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Security Council fails to adopt resolution to end attacks on Aleppo
Source: UN Security Council Country: Syrian Arab RepublicThe text would have barred “any and all attacks,” while demanding a cessation of hostilities throughout Syria, except where operations were ongoing against groups it deemed terrorists.SC/12609 5 DECEMBER 2016 Negative Votes Block Action after 11 Vote in Favour, 3 against, with 1 Abstention Following ...
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Turkey’s ‘dollar-exit’ trade plan to be tested in PM’s Russia visit
Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım will visit Russia on Dec. 5-7, where he will discuss Ankara’s first steps to ensure that trade with China, Russia and Iran is conducted in local currency, along with several other key issue
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Japanese banks eye ¥95 billion in loans to Russia’s Gazprom
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., Mizuho Bank and other banks are making final arrangements to jointly extend some ¥95 billion ($831 million) in loans to Russia’s state-run gas firm Gazprom, sources close to the matter said Monday. A contract is expected to be concluded during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to ...
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Turkey seeks trade in local currencies with Russia, China, Iran: Erdoğan
Turkey is seeking to conduct trade with Russia, China and Iran in local currencies, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Dec. 3
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Perpetrators of strike on Turkish troops in Syria will be understood with registries, says deputy PM
Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has said there are registries of aircrafts that flew over the region where Turkish troops were hit in northern Syria on Nov. 24, and the truth would be eventually understood, hours after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied either Moscow’s or Syria’s involvement in the ...
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Federazione Russa - A Forum Cultura Pietroburgo una 'Giornata italiana'
Una "Giornata italiana" dedicata alla tutela del patrimonio si terrà questo sabato all'interno del Forum della Cultura di San Pietroburgo. Con l'iniziativa, si vuole rendere omaggio a una delle eccellenze del "made in Italy", ossia la tutela dei beni culturali. Come spiegano gli organizzatori, l'Italia...
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Neither Syria nor Russia attacked on Turkish soldiers: Lavrov
Neither Syria nor Russia carried out an attack on Turkish soldiers in northern Syria on Nov. 24, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said, calling on Ankara “to continue to improve coordination to concentrate on the anti-terror fight.”
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Pirates hold three Russian sailors hostage in Benin
Russia said Thursday that three of its nationals were taken hostage by “bandits” after an attack on a commercial ship off the coast of Benin at the weekend. “As a result of an attack by bandits on November 27, three sailors, Russian nationals, were abducted and taken away to an ...
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Uniting for peace in Syria: Global civil society appeal to UN Member States
Source: Association for Aid and Relief Japan, Concern Worldwide, ActionAid, Human Appeal International, Amnesty International, GOAL, International Court of Justice, War Child UK, Norwegian Church Aid, Norwegian Refugee Council, CARE, Christian Aid, Mercy Corps, Human Rights Watch, People in Need, Solidarités International, Physicians for Human Rights, Oxfam, International Rescue Committee, ...
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I titoli dei quotidiani di oggi
Corriere della Sera: “Russia e Usa, ora si riparte” La Repubblica: “La scelta di Prodi: sì per le riforme. Battaglia finale sul voto all’estero” La Stampa: “Referendum, il Sì sofferto di Prodi” Il Sole 24 Ore: “Accordo Opec sui tagli. Rally del petrolio: +9%” Il Messaggero: ...
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Lavrov says neither Russia nor Syria staged deadly attack on Turkish soldiers in Syria
Neither Russia nor Syria staged deadly attack on Turkish soldiers in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during an official visit to Turkey on Dec. 1
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Air Malta to operate double daily flights to Munich, Rome and Catania next summer
Air Malta is planning to operate 150 weekly flights to 29 destinations next summer. With this schedule, running from the 26th March till 28 October 2017, the Maltese airline is planning to carry 1.2 million passengers while continue operating with a fleet of eight aircraft similar to this year.Air Malta’s ...
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OPEC agrees to ax output, gets nonmember Russia to comply, in bid to up prices
Breaking with years of inaction, OPEC agreed Wednesday to cut its oil output for the first time since 2008. The move effectively scraps its strategy of squeezing U.S. competition through high supply that had backfired by lowering prices and draining the cartel’s own economies. The reduction of 1.2 million barrels ...
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Talks on Ukraine produce no visible results
A meeting of foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany intended to shore up a shaky peace process in eastern Ukraine ended Nov. 29 without any visible progress.
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Merkel warns of ramped up Russia cyber attacks ahead of vote
Cyber attacks from Russia are now so common that Germany must learn to cope with them as part of daily life, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Nov. 29, after Europe’s top economy suffered its biggest hacking assault.
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I titoli dei quotidiani di oggi
Corriere della Sera: “Voto, le tensioni sulla Borsa” La Repubblica: “L’altolà di Mattarella: sarò io l’arbitro dopo il referendum” La Stampa: “Effetto referendum su spread e mercati. Tremano le banche” Il Messaggero: “Voto e banche, mercati in ansia” Il Sole 24 Ore: “Le banche piegano le ...
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Diplomazia Economica Italiana - 28 novembre: ultime news dal mondo
Russia: missione di sistema a Kaluga Si è svolta il 15 e 16 novembre una missione di Sistema a Kaluga, guidata dall’Ambasciata italiana a Mosca, cui hanno preso parte l'Ice-Agenzia, l'Istituto di Cultura di Mosca, la Camera di Commercio italo-russa, le associazioni imprenditoriali italiane nella...
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European decisions may not be in Malta's interests - Alfred Sant
Decisions taken by the European Union in the next two and a half years may not be in Malta’s interests. Malta will be affected directly if the EU becomes a military union due to the island’s geographical position on the borders of the EU. Malta’s Constitution prohibits Malta to join ...
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Japanese trading companies aiming for business expansion in Russian Far East
Major Japanese trading houses are aiming to expand their operations in Russia, at a time when the governments of the two countries are proceeding with talks on cooperation in eight fields including natural resources and energy development, and urban development in the run-up to a bilateral summit in Japan in ...
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Cuba's Fidel Castro, who defied US for 50 years, has died
Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died at age 90.With a shaking voice, his younger brother, Raul Castro, announced on state television that his brother ...
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Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro dies aged 90
Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied U.S. efforts to topple him, died on Friday, state-run Cuban Television said. He was 90. Castro, in poor health since an intestinal ailment nearly killed him in ...