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Sink or sell? Russia standoff sees France saddled with two unused, unwanted warships
For sale: two French-built helicopter carriers, tested by Russians. Buy now for only 1.2 billion euros. Shipping extra. Tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine have blocked a deal in which Moscow was to buy the ships, leaving Paris trying to negotiate a face-saving compromise and work out what to do with two unwanted […] The post Sink...
Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry sends note to Foreign Ministry of Ukraine for offensive statements by Ukrainian MP
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Ukraine honors children affected by civil war on International Children’s day
War and poverty bring doubt to heartland of Ukraine’s pro-Europe revoltAfter a year at war, Ukraine at financial breaking pointUkraine peace plan creaks amid fresh Russian-Ukrainian dispute …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
MH17 crash: Russia favours ‘full-fledged and unbiased’ probe
Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday stressed the need for a “full-fledged and unbiased investigation” into the incident in which Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed in Ukraine in July this year. “Russia, just like Malaysia, insists on the full-fledged, unbiased and all-embracing investigation into this catastrophe in full compliance with...
US global leadership indispensable for now, conference hears
The US may not be as powerful as it was in the decade after winning the Cold War in the 1990s, but its global leadership role remains indispensable now and for the foreseeable future, particularly in delivering what one foreign policy expert calls the “global public good”.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s rising overtures in...
Kiev mulls imposing ‘blockade’ on rebel-held areas
Kiev is considering the possibility of imposing economic and transport restrictions to isolate the areas in eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-independence rebels, a senior parliamentary official said Tuesday. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Missile maker says Russia did not shoot down MH17
MOSCOW: The Russian company that makes the BUK air defence system that was used to shoot down a Malaysian airliner in east Ukraine said on Tuesday the plane was hit by a missile deployed by Ukraine and not widely used by Russia’s military. State-run Almaz-Antey said its own analysis of the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines plane brought...
Sink or sell? Russia spat leaves France with warships to spare
PARIS: For sale: two French-built helicopter carriers, tested by Russians. Buy now for only 1.2 billion euros($1.33 billion). Shipping extra. Tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine have blocked a deal in which Moscow was to buy the ships, leaving Paris trying to negotiate a face-saving compromise and work out CAwhat to do with two...
Tennis: Ivanovic, Safarova into French Open semi-finals
PARIS (AFP) – Ana Ivanovic and Lucie Safarova will clash for a place in the French Open final after comfortably defeating younger rivals at a windswept Roland Garros on Tuesday.Ivanovic reached her first Grand Slam semi-final in seven years when she beat Ukraines Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-2 while Safarova booked a place in the French Open last...
PH, other nations allow chicken from Europe in
Seven countries, including the Philippines, have either lifted or partly lifted restrictions on poultry imports from European Union member states that had earlier reported outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), the European Commission said Monday. In a note, the EC said the trading partners that dropped their...
