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(Reuters) – The part of the British parliament housing the offices of many lawmakers was briefly evacuated on Monday due to a suspicious package before staff were allowed to re-enter the building. A spokeswoman for London’s Metropolitan Police said Portcullis House, an office building opposite the Houses of Parliament and above Westminster underground station, was evacuated while police investigated. Police on the scene said the station had also been closed, and police motorbikes could be […]
Nov 17 (Reuters) – European Union governments may agree to impose personal sanctions on more Russian-backed rebels on Monday in response to a separatist vote in eastern Ukraine, but are unlikely to discuss new steps against Russia itself until mid-December, officials said. EU foreign ministers discussed how to respond to the Nov. 2 separatist election, which they say has no legal basis, as well as ways to launch reforms in Ukraine and engage Russia in finding a solution to the conflict. “We […]
European Union Ambassador Guy Ledoux and EU Member States Ambassadors Gilles Garachon (France), Massimo Roscigno (Italy), Asif Ahmad (United Kingdom), Jaroslav Olša, Jr., (Czech Republic), Luis Calvo (Spain), Chargés d’affaires Pia Heide Salman (Denmark), Deputy Ambassador Ruth Emmerink (Netherlands), Deputy Head of Mission Mr Michael Hasper (Germany) Deputy Head of Mission Mr Spyridon Pagkratis (Greece), Counsellor Mr Michel Villar (France) together with Commissioner Minella C. Alarcon from the Commission A ribbon-cutting ceremony coupled with the […]
(Reuters) – Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria claimed in a video posted online on Sunday that they had beheaded American hostage Peter Kassig. The video did not show the beheading but showed a masked man standing with a decapitated head covered in blood lying at his feet. Speaking in English in a British accent, the man says: “This is Peter Edward Kassig, a U.S. citizen.” Reuters could not immediately verify the authenticity of the footage, which […]
(Reuters) – Leaders from the G20 group of nations agreed on Sunday to boost flagging global growth, tackle climate change and crack down on tax avoidance but ties between the West andRussia plummeted to a new low over the crisis in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin left the G20 summit in Brisbane early as U.S. President Barack Obama accused Russia of invading Ukraine and Britain warned of a possible “frozen conflict” in Europe. Several Western nations warned Russia of further sanctions if it did not […]
(Reuters) – The leaders of the United States, Japan and Australia lined up together against Russia on Sunday, vowing to oppose Russian incursions into Crimea during a rare trilateral meeting held at the G20 summit in Brisbane. President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said they would oppose “Russia’s purported annexation of Crimea and its actions to destabilize eastern Ukraine,” and were committed to “bringing to justice those responsible for the downing of Flight MH17.” […]
(Reuters) A magnitude 7.3 earthquake on Saturday (November 15) sent people scurrying in panic in Indonesia, but caused little damage. A tsunami warning was issued after the tremour hit off Moluccas in Indonesia but was later lifted. In northern Sulawesi’s Gorontalo city, college students ran out of their university building after feeling the strong jolt which was measured at a depth of 47 km (34 miles), with epicenter 134 km (83 miles) northwest of Ternate, an island in eastern Indonesia‘s Moluccas. Another […]
(Reuters) – Russian state-controlled TV has broadcast what it called “sensational” photographs, which it said supported Moscow’s theory that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet. Several commentators who have examined the photographs have described them as forgeries, however. The photographs, said to be taken by a Western satellite, appear to show a fighter jet firing a missile at a passenger plane over eastern Ukraine where the Malaysian airliner was shot down on July […]
(Reuters) – Three Hong Kong student leaders were stopped from boarding a flight to Beijing on Saturday to take their fight for greater democracy directly to the Chinese government after airline authorities said their travel permits were invalid. The students, led by Hong Kong Federation of Students’ leader Alex Chow, had planned to go to Beijing with the intention of meeting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang as efforts to reach agreement with officials in Hong Kong […]
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to leave the G20 summit early, a member of his delegation said, after Western leaders blasted Moscow on Saturday for the crisis in Ukraine and threatened more sanctions. The Russian official told Reuters that Putin planned to skip a working session on Sunday at the two-day summit in Brisbane and bring forward his departure because he needed to attend meetings in Moscow. Russia denied it was involved in a recent escalation of military […]
(Reuters) – A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 was recorded off the Moluccas in Indonesia on Saturday, the national disaster mitigation agency said, causing residents near the quake to flee their homes after a tsunami warning was issued. The earthquake was felt strongly on the Sitaro islands, where authorities also warned people to stay away from beaches and riverbanks, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman at Indonesian agency, said in a statement. There were no reports […]
A Sierra Leonean doctor sick with Ebola is expected to depart the West African country on Friday night (November 14) to fly to theUnited States for treatment and be reunited with his American wife, according to the doctor’s church and employer. Dr. Martin Salia, 44, contracted the virus last week while working as the chief medical officer and surgeon at the United Methodist Church’s Kissy Hospital in Freetown in Sierra Leone, one of the three West African countries hardest hit […]
