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Moscow hopes ties with EU have not crossed ‘point of no return’
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia hoped its ties with the EU had not yet crossed the point of no return after Brussels slapped more sanctions against Kremlin-backed separatists fighting Kiev. …read more Source: Channel...
Russian doctors protest as reforms threaten jobs
MOSCOW – Russian doctors have taken to the streets in a rare protest as thousands are set to lose their jobs and dozens of hospitals are due to shut in Moscow in controversial moves to modernise the creaking health system.With white coats slung over their winter clothing, more than 6,000 doctors and nurses braved the November cold on Sunday...
Fearing Ebola surge, Mali widens virus watch
BAMAKO – Fearful of a surge of Ebola cases, Mali placed more than 440 people under surveillance, as a US hospital said Monday it had been unable to save the life of a doctor airlifted from Sierra Leone.Officials in Mali met to consider increasing security at its border following two confirmed cases of Ebola due to infection in neighbouring...
End of communism not all good for Christianity
VATICAN-COMMUNISM – The end of communist rule in Europe, which began 25 years ago this month, was not all positive for Christianity because it brought tensions between Rome and Russia back to the surface, a senior Vatican official said on Monday.Cardinal Kurt Koch, the top Roman Catholic official for inter-church relations, said the...
Neither side abiding by peace deal in Ukraine: Putin
MOSCOW – Russia’s President has said he believes peace in Ukraine is possible but that neither side is fully holding up a truce struck in September. In an interview with German television broadcast on Sunday, Mr Vladimir Putin said he was convinced that it… …read more Source:...
WATCH: New footage of MH17 aftermath emerges
New footage has surfaced showing the immediate aftermath of MH17’s crash in Ukraine which happened on July. All 298 people aboard were killed when … …read more Source: The New...
EU poised for fresh Russia sanctions over Ukraine
European Union foreign ministers met in Brussels against a backdrop of fresh fighting in eastern Ukraine despite a September ceasefire between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia expels diplomats as EU set for new Ukraine sanctions
Russia expelled several Polish diplomats for spying, while in Brussels, EU foreign ministers met to discuss hitting Russia with fresh sanctions …read more Source: Channel...
Sanctions, bloodshed and espionage leaves Russia in bad light
MOSCOW – Russia expelled several Polish diplomats for spying on Monday, deepening the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War as the EU eyed fresh sanctions against Moscow over the violence in Ukraine.Fresh bloodshed in Ukraine between pro-Kremlin rebels and Kiev’s forces added to the tensions after Russian President Vladimir Putin...
World’s first oil well still bubbling up black gold in Poland
BOBRKA, Poland – The smell of money hangs thick in the air as black crude oil bubbles up from what is billed as the world’s oldest oil well, but this is not Texas or Saudi Arabia.The sleepy village of Bobrka in southern Poland lays claim to the planet’s first oil well and rig, one that is still pumping up enough black gold to be...
