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America may be doomed to cooperate with Putin
Russia is emerging as an essential diplomatic and security partner for the United States in Syria, despite the Obama administration’s opposition to Moscow’s support for President Bashar al-Assad. Russian-American cooperation on Syria now includes regular diplomatic, military and intelligence contacts. Moscow and Washington have...
Australian travel agency offers customers trips to Crimea
SYDNEY. KAZINFORM – An Australian travel company Gateway Travel based in the Sydney suburb has begun offering its customers tours to Crimea since the beginning of this year, the company’s head Antonina Kislyakova told TASS on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Tennis: Ferrer leads top seeds into Auckland quarters
WELLINGTON (AFP) – David Ferrer put last weeks Doha disappointment behind him with a comfortable straight-sets win in his opening match at the Auckland Classic on Wednesday.The 6-2, 6-4 victory over Australian qualifier Matthew Barton put the top seed and four-time champion into the quarter-finals to face Czech Lukas Rosol, a surprise...
Three Russian companies along with foreign ones to contend for VimpelCom’s towers
The investment department of Merrill Lynch has chosen three local (Russian) participants, particularly, Russian Towers, Vertical and Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), as well as foreign participants for the second round of the tender on sale of VimpelCom’s tower infrastructures, an insider told Vedomosti. The information has been...
Russia nationalises major bank in Crimea
Russia has nationalised a major commercial bank operating in Crimea, which had been sanctioned by the West for funding the peninsula’s integration into Russia after Moscow’s annexation in … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Kyrgyz Ambassador in Ukraine completes his diplomatic mission
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Obama Urges Americans to Expunge Cynicism, Fear From Politics
President Barack Obama implored Americans to turn away from cynicism and fear, in a final State of the Union address that at times represented a rebuke of the bitter campaign to succeed him. “The future we want — opportunity and security for our families, a rising standard of living and a sustainable, peaceful planet for our kids —...
Full text: Barack Obama’s last State of the Union address
President Barack Obama shakes hands with House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as Vice President Joe Biden watches before the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Below is the full text of President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address as released by the...
US helping Ukraine investigate December power grid hack
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday it was helping Ukrainian authorities investigate an apparent attack last month on the country’s power grid that caused a blackout for 80,000 customers of western Ukraine’s Prykarpattyaoblenergo utility. …read more Source: Channel...
U.S. helping Ukraine investigate December power grid hack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday it was helping Ukrainian authorities investigate an apparent attack last month on the country’s power grid that caused a blackout for 80,000 customers of western Ukraine’s Prykarpattyaoblenergo utility. …read more Source: The...
