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The 10 most important things in the world right now
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know for Friday. 1. Hundreds of Greeks demonstrated in Athens against the new radical government for going back on pre-election promises. 2. The British Islamic State militant known as “Jihadi John,” believed to be responsible for multiple executions of Western hostages, has been identified...
Russia confirms will attend gas talks with EU, Ukraine
Moscow (AFP) – Russia has confirmed that it will attend talks with the European Union and Ukraine on Monday aimed at resolving a bitter gas supply dispute which threatens deliveries to Europe.Russian state-owned gas giant Gazprom threatened this week to cut deliveries to Ukraine over a dispute related to Moscow’s move to start direct...
10 things you need to know before European markets open
Good morning! Here are 10 things you should know in markets today. Russia will participate in Ukraine’s gas talks. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday that he would take part in talks over gas supplies to Ukraine in Brussels on March 2. “We have been invited to three-way talks and have confirmed our participation....
UN to discuss Ukraine on anniversary of annexation
Artemivsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The UN Security Council scheduled an emergency session to discuss the fragile ceasefire in Ukraine on Friday, a year to the day since Russian troops and pro-Moscow forces began seizing ports and cities on the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea.The anniversary of the seizure, which triggered the worst standoff in...
Besiktas stun Liverpool as holders Sevilla progress
Paris (AFP) – Tolgay Arslan was the hero as Besiktas stunned Liverpool to knock them out of the Europa League on penalties on Thursday.The Turks went into the game looking to claw back a 1-0 first leg deficit but Arslan scored the only goal of the game at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium and then, following a goalless half hour of extra-time,...
One of CNN’s aviation experts thinks Putin stole missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
Private pilot and science writer Jeff Wise, who was one of CNN’s aviation analysts during the network’s wall-to-wall coverage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, has a wild theory about where the plane really is. Wise has discussed his theory on his blog, published the details in a 95-page Kindle single, and written about it...
Russia’s military exercises are way bigger than NATO’s
If military strength and ability was determined solely by the number of soldiers participating in military exercises, Russia would be able to steamroll through NATO without much of a second thought. Since 2013, Russia has launched a number of military exercises with troop numbers regularly surpassing the 100,000 personnel mark. In comparison, the...
Federer earns a meeting with Croatian wunderkind
Dubai (AFP) – Roger Federer’s bid to extend his record of Dubai Open titles to seven carried him into the semi-finals with record-breaking speed and to a meeting with the new wunderkind of tennis.It took only 20 minutes on Thursday for the 17-time Grand Slam champion to win the first set 6-1 against Richard Gasquet, whereupon the...
Only the US and Estonia are meeting NATO’s defense budget goals
Fourteen NATO countries have so far announced their defense budgets for 2015. Of those fourteen, only the US and Estonia have passed the 2% of GDP threshold that every NATO nation pledged to have as their goal for military expenditure. According to a new study from the European Leadership Network (ELN), six nations will increase their budgets in...
Kindergarten kids with ‘AK-47s’ cause outrage in Russia
Moscow (AFP) – Pictures of young Russian children posing with mock AK-47 rifles and other weapons at a kindergarten have provoked a storm of controversy, but some defended them as patriotic education.Pictures making the rounds online show boys and girls around five or six years-old posing for cameras with mock-ups of AK-47 assault rifles, a...
