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From Russia with love: Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump sing each other’s praises
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump praised each other on Thursday, saying they would welcome an improvement in the now-icy relations between their two nations. Trump – who holds the lead in opinion polls in his bid...
US brings ambitious Syria peace plan to UN
NEW YORK (AFP) – Senior international envoys began gathering in New York on Thursday to seek UN backing for an ambitious US and Russian plan to seek a negotiated ceasefire in Syrias brutal civil war.US Secretary of State John Kerry has already travelled to Moscow this week to assure Bashar al-Assads key Russian ally that Washington is not...
6 crew missing after Danish cargo ship sinks near Indonesia
BATAM, Indonesia (AP) — Officials say six Filipino crewmen are missing after their cargo ship collided with a chemical tanker and sank near Indonesia. Six other crew members were rescued. Batam port official Gajah Rooseno said Thursday the Danish cargo ship Thorco Cloud collided with the chemical tanker Stolt Commitment about 8 miles (13...
Putin denies Russian troops in Ukraine
nbsp Last Updated On 18 December2015nbsp1221 am The truce …read more Source: The Frontier...
Putin denies Russian troops in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that Russia has no regular troops in eastern Ukraine but admitted that some people have been carrying out military tasks there.Putins comments during his annual news conference raised eyebrows after months of bluntly denying US and NATO charges that Moscow had any direct presence or...
Ukraine court bans Communist Party
Ukraine came under fire from Amnesty International on Thursday after a Kiev court banned the national Communist Party, the latest move to break from the country’s Soviet past more than two decades after independence. The District Administrative Court of Kiev ruled on Wednesday in favour of the Ukrainian justice ministry’s lawsuit...
Ukraine’s retail trade goes down by 22% in 2015
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Six crew missing after Danish cargo ship sinks near Indonesia
BATAM: Officials say six Filipino crewmen are missing after their cargo ship collided with a chemical tanker and sank near Indonesia. Six other crew members were rescued. Batam port official Gajah Rooseno said Thursday the Danish cargo ship Thorco Cloud collided with the chemical tanker Stolt Commitment about 8 miles (13 kilometers) off...
Migrant crisis, Britain dominate European summit
BRUSSELS: European leaders tackled the migration crisis and Britain’s reform demands at a summit on Thursday, twin challenges threatening the unity of the EU as one of the toughest years in its history draws to a close. Germany and several other nations are meeting with the Turkish prime minister before the full summit to discuss a plan to...
6 crew missing after Danish cargo ship sinks near Indonesia
Indonesia rescuers approach a sunken freighter MV Thorco Cloud in the Singapore Strait off the Indonesian island of Batam , Thursday. (AP/Pangestu)Officials say six Filipino crewmen are missing after their cargo ship collided with a chemical tanker and sank in Batam waters, Riau. Six other crew members were rescued.Batam port official Gajah...
