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US brings ambitious Syria peace plan to UN
NEW YORK (AFP) – Senior international envoys began gathering in New York on Thursday to seek UN backing for an ambitious US and Russian plan to seek a negotiated ceasefire in Syrias brutal civil war.US Secretary of State John Kerry has already travelled to Moscow this week to assure Bashar al-Assads key Russian ally that Washington is not...
Putin denies Russian troops in Ukraine
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Putin denies Russian troops in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that Russia has no regular troops in eastern Ukraine but admitted that some people have been carrying out military tasks there.Putins comments during his annual news conference raised eyebrows after months of bluntly denying US and NATO charges that Moscow had any direct presence or...
Putin, Kerry agree to push ahead with Syria peace process
MOSCOW (AFP) – The United States and Russia agreed Tuesday to push ahead with Syrian peace talks in New York this week, after intense talks between US Secretary of State John Kerry and President Vladimir Putin.After a three-hour meeting in Moscow between Putin and Kerry, Russia and the United States appeared to be a step closer to each...
Syria talks to go ahead on Friday in New York: Lavrov, Kerry
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia and the United States said that a planned international meeting on the Syrian crisis would take place in New York on Friday, after President Vladimir Putin received US Secretary of State John Kerry.We support the idea of convening in New York another meeting of the International Syria Support Group at the ministerial...
First Briton to travel to ISS blasts off into space
BAIKONUR (AFP) – Tim Peake, the first Briton to travel to the International Space Station, blasted off on Tuesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome with two other astronauts, to cheers and excitement back home.Peake, 43, joins Russian space veteran Yury Malenchenko and Tim Kopra of NASA for a six-month mission on the ISS. Fire from the boosters...
Kerry seeks ‘real progress’ on Syria in Moscow talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry sought in a visit to Moscow on Tuesday to make progress in narrowing differences with Russian leader Vladimir Putin over how to end the conflict in Syria. At the start of a three-hour meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Kerry said he wanted to prepare the ground for a third round of talks of world...
British astronaut swaps family Christmas for space mission
BAIKONUR (AFP) – Astronaut Timothy Peake, set to become the first Briton to travel to the International Space Station, said on the eve of his departure that he would look down on Earth at Christmas time and think of his family — hopefully while tucking into some Christmas pudding himself.The former army major — a European Space...
Football: Barca draw Arsenal in Champions League last 16
NYON (AFP) – European champions Barcelona will go up against English Premier League leaders Arsenal in the Champions League last 16 after they were thrown together in Mondays draw.French heavyweights Paris Saint-Germain were drawn against 2012 winners Chelsea for the third straight season, while Bayern Munich will meet last years finalists...
Western arms makers see sales fall, Russia rises: SIPRI
Arms manufacturers in North America and Western Europe dominated international arms sales in 2014, but their market share dropped while Russian and Asian companies saw theirs rise, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported Monday. Total turnover for the 100 biggest arms and military services companies declined for the...
