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Putin says US will never ‘subdue’ Russia
The United States wants to subdue Moscow, but will never succeed, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. “They do not want to humiliate us, they want to subdue us, solve their problems at our expense,” Putin said at the end of a four-hour meeting with his core support group, the People’s Front. “No one in history ever managed to...
NATO leader sees military buildup
BRUSSELS (Reuters): NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg denounced on Tuesday what he called a serious Russian military buildup both inside Ukraine and on the Russian side of the border and urged Moscow to pull back its troops. Stoltenberg said NATO saw movement of troops, equipment, tanks, artillery and also of advanced air defense systems in...
Ukraine calls for talks with Russia
KIEV (AFP): Ukraine’s prime minister on Tuesday called for fresh talks with Russia on “neutral territory” as deadly fighting rumbled on in the country’s east. “We invite the Russian Federation to hold serious negotiations on a neutral territory. The US and EU are helping us with this,” Arseniy Yatsenyuk was quoted as saying by the...
Jens Stoltenberg urges Moscow to pull back its troops.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has denounced Russian military build-up both inside Ukraine and on the Russian side of the border. He urged Moscow to pull back its troops. Stoltenberg said NATO saw movement of troops, equipment, tanks, artillery and also of advanced air defense systems in violation of a ceasefire agreement. A ceasefire...
Fearful Mali places almost 600 under Ebola surveillance
Bamako (AFP) – Fearful of a surge of Ebola cases, Mali placed nearly 600 people under surveillance, as the country battles to contain the spread of the deadly tropical virus.Malian officials met on Monday to consider increasing security at its border following two confirmed cases of Ebola due to infection in neighbouring Guinea.US airports...
Modi talks about ‘shirtfronting’
SYDNEY (AFP) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi injected some humour into his address to Australias parliament on Tuesday, using the term shirtfront to make fun of his host while also talking cricket.Modis official visit, the first by an Indian leader in 28 years, follows on from Prime Minister Tony Abbotts hosting of G20 world leaders...
EU sanctions separatists as Ukraine crisis deepens
Brussels (AFP) – The EU agreed to blacklist more Ukrainian separatists Monday but stopped short of fresh sanctions against Russia, saying there was hope of restarting dialogue with Moscow to end the worst standoff since the Cold War.New European Union diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said foreign ministers meeting in Brussels had raised...
Ukraine has ignored the far right for too long
Volodymyr Ishchenko Pro-Russian supporters use the term “fascist junta” to criticise the Ukrainian government. This wording is not only obviously wrong from an understanding of the words “fascism” and “junta”, but has also been detrimental to peace in Ukraine by fuelling the civil war. If your country is governed by...
USA and China: Where do the stand?
APEC Summit, Asia Pivot and US midterm elections Republicans have swept in with 52 seats in the Senate. For the first time since 2006 they have a majority in both houses of the Congress. Meanwhile President Obama is on a visit to China, from where he will go onward to Mynmar and thereon to Australia for the G-20 Summit. This weakens Obama’s...
Ministers met in Brussels against a backdrop of fresh fighting in eastern Ukraine.
European Union Foreign Ministers met in Brussels on Monday to discuss fresh sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis. The Ministers met in Brussels against a backdrop of fresh fighting in eastern Ukraine despite a September ceasefire between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels. The EU talks come on the occasion of a G20 summit in Brisbane that...
