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Finland dropped 6 depth charges on a suspected Russian submarine but says it doesn’t want to ‘create a farce’
The Finnish government is refusing to confirm whether it believes that a submarine — presumably from Russia — entered its territorial waters because it’s worried about a repeat of the “farce” that Swedish authorities got themselves into after submarine sightings there last October. Commodore Olavi Jantunen, chief of operations...
These are the top 25 richest people in Britain (and none of them are the Queen)
The richest people in Britain more than doubled their wealth over the last decade. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2015, the 1,000 wealthiest individuals and families now have a combined fortune of just over £547 billion ($838 billion). Leading the pack is London-based Ukrainian owner of Warner Music Group Len Blavatnik with an...
10 things you need to know before European markets open
UK GDP is coming. At 9:30 p.m. London time (4:30 a.m. ET) the Office for National Statistics will release the figures on the UK’s economic performance in the first three months of the year. The forecast is for 0.5% growth, which would mark a bit of a slowdown. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says he sees a deal with the country’s...
Kazakh presidential poll criticised by international monitors
Astana (Kazakhstan) (AFP) – Western monitors on Monday slammed the lack of choice in Kazakhstan’s presidential election, which was won by incumbent President Nursultan Nazarbayev with 97.7 percent of the vote.”Voters were not offered a genuine choice between political alternatives,” said Cornelia Jonker, head of the...
10 things you need to know before European markets open
Good morning! Here are 10 things you need to know in markets today. Apple results for the first quarter are coming when US markets close. Analysts are expecting big iPhone sales and think Apple could provide a major update to its cash return program. According to data compiled by Bloomberg, analysts are looking for $56 billion (£36.9...
The 10 most important things in the world right now
Hello! Here’s what you need to know for Monday. 1. The death toll from Nepal’s worst earthquake in 81 years, which struck on Saturday, has now climbed above 3,200. 2. A new video from Mount Everest shows what a deadly avalanche triggered by Saturday’s earthquake looked like from base camp. 3. Russian President Vladimir Putin...
Ukraine to push for peacekeepers, funds at EU summit
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine will press European leaders for peacekeepers to patrol its war-torn east and will angle for more international financial support at two days of high-level talks starting Monday.Its pro-Western President Petro Poroshenko called on EU leaders to “provide powerful signals in support of Ukraine and its European...
Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev ‘wins fifth term by a landslide’
Astana (Kazakhstan) (AFP) – Energy-rich Kazakhstan’s incumbent strongman Nursultan Nazarbayev scored a crushing victory in Sunday’s one-sided presidential ballot, taking 97.5 percent of the vote to win a fifth consecutive term, an exit poll showed.The exit poll carried out by the Institute for Democracy, a research company based...
Embattled Ukraine fights for debt deal on financial front
Kiev (AFP) – As government troops face off against pro-Russian separatists, Ukraine is also manoeuvring on the financial front, scrambling to stave off disaster by renegotiating its foreign debts.Kiev’s pro-Western government owes billions of dollars to US and London-based investors, among others, as well as Russia, its rival in the...
Putin says ‘no regrets’ over Crimea annexation
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast Sunday that he had no regrets over Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and that it was righting a historical injustice.”I think we did the right thing and I don’t regret a thing,” Putin said of his decision to take back the Black Sea...
