Section: Philippines
EU to extend Russia sanctions to January 2016
BRUSSELS, Belgium –EU member states agreedWednesdayto extend damaging economic sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis by another six months to the end of January 2016, officials said. The agreement by ambassadors from the 28 European Union nations meeting in Brussels will be formalized by foreign ministers from the bloc when they...
Austrian swimmers win medal after bus crash
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Austria won a synchronized swimming silver medal at the European Games on Monday, just four days after three members of the team were injured when they were hit by a bus. The incident Thursday morning left three 15-year-old Austrian swimmers requiring treatment. Vanessa Sahinovic suffered severe spinal injuries that may...
Beer, oompah music as Merkel treats Obama to folksy welcome
KRUEN, Germany—With a “Bavarian breakfast” of soft pretzels, oompah music and frothy beer, German Chancellor Angela Merkel treated US President Barack Obama to a folksy welcome Sunday to drive home the enduring strength of transatlantic ties. As fighting in Ukraine flares and Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to exploit any...
Behind tough talk on Russia, G-7 leaders face tough reality
WASHINGTON, United States — Behind the tough talk on Russia expected from President Barack Obama and other leaders gathering in Germany this weekend is a stark reality. None of the world powers believes the economic and diplomatic punishments levied on Russia for its alleged aggression in Ukraine are changing President Vladimir...
PH, other nations allow chicken from Europe in
Seven countries, including the Philippines, have either lifted or partly lifted restrictions on poultry imports from European Union member states that had earlier reported outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), the European Commission said Monday. In a note, the EC said the trading partners that dropped their...
Russian rocket carrying Mexican satellite fails after launch
KIEV, Ukraine — A Russian rocket carrying a Mexican satellite malfunctioned Saturday shortly after its launch — the latest mishap to hit Russia’s troubled space industry, whose Soviet-era glory has been tarnished by a series of launch failures. The rocket, a Proton-M, was launched from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch pad in...
Europe marks 70 years since Nazi defeat, end of epochal war
PARIS — With quiet moments of memory or military pomp, leaders and ordinary citizens across Europe are marking 70 years since the Nazi defeat and a war that changed the continent forever. But the East-West alliance that vanquished Hitler is deeply divided today. Russia is celebrating Soviet wartime feats in a ceremony Saturday that is...
Lomachenko stops Rodriguez in ninth round
LAS VEGAS — Ukrainian star Vasyl Lomachenko successfully defended his WBO featherweight title after stopping challenger Gamalier Rodriguez in the first Pay-Per-View bout in the undercard of Mayweather-Pacquiao Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena here. Lomachenko dropped Rodriguez twice with the final knockdown coming in the ninth...
Klitschko outpoints Jennings to defend heavyweight titles
NEW YORK — The champ returned to the Garden, and it sounded and felt like Kiev. Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko easily outpointed a game-but-outclassed Bryant Jennings in the champion’s first fight in the United States in seven years, defending his heavyweight titles with a unanimous decision Saturday night. Klitschko’s last...
France OK to refund Russia if warship not delivered
PARIS, France — French President Francois Hollande has acknowledged for the first time that France will have to give Russia a refund if it doesn’t receive the Mistral-class warship whose delivery has been suspended last year because of the conflict in Ukraine. “If you don’t deliver, you must refund. So far, the delivery of...
