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Leaders arrive in Minsk for Ukraine peace talks
MINSK (AFP) – The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France arrived in Minsk on Wednesday for a crunch peace summit aimed at ending 10 months of conflict in eastern Ukraine.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will come face-to-face with Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the first time since October in a four-way meeting with German...
Bloody battles rage ahead of Ukraine peace summit
MINSK (AFP) – Ukrainian forces battled pro-Russian rebels for territory on Wednesday on one of the bloodiest days in 10 months of fighting ahead of a pivotal peace summit on the conflict.The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany are to meet shortly in Minsk for what the EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said would be a...
Fighting overshadows Ukraine peace summit
Ukraine- The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine were due to attend a peace summit on Wednesday, but Ukraine’s pro-Moscow separatists diminished the chance of a deal by launching some of the war’s worst fighting in an assault on a government garrison. Kiev said 19 of its soldiers were killed in a day of pro-Russian...
Low oil prices won’t spur world growth: Moody’s
PARIS (AFP) – Low oil prices normally help grease the wheels of business and spur global economic growth, but Moodys said Wednesday it would not revise its forecasts for the G20, citing a variety of offsets to the expected windfalls.For the G20 economies, we expect GDP growth of just under 3.0 percent each year in 2015 and 2016, unchanged...
Seventy-eight injured in fighting with rebels in eastern areas
In Ukraine, at least 19 soldiers have been killed and 78 injured in the latest fighting with rebels in the eastern areas. …read more Source: Radio...
Moment of truth looms at crunch Ukraine summit
Minsk (AFP) – Leaders from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany were due to hold last-ditch peace talks Wednesday aimed at halting 10 months of conflict in east Ukraine that has claimed over 5,400 lives.The crunch summit is the climax of a frantic diplomatic push by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande to...
US President in his telephonic conversation with his Russian counterpart has reiterated support for the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
President Barack Obama has phoned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and discussed escalating violence in eastern Ukraine. White House officials said in Washington that during the call President Obama reiterated US support for sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. US President also urged his Russian counterpart to seize the...
Ukraine fighting intensifies
KIEV – Intense fighting in Ukraine, including a rocket strike on Kiev’s military headquarters in the east, killed at least 20 people on Tuesday on the eve of a four-way peace summit. Pro-Russia rebels sought to encircle railway hub Debaltseve, and Ukrainian forces launched a counter-offensive around the strategic port of Mariupol as...
Violence in Ukraine diminishes hopes before summit
VUHLEHIRSK/KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: Rockets killed more than 10 civilians and soldiers deep in Ukrainian government-held territory on Tuesday and rebels …read more Source: The News...
Dollar advances as euro braces for key Greece meeting
NEW YORK (AFP) – The dollar Tuesday advanced against the euro and the yen while traders girded for euro volatility on the eve of key Greek debt talks.The dollar, which retreated Monday due to profit taking, resumed its upward climb following Fridays buoyant US jobs report.Market confidence has struggled of late amid worries about Greeces...
