Russian government is reportedly pushing back US extradition requests for whistleblower Edward Snowden who has applied for temporary asylum in Russia. According to Politico, calling US hypocritical, the Russian authorities have said that US routinely ignores their calls for extradition of individuals charged with serious or heinous crimes. Acting chief of the prosecutor general's extradition ...
Economy contracted in second quarter Bank of Spain
The Spanish economy contracted 0.10 percent in the second quarter of this year, an improvement of 0.40 percent compared to the first quarter, the Bank of Spain said in a report Tuesday. The economy contracted 1.8 percent on a year-on-year basis, the Bank of Spain Economic Bulletin said. Spain's rate of economic contraction moderated "significantly" in the April-June period after accelerating ...
Snowden abiding by Putins conditions for stay in Russia
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is reportedly complying with Russian president Vladimir Putin's demand of not damaging US with further leaks so that he can be allowed to stay in the country. According to New24, Putin had asked Snowden to stop his activities of leaking classified documents about US programs if he wants to seek asylum in Russia. Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who first ...
Turkish Protesters Take to Countrys Parks
ISTANBUL Anti-government protesters have turned to local parks to continue their struggle. On a nightly basis, hundreds and sometimes thousands of people attend so-called "park forums" to discuss politics and the country's future. Every night in public parks across Istanbul, hundreds and even thousands of anti-government protesters gather for what are called "park forums.rdquo; The ...
US Presses Rwanda to End Support for M23 Rebels
The United States is calling on Rwanda to end its support of M23 rebels and withdraw its military personnel from war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki, speaking Tuesday, linked Rwanda directly to the ongoing violence in the eastern DRC and said fighting has driven a new wave of refugees into border towns. Psaki also urged the government in ...
Iran denounces EU blacklisting of ally Hezbollahs armed wing
The European Union's decision to blacklist Hezbollah's armed wing as a terror group has been denounced by Shiite Iran, after the European body accused the wing of acting in Israel's interests. According to the Courier Mail, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said that Iran strongly denounces the EU decision and believes it is in line with the illegitimate interests of the Zionist regime, adding ...
Oldest person in Britain dead at 115
The world's second oldest living woman and the oldest in Britain, Sant Kaur Bajwa, died in West London aged 115 years and 199 days last Friday, an official statement released by her family said Tuesday. She was born Jan. 1, 1898 in in Monde ke Mazeera village, Sialkote, Punjab, now in Pakistan. Her birth came before the world learnt about awesome inventions like the aircraft or radio ...
Proposed US House Bill Keeps Egypt Military Aid
WASHINGTON Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives panel in charge of foreign aid proposed on Thursday that military aid for Egypt be kept at $1.3 billion next year, one of few programs left unscathed in a bill seeking steep cuts in international spending. The draft spending bill from Republican leaders of the House Appropriations committee puts conditions on the military aid, ...
Guedes asks Portugal to push on
Having scored twice to help earn a vital victory against the Netherlands, Alexandre Guedes wants Portugal to "continue in the same way" and earn a semi-final ...
Euro zone economy set to grow in current quarter - PMIs
Reuters ? A picture illustration taken with the multiple exposure function of the camera shows a one Euro coin and a map of Europe, January 9, 2013. REUTERS/Kai ...
Truck maker Volvos Q2 profits halve
STOCKHOLM -- Swedish truck and bus maker AB Volvo says sliding sales, weak foreign exchange rates and costs related to the rollout of new products resulted net profit falling by more than half in the second quarter.The company said Wednesday that net profit for April-June period was 2 billion Swedish kronor ($309 million), compared to 4.9 billion kronor last year. Sales dropped by 12 percent to ...
Migration Service keeps silent on possible issue of certificate enabling Snowden to stay in Russia
MOSCOW, July 24 (Itar-Tass) - The Federal Migration Service has not commented the information alleging the issue of a certificate to former CIA employee Edward Snowden enabling him to stay in Russia. Earlier, lawyer Anatoly Kucherena did not rule out that ...
More millionaires in the Netherlands
The number of households in the Netherlands with 1 million US dollars (approx. 760.000 euros) increased by 12.9 percent last year. ...
Monsanto pulls GM crops out of Europe
MONSANTO will no longer push for approvals for the cultivation of GM crops in Europe and will instead focus on imports of biotech crops into the EU. The company said the move would impact all its pending applications except for MON 810.A spokesman said biotech crops were 'highly successful' in the rest of the world and therefore it needed to concentrate on expanding those markets.It ...
Euro rises on uptick in German French activity
Economic activity in the euro zone's largest economies showed improvement in July, with business in the private sector in both Germany and France performing better than expectations. The news sent the euro to a one-month high against the dollar. Markit's purchasing managers index (PMI) showed a contraction in activity moderated in France; the composite 48.8 reading was at a 17-month ...
European football association backs Qatar winter World Cup
The head of the European Club Association, which represents more than 200 football clubs, has said he supports moving the Qatar World Cup to ...
Senior Merkel ally says very worried about France - paper
BERLIN (Reuters) - A leader of Germany's junior coalition party, the Free Democrats (FDP), has said he is very concerned about France and warned of severe consequences if the French economy does not recover.Rainer Bruederle, who is heading the FDP's campaign for September's federal election, told Handelsblatt daily in an interview the French government's decision to raise ...
European stocks rise with PMIs in focus
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets climbed at the open on Wednesday, with investors focusing on preliminary purchasing managers' indexes from euro-zone countries. The PMI from France was the first to be released, with the manufacturing index showing a jump to a 17-month high in July to 49.8, just below the 50-mark that separates contraction from expansion. Later in the day, the ...
Reunion Island beach tennis results of Marie-Eve and Mathilde Hoarau in Italy
Marie-Eve and Mathilde Hoarau, Reunion Island champions in beach tennis, participated in the international tournament in Torre del Lago, Italy, on July 13 and 14, 2013. This tournament brought together the world's best and Italian pairs during the two days of competition. After a first round won handily by the Reunion Island pair, who disarmed an Italian and German duo, the two moved on to ...
Campaign launched in Germany to rout out surviving Nazis
Posters have been put up in several German cities as part of a public awareness campaign aimed at tracking down the last surviving Nazi war criminals. ';Operation Last Chance II'; is being pushed by the Simon Wiesenthal Centre which is offering rewards for information on around 60 people it says are still fit to stand trial. Efraim Zuroff, who is the Director of the Simon Wiesenthal ...
President of TRNC EU has to accept existence of Turkish Cypriot state
Eroglu descibed admitting Greek Cypriots into EU as a mistake President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Dervis Eroglu received a delegation from Turkey`s EU Ministry in Lefkosa.Speaking while receiving the Turkish delegation, President Eroglu underlined that the EU had to accept the existence of the Turkish Cypriot state, the plane trips to and from the TRNC and how the Turkish ...
REFILE-European shares lifted by earnings and economic data
Wed Jul 24, 2013 4:06am EDT * FTSEurofirst 300 up 7.21 points at 1,214.37 * Tech stocks boosted by Apple, ARM results * EasyJet rallies after lifting guidance * French, German data brightens economic outlook * China manufacturing data dents miners and autos By David Brett LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - European shares rose early on Wednesday as investors digested a wealth of corporate earnings, ...
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