Ukraine’s Constitutional Court backs decree dissolving parliament: Ukrinform
Ukraine’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s move to dissolve parliament was constitutional, the Ukrinform news agency reported on Thursday.
Despite killings, Continental Gold still on track with flagship Colombia mine
Last September, Continental Gold Inc’s painstaking efforts to build community support for its gold and silver mine beneath the green skirts of Colombia’s Andes suddenly looked vulnerable when gunmen killed four of its employees in two separate attacks….
Russia’s Putin says ready to hold talks with Donald Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he was ready to hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump if that was what his U.S. counterpart wanted, but thought Trump’s re-election campaign could complicate U.S.-Russia relations.
Factbox: Gold miners’ rocky road in Colombia
Canada’s Continental Gold is on track to open a mine in Colombia in 2020 that will be the country’s first large-scale underground gold project in years.
As ratings drop, Putin defends record, says better life awaits Russians
President Vladimir Putin told Russians on Thursday that there were signs that years of falling real wages, which have dented his popularity, were drawing to an end and that a government program would deliver higher living standards.
Putin says U.S. attack on Iran would be a catastrophe
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a U.S. military attack on Iran would be a catastrophe for the Middle East that would trigger a surge in violence and a possible refugee exodus.
EU to extend economic sanctions on Russia until 2020
European Union leaders will decide on Thursday to prolong until the end of January 2020 economic sanctions against Russia over the turmoil in Ukraine and call on Moscow to help bring to justice those guilty of shooting down a passenger plane there in 2…
Erdogan does not expect U.S. sanctions on Turkey over Russia deal
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he did not expect the United States to impose sanctions on Turkey over its planned purchase of a Russian missile defense system, but would retaliate if it did.
China’s Xi says world hopes North Korea-U.S. talks can succeed
The world hopes North Korea and the United States can talk to each other and for those talks to be successful, Chinese President Xi Jinping told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday, praising Pyongyang’s efforts toward denuclearization.
Germany’s Merkel hopes for ambitious EU goal to cut carbon emissions
Germany will push for an ambitious goal of making the European Union economy neutral in terms of carbon emissions by 2050 at the EU summit on Thursday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
