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Power struggle rages over Russia?s state statistics
MOSCOW: Reports that Russia’s economy ministry is set to take control of the national statistics agency has sparked fears that indicators crucial to monitoring the country’s economic woes could become skewed. Data from the Rosstat state statistics agency has been key in measuring the extent of the country’s economic crisis,...
Tillerson demands US’s NATO allies pay up
BRUSSELS (AFP) – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson pressed NATO allies Friday to ramp up military spending and denounced Russias ongoing hostility and occupation of Ukraine as the Trump administration toughened its tone toward Moscow.Tillerson delivered the message as he met fellow NATO foreign ministers for the first time ahead of a May...
Tillerson denounces ?Russian aggression?
BRUSSELS: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday he would hold talks with Nato allies about ‘Russia’s aggression in Ukraine’, signalling a tougher stance toward Moscow from the Trump administration. ‘We want to have a discussion around Nato’s posture in Europe, most particularly in eastern Europe in response to...
Tennis: Wozniacki downs Pliskova to reach Miami final
MIAMI (AFP) – Caroline Wozniacki booked her place in the final of the WTA Miami Open by rallying to defeat Czech second seed Karolina Pliskova 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 on Thursday.The Dane, who has never appeared in the Miami final, will play the winner of Thursdays later semi-final between a resurgent Venus Williams of the United States and Britains...
Georgia celebrates EU visa waiver
TBILISI: Pro-Western former Soviet republic of Georgia on Tuesday hailed the “historic” first day of visa-free travel to Europe for its citizens as a waiver agreed with the European Union entered into force. The new regulation allows Georgians to travel to the EU for non-work purposes for up to 90 days, over any 180-day period, but...
Nato-Russia talks on eve of Tillerson visit
BRUSSELS: Nato ambassadors will meet the Russian envoy on Thursday in a new bid to ease tensions on the eve of the alliance´s first talks with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. The ambassadors will discuss the crisis in Ukraine as well as Afghanistan´s security, and terrorism in the region, a Nato official said. “Following consultations...
Ukraine military helicopter crashes, killing five
MOSCOW: A Ukrainian military helicopter crashed in the war-torn east of the country on Sunday, killing all five people aboard after apparently hitting a power line, in what is believed to be an accident, the army said. “Five people died in this tragedy — three crew members and two passengers,” army spokesman Oleksandr Motuzianyk said. The...
Five dead in military helicopter crash in east Ukraine
MOSCOW (AFP) – A Ukrainian military helicopter crashed in the war-torn east of the country on Sunday, killing all five people aboard after apparently hitting a power line, in what is believed to be an accident, the army said.Five people died in this tragedy — three crew members and two passengers, army spokesman Oleksandr Motuzianyk...
Trump is an American Assad
As one looks out onto the world stage one can clearly identify the arrival of a new leading politics, one that replaces globalising neoliberalism with aggressive nationalist populism. These circumstances have arisen in the west as a consequence of our acceptance of empire. One specific instance is the US left’s ambivalence regarding the...
Putin meets France’s Le Pen in Moscow
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin met French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen as she visited Moscow on Friday, with the Russian leader stressing that the Kremlin does not meddle in France s politics. Le Pen’s meeting with Putin comes a month before the first round of the French presidential vote and as she tries to boost her...
