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Vladimir Putin Visits Egypt in Bid to Expand Influence
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Egypt on Monday as Moscow looks to expand its reach in the Arab world’s most populous country at a time when Cairo-Washington ties remain frayed. Russian President Vladimir Putin His two-day trip will be Putin’s first in a decade to Egypt and comes after a 2011 popular uprising that ousted...
Spotlight: Munich meeting ends with Europe-U.S. clash over Ukraine
The just-concluded Munich Security Conference underlined international security cooperation, yet divergences over the Ukraine crisis remain — not only between the West and Russia, but also inside the Western camp. …read more Source:...
Munich meeting ends with Europe-US clash over Ukraine
The just-concluded Munich Security Conference underlined international security cooperation, yet divergences over the Ukraine crisis remain — not only between the West and Russia, but also inside the Western camp. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Merkel to brief Obama on four-party talks on Ukraine crisis
FILE – President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Source: AP) President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are trying for a public display of unity despite a potential split over arming Ukrainian fighters to better battle Russian-backed separatists. That was the unstated point of Monday’s meeting at the White...
Barack Obama’s Ukraine Policy at Crossroads As Fighting Rages On
Russian-backed rebels’ violent offensive in eastern Ukraine leaves President Barack Obama with perplexing and urgent choices, but aides say he will exercise his typical caution in deciding his next mo… …read more Source:...
EU should beware Washington’s trap on Ukraine
With her scathing criticism of the US proposal of providing Ukraine with arms still ringing in the ears, German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Washington on Monday in a trip that is likely to be tinged with embarrassment and bitterness. …read more Source: China...
Merkel, Obama to meet in Washington to discuss Ukraine crisis
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Four-way emergency Ukraine summit planned for Wednesday
KIEV – The leaders of Ukraine, Germany and France are pushing for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in a frantic bid to halt escalating bloodshed in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Britain says Putin behaving like tyrant
LONDON – Russian President Vladimir Putin is behaving like a ‘mid-20th century tyrant’, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said Sunday, urging him to change track and save Russia’s economy from further decline. He told Sky News television that supplying arms from Britain to Ukraine would not be the right thing to do ‘at...
Leaked bank files show HSBC ‘helped clients dodge taxes’
London (AFP) – A cache of secret bank files shows that HSBCs Swiss banking arm helped wealthy customers avoid taxes and hide millions of dollars, according to a report by a network of investigative journalists released Sunday.The files, analysed by reporters in the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), showed that...
