The Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine signed two documents on terms of the normalization of the situation at the contact line in Donbas at its meeting on Wednesday, OSCE Special Envoy Martin Sajdik told reporters, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to ...
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‘Finding Dory’: the first trailer released
A new trailer for the sequel, “Finding Dory,” was released Wednesday morning on Ellen DeGeneres’ YouTube channel, TechInsider reports. Featuring familiar characters like Nemo, Mr. Ray, and of course Dory, the film charts Dory’s journey to remember and find her long-lost ...
Read More »NATO commander urges U.S. to increase military presence in Europe to counter Russia
The commander of U.S. troops in Europe warned on Tuesday that a two-decade American effort to cultivate Moscow as a partner has failed and Washington no longer has the military resources it needs in Europe to counter a “resurgent, aggressive” ...
Read More »Russian FM Lavrov to attend Ukraine meeting in Paris to discuss Minsk agreements implementation
The Kremlin has confirmed that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend a meeting in Paris on March 3 to discuss the implementation a peace plan for Ukraine under the Minsk accords of February 2015, RFE/RL reports. The Minsk peace ...
Read More »EU extends sanctions against Ukraine’s ex-President Yanukovych and his associates
The European Union extended sanctions against the former Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych and his associates and keep the assets freeze for 12 months, UNIAN reports. At this, it is reported that former Health Minister Raisa Bohatyriova has been excluded from ...
Read More »NASA astronaut Scott Kelly landed safely after one-year mission – video
NASA astronaut and Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko landed in Kazakhstan at 11:26 p.m. EST (10:26 a.m. March 2 Kazakhstan time), NASA reported. Joining their return trip aboard a Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft was Sergey Volkov, ...
Read More »Clinton and Trump win seven states on Super Tuesday
RepublicanDonald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton moved closer to becoming reality as both leapt further ahead in the battleground states of a marathon Super Tuesday. the Guardian reports. On the most important night of the presidential race so far, Clinton ...
Read More »7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes near Sumatra
The USGS said the earthquake struck at 19:49 local time (12:49 GMT). It said the epicentre was 805km (500 miles) south-west of the city of Padang, and 24km deep, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to BBC. Indonesian officials issued a tsunami ...
Read More »European Commission to consider visa liberalization for Ukraine and Georgia separately – MEP
The issue of the EU visa liberalization for Georgia will be considered separately from Ukraine, MEP and the parliament’s rapporteur on the Association Agreement between the EU and Georgia Andrejs Mamikins said in an interview with Georgian Rustavi 2 TV ...
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