Section: The Indian Express (India)
Peru elections: Kuczynski leads Fujimori by narrow margin
Keiko Fujimori, daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori, is trailing behind her rival. AP Center-right economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski had a slight edge over Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of an imprisoned former president, in two quick counts by polling firms that reviewed ballots in Peru’s presidential run-off election on...
Ukraine: 16 dead after fire breaks out in a residential building in Kiev
Fire breaks out in a residential building in a village near Kiev. Sixteen people have been killed and one is missing after a fire broke out in a residential building housing elderly people in a village near Kiev, Ukraine’s state emergency service said in a statement on Sunday. It said the fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday morning...
US missile defense system a threat to Russia: Vladimir Putin
Putin traveled to Greece with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and top executives from state oil and gas companies. On his first trip to a European Union country this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday sharply criticized western policy toward Moscow, describing a newly expanded US missile defense system as a threat to his...
G7 summit: World leaders vow economic growth, fudges FX, frets N Korea, Russia
The G7 expressed concern over the East and South China Seas, where China has been taking more assertive action amid territorial disputes with Japan and several Southeast Asian nations. (Source: AP) The Group of Seven industrial powers pledged on Friday to seek strong global growth, while papering over differences on currencies and stimulus...
Angela Merkel: G7 has no plans to lift Russia sanctions
Angela Merkel said that its too early for her to give Russia the all clear and the sanctions are to stay. (File Photo) German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday said that the Group of Seven has no plan to withdraw sanctions slapped on Russia over its involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Her comments came on the sidelines of G7 summit...
Australian law firm names Russia, President Putin in MH17 compensation claim
The aircraft, which was en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down by a Russian-made surface-to-air missile (AP Photo) An Australian law firm has filed a compensation claim against Russia and President Vladimir Putin in the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of families of victims of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, shot down in...
NATO takes ‘dual approach’ towards Russia: Will up defences, but open communication
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg briefs the media ahead of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, May 19, 2016. (Reuters) NATO has reached “broad agreement” to seek another meeting with Russia before NATO leaders meet in Warsaw this July, the alliance’s chief said Friday. Russian President...
Justin Trudeau says ‘I am human’ after fracas in Parliament, cites job pressure
Justin Trudeau on Wednesday evening crossed the floor in the House of Commons to grab one legislator and drag him to his seat, accidentally elbowing another in the chest. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, under fire for getting involved in an unprecedented physical fracas in Parliament, said on Thursday that he was only human and in a high...
Trump would engage North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, wants to renegotiate climate accord
Asked whether he would try to talk some sense into the North Korean leader, Trump replied, “Absolutely.” (Source: AP) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is willing to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear program, proposing a major shift in US policy toward the isolated...
US and allies ready to arm Libyan government to battle Islamic State
US Secretary of State John Kerry The United States and other allied nations have agreed to provide Libya’s internationally recognized government with weapons, which they say is needed to battle ISIS and other militant groups gaining strength in the region. United States Secretary of State John Kerry noted the balance of providing such arms,...
