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Johnson Brexit letter offers no alternatives to Irish backstop: EU

7:07 pm August 20, 2019

Brussels: The EU on Tuesday gave a chilly response to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s letter demanding the scrapping of the Irish border backstop plan to achieve a Brexit deal, saying he had offered no workable alternative. “The letter does not provide a legal operational solution to prevent the return of a hard border on […]

India, Iran should work to expedite Chabahar Port development, connectivity to Afghanistan: Zarif

Iran says foreign minister Zarif to visit Macron in France

7:04 pm August 20, 2019

Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is expected to visit Paris and meet with his counterpart and the French president on Friday, state news agency IRNA reported. “We will visit Paris on Friday to meet Emmanuel Macron and France’s foreign minister” Jean-Yves Le Drian, IRNA quoted Zarif as saying during a gathering of Iranians […]

Putin says ‘no threat’ from radiation after Russia missile test blast

11:32 pm August 19, 2019

Bormes-les-Mimisas (France): Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday there was “no threat” of contamination after an explosion at a Russian missile testing site last week. “There is no threat and no rise in the radiation level there. We sent experts there and they are controlling the situation now. Preventative measures are taken so nothing unexpected […]

Biden to meet Putin in Geneva on June 16: White House

Putin vows to prevent protests like Paris ‘yellow vests’ in Moscow

11:27 pm August 19, 2019

Bormes-les-Mimisas (France): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday vowed to prevent any situation occurring in Moscow similar to the “yellow vest” movement that rocked Paris and other French cities from late last year. “We would not want such a thing to happen in the Russian capital,” Putin said alongside French President Emmanuel Macron whose country […]

Boris Johnson planning to put UK on obesity-busting diet: Report

UK’s Johnson to visit European capitals seeking Brexit breakthrough

9:06 pm August 18, 2019

London: Britain’s Boris Johnson will visit European capitals this week on his first overseas trip as prime minister, as his government said Sunday it had ordered the scrapping of the decades-old law enforcing its EU membership. Johnson will travel to Berlin on Wednesday for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and on to Paris Thursday […]