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Merkel has ‘good chance’ of winning Nobel Peace Prize: report
German Chancellor Angela Merkel could win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the influential Bild newspaper said Friday, as the leader is lauded worldwide for her courage in opening her country’s doors to refugees fleeing war and persecution. “Chancellor Angela Merkel has a good chance of winning the Nobel Peace Prize,” said the...
Ramos back, Costa dropped for Spain’s Euro qualifiers
MADRID – Diego Costa and Andres Iniesta will play no part in the final two Euro 2016 qualifiers but iconic defender Sergio Ramos was in the Spain squad Vicente del Bosque named Friday for the games with Luxembourg and Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Initiatives voiced by president Nazarbayev to help settle Ukrainian crisis
Nursultan Nazarbayev’s proposal on convocation of the 2016 UN International Conference on the highest level found support in Kiev. …read more Source: Kazakh...
Spain’s Del Bosque drops Costa, recalls Thiago
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has overlooked striker Diego Costa and recalled midfielder Thiago Alcantara for the holders’ final two Euro 2016 Group C qualifiers against Luxembourg and Ukraine this month. …read more Source:...
Putin talks Ukraine cease-fire as Syria strikes continue
Putin: No Syrian civilians hurt as result of Russian air strikesRussia bombs Syria for second day, targets raise concernSyria and Ukraine: two fronts in Russian war for influenceRussian warplanes target insurgents in Syria but not Islamic StateRussia begins Syria air strikes in its biggest Mideast intervention in decades …read more Source:...
Belgium slashes aid to Burundi government, EU sanctions hit
Former colonial power Belgium said on Friday it would halt some aid to the government of Burundi in protest at President Pierre Nkurunziza’s disputed third term as leader of the central African country. …read more Source: Channel...
Syria: New Russian strikes, talks in Paris on Assad’s future
A man walks over the rubble of a destroyed building, in the aftermath of a Russian airstrike, in Dair al-Asafeer village, rural Damascus, Syria, on Thursday. (Qasioun News via AP Video)The presidents of Russia and France, which both started bombing Syria this week, held talks Friday about their military operations as they tried to overcome...
Leaders meet to consolidate Ukraine’s fragile peace
PARIS – The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine meet in Paris on Friday to consolidate a fragile peace in Ukraine, with the conflict overshadowed by President Vladimir Putin’s dramatic intervention in the Syrian war. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Leaders Meet to Consolidate Ukraine’s Fragile Peace
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine meet in Paris today to consolidate a fragile peace in Ukraine, with the conflict overshadowed by President Vladimir Putin’s dramatic intervention in … …read more Source:...
Diego Costa dropped: Has Vicente del Bosque run out of patience?
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has overlooked Diego Costa and recalled Thiago Alcantara for the holders’ final two Euro 2016 Group C qualifiers against Luxembourg and Ukraine this month. Chelsea forward Costa is suspended for the match against Luxembourg in Logrono in a week’s time but would have been available for the game in Kiev...
