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EU said to extend Russia sanctions amid elusive peace in Ukraine
European Union governments struck a preliminary accord to extend sanctions against Russia by six months to the end of Ja …read more Source: The Korea...
Kazakhstan Seeks to Boost Grain Exports to Saudi Arabia
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. Kazakhstan is planning to increase the supply of grain to Saudi Arabia, the press service of the Kazakh Ministry of Agriculture reported recently. The decision was made after representatives of Saudi Arabia suggested at a May business forum that Kazakhstan...
EU agrees to extend economic sanctions on Russia to end-January – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union ambassadors agreed on Wednesday to extend economic sanctions on Russia by six months until the end of January next year, diplomatic sources said. …read more Source: The...
German police arrest Ukrainian banker at Berlin airport
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police arrested Ukrainian banker Borys Tymonkin at Berlin-Schoenefeld airport based on an international arrest warrant but authorities have not made a final decision on his extradition, a German state prosecutor said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
IVF doctors aghast at 65-year-old mum of quadruplets
Experts at a top fertility conference are dismayed at the case of a German woman who after having 13 children has had IVF quadruplets at the age of 65.The episode damages the reputation of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), which has enabled millions to know the joy of parenthood, they said.”It’s the kind of tale which makes headlines...
Russia does not want arms race with US: Putin aide
Russia does not want to enter a costly new arms race with the United States, a top Kremlin aide said Wednesday, after President Vladimir Putin said it was boosting its nuclear arsenal. “Russia is trying to react to possible threats with some sort of means but that’s it,” Yury Ushakov, Putin’s top foreign policy aide, told...
Russia doesn’t want arms race with US: Putin aide
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia does not want to enter a costly new arms race with the United States, a top Kremlin aide said Wednesday, after President Vladimir Putin said it was boosting its nuclear arsenal.Russia is trying to react to possible threats with some sort of means but thats it, Yury Ushakov, Putins top foreign policy aide, told a...
Cost of violence hits $14 trillion in increasingly divided world
The cost of violence around the world reached a record $14.3 trillion in 2014, equivalent to the combined economies of Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, a global security report said on Wednesday. The divide between the most and least peaceful regions deepened with many Middle Eastern and African countries sinking...
Russia cites ‘threats’ as nuclear arsenal boosted
MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia must defend itself if threatened, as the US warned against a return to a Cold War status after Moscow announced plans to boost its nuclear arsenal.The declaration from the Kremlin strongman came as Russia reacted with fury to reports the US is planning to bulk up its military...
NATO denounces Putin plan to beef up nukes
Russia threatens ‘consequences’ if US deploys missiles in EuropeDon’t be afraid of Russia, Putin tells WestWest, Russia trade accusations at U.N. over new Ukraine violenceRussian sanctions likely to be extended in July: DhandRussia, NATO flex military musclesRussia says sanctions ‘destructive’, will act in own...
