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The G7 group of leading economic powers warned Russia on Monday to "cease its provocations" on its border with Ukraine. The seven foreign ministers, including top diplomats from the US, Germany and the UK, said they were "deeply concerned" by the build-up of Russian military forces on Ukraine’s borders and in Crimea . "These large-scale troop movements, without prior notification, represent threatening and destabilizing activities," the statement said. What is the background to the conflict? Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in February 2014 before annexing it through a referendum that has been widely rejected by the international community, including the United Nations. World powers then moved to expel Russia from the G8 — as it then was — for breaking international law with its conduct in Ukraine. At least 14,000 people have died in the conflict in the country's east where pro-Russian separatists have been fighting for the past seven years. Eastern … [Read more...] about Ukraine: G7 warns Russia over military build-up

Last week, a source in the Turkish Foreign Ministry told Sputnik that Washington had notified Ankara about the passage of its two warships through the Bosphorus to the Black Sea, where they would be from April 14-15 to May 4-5. However, on Wednesday, a representative of the Turkish Foreign Ministry told Sputnik that the United States had canceled the vessels' passage. “We continue to monitor the situation in the region very carefully. We are aware of the reporting about the ships but, for security reasons, we do not discuss these types of operational details. We operate in the Black Sea and many other areas across the entire region on a regular basis, which is all part of our ongoing commitment and reassurance to our NATO Allies and partners,” the Pentagon said on late Wednesday. The Defense Ministry added that there was no change to the US operational capability or deterrence posture. The United States' decision to cancel its deployment comes just hours after a squadron of … [Read more...] about Pentagon Refuses to Discuss Reported Cancellation of Two US Warships Passage to Black Sea

* Global stocks hit a record high and oil climbed after strong US and Chinese economic data bolstered expectations of a solid global recovery from the coronavirus-induced slump. * China is willing to strengthen cooperation with France and Germany to cope with climate change, President Xi Jinping told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Chinese state media reported on Friday. * India pledged on Friday to raise monthly production of its own COVID-19 vaccine about tenfold to nearly 100 million doses by September, as immunisations have slowed in the country despite a surge in new infections. * President Vladimir Putin discussed retaliatory sanctions against the United States on Friday with Russia's security council after Washington hit Moscow with an array of punitive measures, the RIA news agency quoted the Kremlin as saying. * Brazil is in talks with Spain and other countries as hospitals are running out of emergency drugs, its health … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: April 16

The United States military canceled plans to send the USS Roosevelt and USS Donald Cook missile destroyers into the Black Sea due to fears that the deployment might "provoke" Moscow, Politico has reported , citing two officials said to be familiar with the plans. One of the officials told the outlet that the ships’ deployment was "not unusual" and was not meant to send any particular new signal to anyone, but added that a decision was made to scrap the transit to "avoid needlessly escalating" tensions over Ukraine. © REUTERS / Murad Sezer US Notifies Turkey of Cancellation of Passage of 2 Warships Through Bosphorus, Turkish Source Says The unnamed official also insisted that the calculation on Russia was just one out of a “myriad” of reasons why the deployment was canceled. Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu confirmed that the passage of the US destroyers through the Turkish Straits had been “cancelled,” and informed Washington that it has … [Read more...] about US Reportedly Dropped Plans to Send Warships to Black Sea Amid ‘Concerns’ About Russia’s Reaction