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      Five key moments from the G20
      Dec01

      Five key moments from the G20

      BUENOS AIRES: Global leaders hunkered down for what threatened to be a fractious two-day summit in Buenos Aires with deep disagreements evident over world trade and climate change. But it wasn´t all doom and gloom. Here are five moments from the first day of the summit Friday: THAT HANDSHAKE All eyes were on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman...

      Merkel, Macron press Putin to free Ukrainian sailors
      Dec01

      Merkel, Macron press Putin to free Ukrainian sailors

      NEW YORK (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed Russian Vladimir Putin to release Ukrainian sailors who were seized along with their ships by Russia last month, Putin’s spokesman said. …read more Source: The...

      Citing Russia threat, Ukraine boosts security at ports, power plants
      Dec01

      Citing Russia threat, Ukraine boosts security at ports, power plants

      39 min 53 sec agoKIEV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday his country had stepped …read more Source:...

      Ukraine holds military drills after Russia sea confrontation
      Dec01

      Ukraine holds military drills after Russia sea confrontation

      An Ukrainain seviceman attends a military drills near Urzuf village not far from the city of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine. — AFP photo URZUF, Ukraine: A Ukrainian general wearing camouflage and a bulletproof vest looks out from his Mi-8 helicopter flying over the Sea of Azov, the flashpoint of rising tensions between Kiev and Moscow. “Our presumed...

      Merkel, Putin agreed to four-way talks on Kerch Strait
      Dec01

      Merkel, Putin agreed to four-way talks on Kerch Strait

      December 01, 2018 11:36 PMBERLIN (REUTERS) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced her concern about events in the Kerch Strait off Crimea during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, her spokesman said on Saturday (Dec 1). …read more Source: The Straits...

      Merkel, Putin agreed to four-way talks on Kerch Strait
      Dec01

      Merkel, Putin agreed to four-way talks on Kerch Strait

      BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced her concern about events in the Kerch Strait off Crimea during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, her spokesman said on Saturday. …read more Source: The...

      Citing Russia threat, Ukraine boosts security at ports, power plants
      Dec01

      Citing Russia threat, Ukraine boosts security at ports, power plants

      KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday his country had stepped up security at vital infrastructure sites such as nuclear power stations and Black Sea ports in the face of what he called a Russian test of the world order. …read more Source: The...

      Konstantin Zatulin: Baku is responsible for ceasefire violations in  2016
      Dec01

      Konstantin Zatulin: Baku is responsible for ceasefire violations in  2016

      ArmInfo. The final agreement on Artsakh is recognition of the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, and the return of all or part of the territories of the so-called security zone to Azerbaijan. The first deputy chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs and Relations with Compatriots, director of the Institute of CIS Countries...

      China, US showdown looms on trade at fractious G20
      Dec01

      China, US showdown looms on trade at fractious G20

      BUENOS AIRES: The United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, will see Saturday if they can find a breakthrough to exit a spiraling trade war as their presidents meet at a tense G20 summit. With markets watching nervously, US President Donald Trump has described the Buenos Aires summit of the 20 leading economic powers as a...

      Ukraine bars Russian men aged 16-60 from entry
      Dec01

      Ukraine bars Russian men aged 16-60 from entry

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