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Putin says hopes Ukraine sees common sense in diplomatic crisis
BELBEK AIR BASE, Crimea (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin flew into annexed Crimea on Friday and said he hoped Ukraine would see common sense when it came to resolving a diplomatic crisis with Russia sparked by allegations of a terror plot on the peninsula. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian MP offers more details on alleged payments to Trump campaign chief
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian lawmaker on Friday divulged more details of what he said were payments made to Donald Trump’s campaign chief in the U.S. presidential race by the political party of the Kremlin-backed former Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovich. …read more Source: The...
Merkel sees no end to EU sanctions against Russia
BERLIN (Reuters) – There is no reason to lift the European Union’s sanctions against Russia as Moscow has not fulfilled all of its commitments under the Minsk peace plan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview published on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Russian naval and land forces carrying out logistics training in Crimea – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian naval and land forces were carrying out logistics training in Crimea, a peninsula which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014, Russian RIA news agency said on Friday, citing Russian defence ministry. …read more Source: The...
Trump to ‘sharpen message’ after campaign shake-up
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has appointed the first woman manager of a Republican presidential run by Jennie Matthew | AFP photo NEW YORK: Donald Trump’s campaign went on the offensive Thursday, promising to “sharpen” its message and let the Republican candidate be his authentic — if controversial — self as rival Hillary...
Ukraine could introduce martial law if eastern fighting worsens – Poroshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday he did not rule out introducing martial law and a new wave of military mobilisation if the conflict with pro-Russian separatists worsened. …read more Source: The...
Trump overhauls campaign team again as Clinton surges
NEW YORK: Donald Trump on Wednesday shook up his campaign team for a second time in just two months, fending off suggestions that his presidential run is in crisis as polls show Hillary Clinton cruising toward victory. The Republican White House nominee, who is tanking in swing states, hired a news executive from a virulently anti-Clinton website...
Trump overhauls campaign team again as Clinton surges
NEW YORK: Donald Trump on Wednesday shook up his campaign team for the second time in two months, fending off suggestions that his presidential run is in crisis as polls show Hillary Clinton cruising towards victory. The Republican White House nominee, who is tanking in swing states to his Democratic rival, hired a news executive from a...
Ukraine anti-graft activists protest 'gangster-style' state attacks
KIEV (Reuters) – About 200 people protested outside Ukraine’s public prosecutor’s office on Wednesday over the “gangster-style” detention of two anti-corruption bureau (NABU) investigators which organisers said showed a lack of political will to eliminate graft. …read more Source: The...
Trump shakes up campaign, names combative news executive in senior role
WASHINGTON: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump overhauled his troubled campaign on Wednesday, hiring the combative head of a conservative news website as chief executive officer and promoting a seasoned political operative to a senior role. Stephen Bannon, executive chairman of Breitbart website, was named CEO, while Kellyanne...
