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Germany’s Angela Merkel says talks with Britain on EU exit won’t be easy
(From L to R) Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Francois Hollande, at PGE National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, July 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Negotiations between the European...
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau says Russia not been “positive partner” on Minsk ceasefire
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, right, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau smile as they talk to each other during a signing ceremony in Kiev, Ukraine. (Source: AP Photo) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday that Russia has not been a “positive partner” as regards its obligations in the Minsk ceasefire agreement to...
Ukrainian president to visit Azerbaijan on July 14
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko and the head of the Ukraine-Azerbaijan inter-parliamentary working group Maxim Kuryachiy are expected to visit Azerbaijan on July 14. …read more Source:...
Obama visits Spain on symbolic but curtailed trip
MADRID: Barack Obama wrapped up a lightning visit to Spain on Sunday, an abbreviated first presidential trip to the country overshadowed by the fatal shooting of five police officers in Dallas. Obama squeezed in the trip after a key NATO summit, before dashing home to deal with the aftermath of the wrenching attack. Greeting Spain King Felipe at...
Obama visits Spain on symbolic but curtailed trip
MADRID: Barack Obama wrapped up a lightning visit to Spain on Sunday, an abbreviated first presidential trip to the country overshadowed by the fatal shooting of five police officers in Dallas. Obama squeezed in the trip after a key NATO summit, before dashing home to deal with the aftermath of the wrenching attack. Greeting Spain King Felipe at...
Bangladesh once again left out of GSP
Bangladesh has once again been left out from the American list of beneficiary countries for trade privileges from the US on grounds of poor labour rights. The list of beneficiaries for the Generalised System of Preferences scheme was updated last month by the United States Trade Representative, the chief trade negotiation body for the US...
NATO promises to continue supporting Ukraine, keeps membership out of reach
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Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in separatist east
Eight of the injured soldiers suffered concussion during artillery shelling over the weekend near Luganske, a village 50 kilometres northeast of the rebels’ de facto capital Donetsk. (Source: Google maps) Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and sixteen wounded as violent clashes continued between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in...
Moscow blasts Nato focus on ‘non-existent’ Russia threat
MOSCOW: Moscow on Sunday slammed Nato for focusing on a “non-existent” threat from Russia at a leaders summit in Warsaw that saw fears over the Kremlin’s expansionism high on the agenda. “A preliminary analysis of the results of the meeting shows that Nato continues to exist in some sort of military-political looking-glass...
Obama: US will ‘always’ stand by NATO allies
WARSAW: US President Barack Obama on Saturday vowed the United States would always stand by Europe as its NATO allies backed a “hard-headed” policy of deterrence and dialogue with Russia. “In good times, and in bad, Europe can count on the United States. Always,” Obama said after a NATO summit in Warsaw approved the alliance’s biggest...
