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EU suspends new sanctions pending Ukraine summit: France’s Fabius
BRUSSELS (AFP) – The EU has agreed to postpone new sanctions against Russia to give time to see if a four-way Ukraine peace summit Wednesday makes progress, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said.The principle of the sanctions will be kept, but their implementation will depend on the situation on the ground, Fabius told reporters in...
Germany had given him until Wednesday to agree a peace plan or face new sanctions
A spokesman of Russian President has said that President Vladimir Putin would not tolerate any ultimatum over the issue of Ukraine. He stated this after a report said Germany had given him until Wednesday to agree a peace plan or face new sanctions. The leaders of Ukraine, Germany and France are preparing for a summit with Putin in the Belarusian...
Twenty-six injured in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in eastern region
In Ukraine, nine soldiers have been killed and 26 injured in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in eastern region. A military spokesman in Kiev said that fighting intensified around Debaltseve town in the northeast of Donetsk city. …read more Source: Radio...
German Chancellor is likely to brief US President on different peace proposals
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Washington to hold talks with President Barack Obama over Ukrainian issue. German leader is expected to brief US President on different peace proposals, earlier, discussed with Russian and Ukrainian leaders. …read more Source: Radio...
Vladimir Putin Visits Egypt in Bid to Expand Influence
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Egypt on Monday as Moscow looks to expand its reach in the Arab world’s most populous country at a time when Cairo-Washington ties remain frayed. Russian President Vladimir Putin His two-day trip will be Putin’s first in a decade to Egypt and comes after a 2011 popular uprising that ousted...
Britain says Putin behaving like tyrant
LONDON – Russian President Vladimir Putin is behaving like a ‘mid-20th century tyrant’, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said Sunday, urging him to change track and save Russia’s economy from further decline. He told Sky News television that supplying arms from Britain to Ukraine would not be the right thing to do ‘at...
Leaked bank files show HSBC ‘helped clients dodge taxes’
London (AFP) – A cache of secret bank files shows that HSBCs Swiss banking arm helped wealthy customers avoid taxes and hide millions of dollars, according to a report by a network of investigative journalists released Sunday.The files, analysed by reporters in the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), showed that...
Four-way emergency Ukraine summit planned for Wednesday
Kiev (AFP) – The leaders of Ukraine, Germany and France are pushing for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in a frantic bid to halt escalating bloodshed in eastern Ukraine.The four leaders discussed the meeting in a phone call Sunday as part of their efforts to achieve a comprehensive settlement in the conflict...
Putin acting like tyrant: Britain
LONDON: Britain accused Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday of acting like a “tyrant” over Ukraine, but said Kiev s forces could not defeat Rus …read more Source: The News...
Obama hosts Merkel amid deepening Ukraine crisis
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama hosts Angela Merkel at the White House on Monday, as worsening violence in Ukraine confronts them with a choice between throwing more weapons into the war and risky peace talks.The German chancellor will visit the Oval Office for a tete-a-tete as divisions grow over how to stop bloody fighting...
