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Europe-Russia mission departs on hunt for life on Mars
BAIKONUR: A joint European-Russian mission aiming to search for traces of life on Mars left Earth’s orbit Monday at the start of a seven-month unmanned journey to the Red Planet, space agency managers said. The Proton rocket carrying the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) to examine Mars’ atmosphere and a descent module that will conduct a test...
Slovenia invites Putin to WWI event despite EU tensions
Pool/AFP/File | Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during a state awards ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, on March 10, 2016 LJUBLJANA: Slovenia said on Monday it has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend a World War I commemoration event in spite of Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. “Our...
Proximity along contact line in east Ukraine raises violence risks – OSCE
International monitors want Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists to pull further apart along the line of contact in east Ukraine, a senior official with Europe’s main security and rights watchdog said on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
Proximity along contact line in east Ukraine raises violence risks – OSCE
BERLIN (Reuters) – International monitors want Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists to pull further apart along the line of contact in east Ukraine, a senior official with Europe’s main security and rights watchdog said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s president sees finance minister as option to replace PM
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko sees Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko as possibly taking over as prime minister, his spokesman said on Monday, having repeatedly urged the government to resign saying that it had lost the trust of the people. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine President sees Yaresko as possible PM – spokesman
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko sees Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko as possibly taking over as prime minister, his spokesman said on Monday, having repeatedly urged the government to resign saying that it had lost the trust of the people. …read more Source: The...
Man City closes in on 1st Champions League quarterfinal spot
Manchester City’s David Silva (left) and Norwich City’s Cameron Jerome battle for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match at Carrow Road, Norwich, England, on Saturday March 12, 2016. Photo: Photo: AP MANCHESTER: Eight years after an influx of money from Abu Dhabi transformed Manchester City’s fortunes, the team...
EU must stand firm against Russia: ministers
BRUSSELS, March 14, 2016 (AFP) – The European Union must stand up to Russia to defend core political and security interests even while trying to find common cause on issues such as the Syrian conflict, the blocs foreign ministers said Monday.The ministers gathered in Brussels for a regular monthly meeting which for the first time in a year...
Rocket blasts off on mission seeking life on Mars
BAIKONUR: Two robotic spacecraft on Monday began a seven-month journey to Mars as part of a European-Russian unmanned space mission to sniff out leads to life on the Red Planet. Russia’s Proton rocket carrying the spacecraft launched into an overcast sky at the Russian-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in the Kazakh steppe at 0931 GMT according...
Ukraine President sees Yaresko as possible PM – spokesman
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko sees technocrat Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko and the head of the reformist Samopomich party as potential candidates for prime minister, spokesman Svyatoslav Tsegolko said on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
