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Ukraine's main task is to build army to stop Russia – PM Yatseniuk
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s top priority is to build an army strong enough to withstand Russian military aggression, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Putin berates US over sanctions before G20 meeting
President Vladimir Putin (pic) accused the United States on Friday of undermining the very trade institutions it created by imposing sanctions on Russia, a “mistake” he hoped would be overcome in the “final count”. In an interview with Russian state news agency TASS before a meeting of the G20 major and developing...
Australia, Britain tell Putin to stop being a bully
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday told Vladimir Putin to stop bullying smaller states as Australian counterpart Tony Abbott accused the Russian leader of trying to relive the “lost glories of tsarism”. The Russian president is due to arrive in Brisbane for the G20 summit at a time of heightened tension with host Australia,...
Putin berates U.S. over sanctions before G20 meeting
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Friday of undermining the very trade institutions it created by imposing sanctions on Russia, a “mistake” he hoped would be overcome in the “final count”. …read more Source: The...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ gang sows terror in Moscow
MOSCOW: Russia has been hunting a mysterious gang that has terrorised Moscow motorists in recent months with a series of murders resembling the violent video game Grand Theft Auto. The gang — swiftly dubbed the GTA gang by Russian media after the video game that involves scoring points for murders — is believed to have killed some 15 people. In...
Russian military flights near US raise concern
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday (Nov 13) said Russia had boosted its military flights near US shores and brusquely warned Moscow to abide by international law. Washington’s concerns came only days after a European think tank warned that since Russia annexed Ukraine’s southern Crimea peninsula earlier this year, “the...
Cameron says Russia sanctions could increase over Ukraine
BRISBANE Australia (Reuters) – Russia’s actions in eastern Ukraine are unacceptable and could draw greater sanctions from the United States and European Union, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis taking centre stage at G20 summit
BRISBANE Australia (Reuters) – The G20 leaders summit in Australia starting on Saturday is setting up as a showdown between Western leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin, following fresh reports of Russian troops pouring into eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
European probe lands on comet, fails to anchor
DARMSTADT, Germany: Europe made history Wednesday by placing the first-ever lander on a comet – but the robot failed to anchor itself properly, raising concerns at ground control.The fridge-sized lab dubbed Philae touched down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in a high-risk manoeuvre more than 510 million kilometres from Earth, the European...
‘Russian troops in Ukraine amid fears of all-out war’
DONETSK, Ukraine: Nato on Wednesday accused Russia of sending tanks, troops and military hardware to east Ukraine, raising fears of renewed all-out fighting and calling into question the Minsk peace deal.Moscow denied the claims as ‘unfounded’ and the deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Alexander Pankin, told an emergency Security...
