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Kazakhstan wants to expand exports to Europe

Kazakhstan is in talks to expand exports to Europe, Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Roman Vasilenko said. “The Kazakh-EU cooperation committee …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: North Korea could be in final stages of nuclear test preparations

Satellite imagery of North Korea’s main nuclear test site taken over the weekend indicates that Pyongyang could be in the final stages of preparations …
Reuters

Agramunt’s visit to Syria not sanctioned by PACE

The delegations of Ukraine, Poland and Denmark to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have declared that the visit of a …
Interfax-Ukraine

Associated Press: Trump no factor in Social Security increase

Widely circulated online reports crediting President Donald Trump for 2017 increases in retirees’ Social Security checks don’t accurately portray how …
Associated Press

Moldovan PM views signing of EAEU cooperation memorandum as infeasible

Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip deems as a “thoughtless step” President Igor Dodon’s intention to have the country be granted observer status in …
Interfax-Ukraine

BBC: Australia activates disaster response plan

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has activated a disaster response plan after a powerful cyclone pummelled the north-east coast. Cyclone …
BBC

Moldovan president announces new referendum

Moldovan President Igor Dodon is initiating the procedure of a consultative referendum because the parliament has blocked several of his initiatives, …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Trump to attend G20 summit in July in Hamburg

U.S. President Donald Trump will attend a Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7 and 8, the White House said on March 28 after Trump spoke …
Reuters

Reuters: Scottish parliament backs bid for new independence referendum

The Scottish parliament voted on March 28 to back First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s bid to hold a new independence referendum in late 2018 or 2019, …
Reuters

Associated Press: French Socialist candidate meets Merkel, assails austerity

Berlin – French Socialist presidential candidate Benoit Hamon assailed European austerity policies as he met German Chancellor Angela Merkel on March …
Associated Press

Reuters: EU top court upholds sanctions against Russia’s Rosneft

Europe’s top court on March 28 upheld European Union sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine conflict, including on its largest oil group Rosneft, in a …
Reuters

BBC: Deadly Cyclone Debbie batters Australia

A powerful cyclone has pummelled the north-east Australian coast, causing major damage, torrential rain and power cuts to tens of thousands of …
BBC

Reuters: Trump son-in-law met executives of sanctioned Russian bank, will testify

A Russian bank under Western economic sanctions over Russia’s incursion into Ukraine disclosed on March 27 that its executives had met Jared Kushner, …
Reuters

Associated Press: NATO, Russia ambassadors to meet March 30, first time in 2017

Ambassadors from NATO and Russia will meet this week for the first time this year in a fresh attempt to resolve some of their differences. Read more …
Associated Press

Associated Press: North Korean airline starts new route to China

North Korea’s national airline has started a new flight service to Dandong in China, bringing the total of its regularly scheduled international …
Associated Press

AP: Trump takes aim at Obama’s efforts to curb global warming

Moving forward with a campaign pledge to unravel former President Barack Obama’s sweeping plan to curb global warming, President Donald Trump will …
Associated Press

Reuters: Plane crash kills six people in eastern Zimbabwe

Six people were killed when a small plane crashed in eastern Zimbabwe near the border with Mozambique, a state-owned newspaper said on March 28. Read …
Reuters

The Independent: Trump peddles Clinton conspiracy theory to detract from Russia investigation

The night after a growing number of officials called for the chairman of the Trump-Russia investigation to recuse himself and the news that the …
The Independent
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