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Putin says West uses sanctions to undermine Russia
Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the West had used the Ukraine crisis and the annexation of Crimea as a pretext to slap sanctions against Russia.”Every time someone believes Russia has become too strong, independent, these instruments get applied immediately,” Putin said in his state of the nation...
Poland unearths one of WWII’s darkest secrets
Przemysl (Poland) (AFP) – Anastasia carefully digs through the earth with her trowel. Bit by bit, a human skeleton emerges, piled on top of more bones.She removes them with care, slipping them gently into a plastic container.Was it an Italian soldier? Or a Soviet? Identifying the bodies, while possible, is tricky.What is known is the man...
70 rebel attacks in east Ukraine: military
Kiev (AFP) – The Ukraine military reported Thursday more than 70 rebel attacks on its positions in the past 24 hours.The attacks took place across several parts of the frontline in eastern Ukraine, a military spokesman said, including in Lugansk and the airport in Donetsk, where the two sides have this week tried to put ceasefires in place....
Campaigners winning war to wipe out landmines
Washington (AFP) – Global efforts to eradicate landmines are bearing fruit, campaigners said Wednesday, noting that the number of victims injured by the deadly weapons have fallen to the lowest level in 14 years.Nobel winners, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, said in its annual report that last year just 3,308 people were...
The World’s Most Popular Gun Is Getting A Fashion Line
There are already upwards of 70 million AK-47s in circulation worldwide. But amid unrest global criticism of Moscow and EU and US sanctions, the state-owned Russian company responsible for the gun’s production is trying to rebrand itself. In Moscow on Tuesday, the Siberian company behind the rifle unveiled new slogans (“protecting...
The Incredible Stories Behind 35 Powerful Photos Taken This Year
It’s been an eventful year, and we’ve seen many striking photos from all over the world. They spark a range of emotions, from sorrow to joy, outrage to hope. But we often never learn the full story behind a photo, all the factors at work that put a brave photographer in the middle of the action to get the shot. A number of noted...
What Are Traders Chatting About Right Now? The Upcoming FX Moving Headlines… (DIA, SPY, SPX, QQQ)
JonesTrading’s Dave Lutz has a roundup of this morning’s trader buzz: Good Morning! US Futures are flat, and have been trading in a relatively tight range overnight. Europe having a green day ahead of the ECB tomorrow, Miners are seeing some covering, while Banks are enjoying Italian Bonds hitting new all-time highs. DAX is up 20bp as...
Russian State-Owned Media Just Contradicted Kremlin Claim That It Doesn’t Use Combat Dolphins
Russia’s state-owned news service Sputnik News is claiming that “Russian Black Sea Fleet’s Special Forces have held their first training exercises with combat dolphins”, apparently contradicting an official statement that the dolphin unit doesn’t exist. Interfax, the independent Russian news service, has reported a...
The 17 Most Corrupt Countries In The World
Transparency International has published its 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which ranked 175 countries and territories based on how corrupt their administrative and political institutions are perceived to be on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) and a 100 (very clean). Compiled from a combination of surveys and assessments of “the...
The Russian Central Bank Is Intervening Again To Halt A Rouble Collapse
Traders are claiming that the Russian central bank has stepped back into currency markets to halt the rouble’s slide as it continued to fall in early trading on Wednesday. Here’s the evidence — the rouble sudden reversed its losses in early trading to turn up on the day against the dollar: The central bank confirmed earlier rumours...
