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Washington cozying up to New Delhi
It takes two to tango and perhaps in this case, three Prime Minister Nareandra Modi must be regretting that he invited President Barack Obama for the Republic Day. The latter made no secret of demolishing the Bhartiya Janata Party’s ‘ghar wapsi’ slogan and the other programmes related to Hindutva ideology. He reminded India of its...
Economy deteriorates as conflict rages in Ukraine
KIEV- A crippling financial crisis in Ukraine is turning the clock back to the 1990s, when people kept dollars in their socks rather than at banks and smuggled cars to sell them on the black market and avoid the tax man. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, leaving the command economy in tatters, many in the newly independent republics such...
Leaders scramble to avert ‘dramatic spiral’ in Ukraine
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed to meet in Belarus on Wednesday to try to broker a peace deal for Ukraine amid escalating violence there and signs of cracks in the transatlantic consensus on confronting Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: Channel...
Leaders scramble to avert 'dramatic spiral' in Ukraine
MUNICH (Reuters) – The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed to meet in Belarus on Wednesday to try to broker a peace deal for Ukraine amid escalating violence there and signs of cracks in the transatlantic consensus on confronting Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The...
Leaders Agree to New Ukraine Peace Talks in Minsk
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany discussed by phone on Sunday a French-German peace plan to end the fighting in Ukraine. The talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin, … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Leaders to seek meeting in Minsk to resolve Ukraine crisis
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Summit on Ukraine crisis to be held on Wednesday
The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine aim to hold a summit over Ukraine crisis in Minsk on Wednesday, officials in Germany and France said Sunday. …read more Source: China...
Leaders agree to hold summit for Ukraine deal
The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine aim to hold a summit in Minsk this week as they try to stem fighting in eastern Ukraine, officials in Germany and France said on Sunday. …read more Source: The Times of...
Russian President Vladimir Putin Acting Like a “Tyrant” Over Ukraine: Britain
Britain accused Russian President Vladimir Putin today of acting like a “tyrant” over Ukraine, but said Kiev’s forces could not defeat Russia’s army on the battlefield and that only a political soluti… …read more Source:...
Technical malfunction forces Airasia X to abort flight, return
“The pilot had to fly for about four hours to burn fuel to make the aircraft lighter, in order to land safely,” Transport Minister Liow said. A technical malfunction forced the pilots of an Airasia X plane from Kuala Lumpur to Jeddah to abort the flight midway and circle for nearly four hours to burn fuel before landing safely here on Sunday....
