Section: Newsweek (USA)
UK Says Will Pay Off Part of World War One-era Debt Next Year
Britain will pay back part of the outstanding debt used to fund World War One next year, when it redeems government bonds first issued almost 90 years ago by then-finance minister Winston Churchill. The finance ministry said on Friday that it would redeem 218 million pounds ($348 million) of 4.0 percent consols – a rare type of bond with no...
Ukraine, Russia, EU Agree to Natural Gas Supply Deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine, Russia and the European Union signed a deal on Thursday on the resumption of Russian natural gas supplies to Ukraine for winter after several months of delay during the conflict in Ukraine. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, who witnessed the three-way signing ceremony in Brussels as he prepares...
Still On: Russian Minister Says France Still Selling Them New Warships
MOSCOW/PARIS (Reuters) – Russia says it has received an invitation to take delivery of the first of two French warships, an arms deal that was cast into doubt by tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine that led the United States and Europe to impose sanctions on Moscow. The invitation was sent for Russia to take delivery of the...
Poland to Beef Up Military on Eastern Border
Poland said on Tuesday it is drawing up a long-term plan to shift some of its military strength towards its eastern border, closer to Ukraine and Russia, in response to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. NATO member Poland is anxious that it could be the next target for Kremlin expansion after Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula...
MH17 Prosecutor Open to Theory Another Plane Shot Down Airliner: Der Spiegel
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch prosecutors investigating the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 believe the aircraft might have been shot down from the air but that a ground-to-air missile attack is more likely, a senior prosecutor said in a German media interview. The Russian government has always said it has radar imagery proving the...
Ukraine Leader Wins Pro-West Mandate but Remains Wary of Russia
Pro-Western parties will dominate Ukraine’s parliament after an election handed President Petro Poroshenko a mandate to end a separatist conflict and steer the country further out of Russia’s orbit into Europe’s mainstream. Poroshenko planned to start coalition talks on Monday after exit polls and partial results showed most of...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko Seeks Support for Pro-Europe Course on Eve of Election
President Petro Poroshenko called on Ukrainians on Saturday to elect a majority on Sunday that would see through a pro-Europe, reform agenda and break with the Soviet past. Poroshenko, who is expecting a big win for his political bloc in the first parliamentary election since the overthrow of the Moscow-backed leader Viktor Yanukovich, said he...
Darth Vader Is Running for Prime Minister of Ukraine, Vowing to Take On Putin
As Ukraine continues to struggle with Russian influence in its political affairs, Darth Vader, leader of the Galactic Empire has thrown his hat in the ring of the country’s complex powerplay. Ukraine’s so-called Internet Party has put forward the Star Wars villain as its prime ministerial candidate in Sunday’s nationwide...
Ukraine Warns of Separatist Attacks, as Rebel Leader Threatens ‘Heavy Military Action’
Pro-Russian rebels masquerading as Kiev armed forces are planning to open fire in residential neighbourhoods in eastern Ukraine during the country’s parliamentary election on Sunday, Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council (SNBO) said today. The planned attack is intended to “discredit” Kiev armed forces, Andriy Lysenko the...
Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems
In June 2011, Julian Assange received an unusual visitor: the chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, arrived from America at Ellingham Hall, the country house in Norfolk, England where Assange was living under house arrest. For several hours the besieged leader of the world’s most famous insurgent publishing organization and the billionaire head...
