would freeze its debt repayments if no immediate deal was found with private lenders because it had to fund its escalating campaign against pro-Russian fighters. …read more Source: The Times of...
