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NATO-Russia talks ‘frank and serious’ – Stoltenberg
BRUSSELS: NATO and Russia held “frank and serious” talks despite “profound disagreements” as their ambassadors met on Wednesday for the first time since 2014, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said. “I think we had a very frank, serious and actually good meeting,” Stoltenberg told a news conference. “NATO allies and Russia hold very different views...
NATO, Russia to hold highest-level talks since Crimea annexation
BRUSSELS: NATO and Russia begin their highest-level talks for nearly two years on Wednesday, in a bid to ease military tensions over the Baltic Sea and the simmering violence still gripping eastern Ukraine. The meeting of the NATO-Russia Council will be the first since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, when the alliance cut off all practical ties...
Ukraine to mark 30 years since Chernobyl shook the world
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine is preparing to mark 30 years since the Chernobyl disaster, the world’s worst nuclear accident whose death toll remains a mystery and which continues to jeopardize the local population’s health. More than 200 tons of uranium remain inside the reactor that exploded 3 decades ago at … …read more...
Chernobyl zone turns into testbed for Nature’s rebound
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — What happens when the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is left all but abandoned for nearly 30 years? Chernobyl power plant in 2006. (Photo courtesy of Carl Montgomery via Flickr) In the case of Chernobyl, it becomes a unique chance to see how wildlife recovers in what is a giant nature reserve, bereft of...
Ukraine to mark 30 years since Chernobyl shook the world
Ukraine is preparing to mark 30 years since the Chernobyl disaster, the world’s worst nuclear accident whose death toll remains a mystery and which continues to jeopardise the local population’s health. …read more Source: GMA News...
Russia more dangerous than IS – Polish FM
Bratislava – Russia is more dangerous than the Islamic State group, Poland’s Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski told reporters Friday during a visit to Slovakia. “By all evidence, Russia’s activity is a sort of existential threat because this activity can destroy countries,” said Waszczykowski, who was speaking in a debate on the...
Paris, Berlin urge ‘rapid’ action by new Ukraine leaders
PARIS: France and Germany on Friday called on Ukraine’s new government to act quickly to implement the Minsk peace accords and internal reforms, the French presidency said. “The new dynamic created by the change in government must translate into rapid and concrete results,” the Elysee said after French President Francois Hollande and German...
Battle lines drawn as Britain squares up for EU vote
LONDON: Campaigning in Britain’s Brexit referendum officially begins on Friday, ten weeks ahead of a vote that will hand Britons their first chance to have their say on Europe since 1975. With opinion polls suggesting the British public are deeply divided on whether to stay in the EU, the Leave campaign’s biggest name—charismatic...
Ukraine parliament appoints pro-EU Groysman as PM
KIEV, Ukraine: Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday appointed pro-Western speaker Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister in a bid to end months of political gridlock and unlock vital aid to the war torn-state. Lawmakers voted by 257 to 50 to approve the resignation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk—condemned by President Petro Poroshenko for...
Russian jets in ‘aggressive’ passes of US warship
WASHINGTON: A Russian military jet came within a few feet of a US destroyer in international waters in the Baltic Sea during a series of “aggressive” overflights, US officials said Wednesday. Russian aircraft repeatedly buzzed the USS Donald Cook this week, including an incident Tuesday in which a Russian Su-24 flew just 30 feet (nine meters)...
