Section: The United Kingdom
Could Edison Cavani cure Arsenal’s winter blues?
Credits: THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty ImagesAlt Text: Edinson Cavani Paris Saint-Germain star may seek move after growing tired of playing second fiddle to Zlatan Ibrahimovic Transfer Talk Bill Mann Thursday, December 11, 2014 – 8:53am There’s nothing like a boost to beat the winter blues and according to the Daily Star Manchester United,...
Exclusive: Crimean leader in New Delhi during Putin visit
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The leader of Crimea, the former Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia, arrived for unofficial talks in New Delhi on Thursday as President Vladimir Putin met Prime Minister Narendra Modi for summit talks. …read more Source:...
Tony Abbott says Australia may send uranium and coal to Ukraine
Prime minister tells Ukraine’s president exports from Australia could help secure Ukraine’s energy sources against Russian threatsAustralia is considering exporting coal and uranium to Ukraine it was announced, as the leaders of the two countries met for a historic state visit.President Petro Poroshenko became the first Ukrainian...
What does Putin want?
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin addresses more than 1,000 journalists at his annual press conference in Moscow, December 2013. © Sasha Mordovets/Contributor/Getty Images What does Vladimir Putin want? Russia’s President’s annexation of Crimea in the spring, and continued aggression since then, have made this one of the...
Editorial: the big ideas of 2015
As we move into the holiday season and around the turn of the year, we offer you our view of the big ideas that will shape 2015. We proved prescient in many of last year’s ones, such as the debate about “secular stagnation,” the “politics of protest,” and the increasing clash between Sunni and Shia Muslims in the Middle East (even if “the...
Ukraine leader begins Australia tour
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko begins a two-day visit to Australia, with the shooting down of the MH17 flight set to dominate the agenda. …read more Source:...
Exclusive: EU considers tightening ban on energy, tourism in Crimea
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is considering widening its ban on investment in Crimea to include barring the sale of technology for oil and gas exploration and stopping EU firms running tourist businesses there, according to a draft document seen by Reuters. …read more Source:...
Gorbachev calls for U.S.-Russia summit to defrost ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev called on Wednesday for a U.S.-Russia summit to be convened to prevent a deep freeze in Moscow’s relations with the West over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Russia says small military mission in east Ukraine at Kiev’s request: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian general said on Wednesday a small Russian military mission in eastern Ukraine is there at the invitation of Kiev and is assisting the OSCE security group in efforts to secure peace, RIA news agency reported. …read more Source:...
Duel: Should we scrap the Human Rights Act?
Our panellists Dominic Grieve (right, no) and Martin Howe (left, yes) Should we scrap the Human Rights Act? The United Kingdom ratified the European Convention on Human Rights in 1953, and the Human Rights Act 1998 incorporated it into domestic law, saying that British courts must “take into account” the decisions made at Strasbourg. But UK...
