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Greek debt crisis looms over G7 summit in Germany
Elmau Castle (Germany) (AFP) – Flaring tensions between Greece and its creditors were set to dominate a G7 summit in Germany on Sunday, amid fears the debt-wracked country could crash out of the euro and rock the world economy.German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a champion of tough eurozone reform and austerity, will host the other leaders of...
Summit is also due to discuss militant threats from groups.
Group of Seven industrial nations meets in Germany on Sunday for a summit overshadowed by Greece’s debt crisis and ongoing violence in Ukraine. Summit is also due to discuss militant threats from groups like Islamic State and Boko Haram with the leaders of Nigeria, Tunisia and Iraq, who form part of an “outreach” group of non-G7...
G7 leaders prepare for summit
GARMISCH- Leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations meet on Sunday in the Bavarian Alps for a summit overshadowed by Greece’s debt crisis and ongoing violence in Ukraine. Host Angela Merkel is hoping to secure commitments from her G7 guests to tackle global warming to build momentum in the run-up to a major United Nations...
Behind tough talk on Russia, G-7 leaders face tough reality
WASHINGTON (AP) -Behind the tough talk on Russia expected from President Barack Obama and other leaders gathering in Germany this weekend is a stark reality.None of the world powers believes the economic and diplomatic punishments levied on Russia for its alleged aggression in Ukraine are changing President Vladimir Putins calculus, yet there are...
Russian President says Russia fully backs peace agreements
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia fully backs the Minsk peace agreements in Ukraine, but progress is being stalled by Kiev. In an interview he said Russia is interested in and will strive to ensure the full and unconditional implementation of the Minsk Agreements. Putin said that large-scale hostilities in eastern Ukraine had on...
Obama, Poroshenko voice ‘deep concern’ over Ukraine fighting
WASHINGTON (AP) -The White House says President Barack Obama spoke Friday with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko about stepped-up fighting in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russian-backed separatists.The White House says both leaders expressed their deep concern about the fighting near Donetsk.They called on Russia and the...
Poroshenko warns of colossal threat of new Ukraine fighting
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned on Thursday of a “colossal threat” of renewed fighting with pro-Russian rebels after a surge in viol …read more Source: The News...
Prominent Soviet dissident Leonid Plyushch dies
MOSCOW – Communist-era Ukrainian dissident Leonid Plyushch, who was detained for almost three years in a psychiatric ward by the Soviet authorities, died Thursday aged 76 close to Paris, a friend told AFP. “Leonid died on Thursday morning,” said Arina Ginzburg, another Soviet dissident. “He was a remarkable man who went through terrible...
US might deploy missiles in Europe to counter Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration is weighing a range of aggressive responses to Russias alleged violation of a Cold War-era nuclear treaty, including deploying land-based missiles in Europe that could pre-emptively destroy the Russian weapons.This counterforce option is among possibilities the administration is considering as it...
Eduard Basurin says estimated 24 civilians were killed and 86 rebels also wounded.
In Ukraine, at least 24 people have died in renewed fighting in east of the country. A senior commander of the pro-Russian separatists doing battle with government forces, Eduard Basurin, told newsmen that fourteen rebels and five civilians had died over the past 24 hours. He said that an estimated twenty four civilians were killed and eighty six...
