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Donetsk attack: Is peace in Eastern Ukraine doomed? Dmitry Peskov made it clear on Monday that Moscow will not withdraw from the Minsk peace agreement, even if it is "very difficult" to hold talks with Ukraine after the attack on Alexander Zakharchenko, leader of the Donetsk pro-Russian separatists. Earlier, the Russian presidentʼs press spokesman had said the attack would have "inevitable" consequences and that it wasnʼt helpingthe Minsk peace process. His remarks gave rise to speculation about the consequences for the peace plan for parts of eastern Ukraine, not yet implemented but agreed in 2015 in the Belarusian capital under German and French mediation. Kyiv considers the region an area occupied by Russia
Taliban: Haqqani network leader dead The founder and head of theHaqqani network insurgent group, Jalaluddin Haqqani, has passed away after a long illness, according to a Taliban statement. "Just as he endured great hardships for the religion of Allah during his youth and health, he also endured long illness during his later years," thenetworkʼs allies in the Talibanannounced. The statement did not disclose Haqqaniʼs time or date of death. Media reports had reported Haqqaniʼs death back in 2015, but the Taliban and family members denied those claims. The Afghan militant group has in the past covered up the deaths of previous leaders, such as that of Taliban supreme commander Mohammed Omar, which was kept under wraps for two years.
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Typhoon Jebi hits Japan Strongest in 25 years
More than 600 flights have been cancelled as Tokyo urged people in the path of the storm to evacuate. Authorities are preparing for the worst.
Dutch bank ING pays fine to settle criminal investigation Dutch banking firm ING Group announced Tuesday it had agreed to pay a fine of €675 million ($782 million) and €100 million for disgorgement, settling regulatory issues in its ING Netherlands business with Dutch authorities. The deal with the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (DPPS) related to previously disclosedinvestigations regarding various requirements for client on-boarding and the prevention of money launderingand corrupt practices. ING acknowledged serious shortcomings in the execution of due diligence policies to prevent financial economic crime at ING
Netherlands in the period under investigation— from 2010 to 2016. Restoring the bankʼs integrity ING said it sincerely regretted that the shortcomings in question that had enabled customers to misuse accounts. "We are taking a number of robust measures to strengthen our compliance risk management and support a strong risk culture and will be making further improvements to ensure we can play a full role in contributing to protecting the integrity of the financial system," Vincent van den Boogert, CEO of ING in the Netherlands, said in a statement.
Chemnitz concert: #WirSindMehr becomes a trending topic on Twitter Die Toten Hosen, Kraftklub, Trettmann: the list of bands who performed in Chemnitz Monday evening reads like a whoʼs who of German rock. The #WirSindMehr (We are more) concert was quickly organized by local band Kraftklub last week after several protest marches took over the East German city last week and demonstrations grew violent. Read
Argentinaʼs Macri imposes new austerity measures Argentine President Mauricio Macri on Monday announced his government would implement new austerity measures aimed atstabilizing the countryʼs economy. "We must confront a fundamental problem: to not spend more than we have, to make efforts to balance the stateʼs accounts," Macri said. The measures include taxes, massive spending cuts and an export tax on primary exports, including agricultural goods. "We know itʼs a bad, terrible tax that goes against what we want to foster: more exports to create more quality jobs," Macrci said. "Itʼs an emergency." The centerright president came to power in 2015 on promises to cut taxes. On his first day in office,he announced sweeping cuts to agricultural taxes. But economic woes have pushed down Argentinaʼs currency, withthe peso losing roughly 50 percent of its value to the US dollarsince January.
Mexicoʼs Enrique Pena Nieto blames police for crime surge Outgoing Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Monday blamed surging violence across the country on state and local policeʼs inability to deal withsmaller criminal networksthat emerged aftermajor cartel leaders were captured. The federal government "had success in significantly reducing the capacity and size" of drug cartels, Nieto said in his final state of the union address.
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more: Chemnitz rocks against the far-
right Their appeal to fans from around Germany to descend on the city as a sign of tolerance drew an audience of 65,000 to the streets of Chemnitz. "So many resilient people here on stage, backstage and out in the public," the band tweeted Tuesday with a birdʼs eye view of the impressive crowd.
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