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Barack Obama: ‘Putin trying to bring back Soviet empire and sacrificing Russian economy’
Mr Obama said on Monday that the US would consider additional sanctions on Russia for its aggression in Ukraine …read more Source: The...
G7 summit: Controversial TTIP trade deal between Europe and America to be agreed within ‘the next six months’
Broad agreement on a controversial trade deal between Europe and the United States should be completed by the end of this year, the G7 leaders have announced as they outlined a string of initiatives designed to boost growth, tackle climate change and check Russian ambitions in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
G7 leaders ready to tighten sanctions against Russia if Ukraine crisis escalates
Barack Obama warns that ‘additional steps’ could be taken if Russia were to ‘double down’ on behaviour in UkraineBarack Obama has used the close of the G7 summit in Germany to deliver his strongest criticism yet of Vladimir Putin, lambasting the Russian president’s isolationist approach as the seven leaders signalled their...
G7 threatens Russia with new sanctions
Leaders close ranks to warn Moscow after surge in violence in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: Financial...
Isis in Iraq: ‘We don’t yet have a complete strategy’, Obama says
US president: Pentagon working on plan to recruit and train Iraqi troopsRussia, Fifa, US immigration and healthcare also mentioned at G7 summitThe United States does not “yet have a complete strategy” for standing up an Iraqi force to take on Isis militants, President Barack Obama said on Monday, a year after the capture by Isis of the northern...
Exclusive: Russia refuses to sign IAEA annual report, says Sevastopol not in Ukraine
VIENNA (Reuters) – Russia has refused to sign off on the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s annual report because the document lists a nuclear reactor near Crimea’s Sevastopol as being in Ukraine, two diplomats present at the meeting told Reuters on Monday. …read more Source:...
G7 Leaders Pledge Action On Climate Change
As world leaders pledge to end a reliance on fossil fuels, Russia is warned it faces tougher sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Sky...
History becomes a weapon in Russia-West rift over Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – History has become a weapon in Russia’s battle with the West over Ukraine as President Vladimir Putin looks increasingly to the past to whip up patriotism and rally support. …read more Source:...
Barack Obama presses David Cameron on defence spending
Credits JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images G7 meeting sees president up pressure over two per cent Nato spending benchmark One-Minute Read Monday, June 8, 2015 – 9:33am Barack Obama is urging David Cameron …read more Source: The...
G7 leaders urge tough line on Russia at Alpine summit
KRUEN, Germany (Reuters) – Group of Seven (G7) leaders vowed at a summit in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday to keep sanctions against Russia in place until President Vladimir Putin and Moscow-backed separatists fully implement the terms of a peace deal for Ukraine. …read more Source:...
