Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said after meetings in Washington that Kiev and the United States would soon sign a number of agreements boosting defense cooperation, news agency Interfax-Ukraine reported on Wednesday. Poroshenko said U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Vice President Mike Pence had told him that key members of President Donald Trump‘s administration would […]
Read moreRussia’s deputy foreign minister says he has cancelled upcoming talks with the U.S. undersecretary of state over a new round of U.S. sanctions against Russia. The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it has imposed sanctions on 38 Russian individuals and firms over Russia’s activities in Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday quoted Deputy Minister […]
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6-time Grand Slam champion Boris Becker declared bankrupt by British court
Boris Becker has been declared bankrupt by a British court after he failed to pay a long-standing debt. A lawyer for the six-time Grand Slam champion pleaded with a Bankruptcy Court registrar in London for a last chance to pay a debt that Becker has owed private bankers Arbuthnot Latham & Co. since 2015. The […]
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Oil prices 'like a falling knife' as sentiment hits all time low, says analyst
Oil prices could be poised to fall below $40 a barrel before too long, according to an analyst at Energy Aspects, as the commodity appeared set to post its largest price slide in the first half of the year for the past two decades. “This is like a falling knife right now, I genuinely haven’t […]
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Trump's planned visit to the UK thrown into doubt after omission from Queen's Speech
President Donald Trump‘s state visit to Britain appears to have been postponed, as the announcement was omitted from the Queen’s Speech on Wednesday. In a speech written by the right-wing Conservative government, Queen Elizabeth II delivered the government’s legislative program for the next two years. However, while King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain […]
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Britain's Prince Philip hospitalised with infection but is in "good spirits"
Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, has been admitted to hospital with an infection and will miss the formal opening of parliament, but he remains in good spirits, Buckingham Palace said. Philip, whose official title is Duke of Edinburgh and has sometimes drawn attention with headline-grabbing gaffes, has been by the queen’s […]
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Pentagon admonishes Russia for 'unsafe' intercept of US spy plane over Baltic Sea
A Russian fighter jet flew within five feet of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane in an “unsafe” manner over the Baltic Sea on Monday, U.S. officials said. The near miss occurred over international waters on Monday morning, approximately 25 miles northwest of Kaliningrad – a Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania. “Russia is certainly […]
Read morePrime Minister Theresa May has vowed to work with “humility and resolve” as the right-wing Conservative leader prepares to outline her government’s legislative program on Wednesday. In an occasion stripped back of its usual pageantry, the Queen’s speech will set out the government’s proposed legislation and policies for the next session of parliament – which […]
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Luanda, Angola’s port capital situated on the west coast of southern Africa, usurped Hong Kong’s leading position this year to become the world’s most expensive city. But it is often cited as one of the most expensive cities in the world. Having battled through a long civil war, which destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure, […]
Read moreBritish supermarket chain Tesco Plc said on Tuesday a computer glitch had resulted in the cancellation of many home deliveries and disrupted services nationwide. “We experienced an unforeseen technical fault which resulted in the forced cancellation of many orders due to a complete system failure” Tesco said on Twitter after customers complained via social media […]
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