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Institute: China now world’s third-biggest arms exporter: study
BEIJING: China has overtaken Germany to become the world’s third-biggest arms exporter, although its 5 percent of the market remains small compared to the combined 58 percent of exports from the U.S. and Russia, a new study says. China’s share of the global arms market rose 143 percent during the years from 2010-2014, a period during...
Football: Everton down Newcastle to ease relegation fears
LIVERPOOL (AFP) – Everton ended a five-match winless run and eased their relegation worries with a 3-0 rout of 10-man Newcastle at Goodison Park on Sunday.Roberto Martinezs team had slumped to within three points of the Premier Leagues bottom three after their recent struggles.But goals from James McCarthy, Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley...
Putin: Russia helped Yanukovych flee Ukraine
MOSCOW: (AP) – In a new documentary about Russias annexation of Crimea, President Vladimir Putin says Russian forces helped ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych escape to Russia.The documentary is being shown Sunday on state TV, marking a year since the widely questioned referendum in Crimea that supported its secession from...
US, Iran in new nuclear talks as tempers fray
LAUSANNE (AFP) – Iran and the US aim in talks starting Sunday in Switzerland to begin closing in on a milestone deal reducing Tehrans nuclear activities to within strict limits after 18 months of tortuous negotiations.Time is however running very short and tempers are fraying in Washington where critics fear that the mooted accord will not...
Ukrainian doctors visit pilot in Moscow jail
KIEV (AFP) – Ukrainian doctors have visited pilot Nadiya Savchenko in her Moscow prison for the first time since her capture nine months ago, Ukraines government said Saturday.Thanks to joints efforts of many, from @ poroshenko (President Petro Poroshenko) to our consul in Moscow, Ukrainian doctors are now with Nadiya, Foreign Minister...
Russian MP slams criticism as ‘lies’
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia on Saturday lashed out at European lawmakers for their criticism over the murder of a top opposition activist, saying it was harming efforts to normalise ties between Moscow and the EU.The European parliament on Thursday passed a resolution accusing President Vladimir Putin of creating fertile ground for crimes such as...
Japanese ex-PM returns from controversial Crimea visit
TOKYO (AFP) – A former Japanese prime minister returned to Tokyo on Saturday from a controversial trip to Crimea, made despite opposition from his countrys current government.Yukio Hatoyama, who arrived at Narita airport near the capital, did not speak to journalists awaiting his return, but had said during his trip that life there was...
The unfolding future and America’s global role
Washington’s delicate dance The chaos enveloping the Middle East looms so largely on the international landscape that it appears to eclipse other challenges like Europe’s growing sense of home-grown insecurity, Afghan uncertainty, climate perils, and Africa’s widespread economic woes. Yet that is not all that is testing...
EU unlikely to agree next week to prolong Russia sanctions
European Union leaders are unlikely to reach agreement at their summit next week to prolong economic sanctions on Russia that expire in July, a senior EU official said on Friday. New sanctions on Russia are also off the table for now because EU governments want to give a chance to a fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. But some of the EU’s...
Putin spokesman denies baby rumours
MOSCOW (AFP) – A spokesman for Vladimir Putin on Friday denied rumours swirling in the European media that a baby had been born to the Russian leader.Several news outlets reported that a woman romantically linked to Putin in the past had given birth, a possible explanation for the leaders unusual absence that has sent the Russian rumour...
