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Testing Time for Putin and Obama relationship

Ukraine crisis has escalated serious words of war between President of Russian and United States. It is for the first time since cold war crisis that both states have tensed relations. Few years ago when Obama met with the then Prime Minister of Russia said that “we believe our relationship is going to be much stronger than before and I do not think that we would agree on most of things”. Besides he said that “our tone should be of mutual respect and consultation as it would serve the citizens of both countries”.

But, three years later when Obama and Putin met for the first time, it was appearing from the body language that both of these leaders will face rocky relationship in few years to come. And, the speculations of foreign policy experts were quite obvious.

It goes without saying, when both leaders were asked for a photo shoot in G20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, they displayed enough anguish against each other. Exactly, they were not glancing over each other and displaying enough anger from their behavior.

Besides, White House had already told to media reporters that they should not focus over the body language of these leaders and do not speculate anything bad about them. On the other hand, in the last G8 summit the same scenario had been observed that was noticed in the G20 summit. Media Gurus noticed that President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin do not like to take photos together.

Apart from this, in the last few days, the relationship between both leaders has remained quite tense. The lengthy phone calls and series of warnings clearly paint the picture of US-Russian relationship. And, the media experts hold the opinion that unless the Ukraine tensions are not plummeted, the relationship between Obama and Putin would remain standstill.

Malaysia Airlines Lost contact with plane carrying 239 people for Beijing

Malaysian airport authorities have said that they had lost contact with flight MH370 departed from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The flight went missing in the vast Southeast waters and China has already sent a bunch of vessels to find the aircraft.

The airlines official said in a press conference that we tried to establish contact with the plane for several hours but we did not receive any communication signal. On the other hand, the news of missing flight forced the friends and relatives of passengers to gather at the airport and they were apparently crying for not receiving any official testimony from the airport authorities.

Later, the Chief Executive of Malaysian airlines hmad Jauhari Yahya held a press conference and said that “our teams are working to find the plane and we are also calling the next kin of the passengers”. He further said “we are equally hurt on the sudden disappearance of plane and we extend our prayers to the families of the affected passengers”.

It is said that the plane was carrying passengers of 13 countries and there were 239 people on board. Among them, the biggest number of passengers come from China as they were on religious tour to Malaysia, says a Chinese news agency.

To find the wreckage of the missing plane, more than 40 countries have initiated the investigation process and so far not a single object of the plane has been recovered. Although, the navy of Vietnam said in its recent briefing that “our teams had sighted a floating object that was supposed to be a door of missing plane”.

Besides, speculations of terrorist activities or attempt of hijacking of plane are also being made. The authorities claim that 2 people had used stone passports to get into board and they were also traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Last but not the least, the transport Minister of Malaysia said in his latest press conference that “we have got the footage of those 2 persons who used the stolen passports and we are trying our best to identify them”.

Barack Obama on Ukraine Crisis

The world should support Ukraine as it is moving towards election in May and it is the path of escalation, says President of United States Barack Obama.

In his recent press conference, the President of United States said “we are going to punish Russia for its invasion and we have placed bans over visa process for Crimean region”. He clarified in his press briefing that all the Russian backed people operating in the region would not be able to get US visa for traveling and said that the referendum in the Crimea is against the Ukraine constitution and International Law.

Furthermore, he told to media that “United States is going to sanction a loan of 1$ billion to Ukraine for stabilizing its economy and the recent Russian invasion has united the entire world on this front”. Contrary to this, the lawmakers of Crimea region think to hold a referendum determining the future of the region.

On this move, the President said that “To hold a referendum, it is necessary to have legitimate government in the power and this is not good to take such a big decision during the crisis”. Besides, he has also issued an executive order against the groups and individuals responsible for destabilizing the region.

Apart from this, he said “if the violation of Ukraine territory continues, the results would be United States, Its allies and the world will remain firm”. Last but not the least, he said that we would continue to help Ukraine for the sake of global security and said that the Ukraine crisis should be resolved through dialogue not through war.

Pussy Riot Attacked In Nizhny Novgorod

Recently, two members of the Pussy Riot group had been physically objectified by unarmed assailants in the MacDonald restaurant for nothing, Moscow Times claims.

Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova are one of the members of Pussy Riot, who had recently released from jail, have been attacked by 5 men during their breakfast. Actually these ladies had come to Nizhny Novgorod to see their fellow prisoners and they decided to visit MacDonald restaurant for eating some snacks. When they reached at the restaurant a group of 5 men came to them and started assaulting them with small metallic pieces. Lawyer of Alyokhina said in his press briefing that “she got a cut over her head and supposed to be unconscious for few minutes”.

Reuters reports that the group of men shouted over the Pussy Riot “You bitches go to America” and held some pamphlets stating “dirty whores get out of the city”. On this scenario, Amnesty international took a serious stance and demanded Russian authorities to take serious notice of this and arrest the culprits. The director of Amnesty International Russian chapter Sergei Nikitin said in his statement that “the group had shouted over the ladies, hurled objects over them and filmed the whole scene”.

Exactly, the video of this scenario can be watched on YouTube and see how these two ladies have been maligned. Last but not the least, these two ladies have been physically assaulted many a times and last time they had been beaten by Cossack Militia for impromptu performance in the Sochi Olympics.

Police Released Revealing Photos of Justin Bieber

The Miami Police released revealing pictures of International singer “Justin Bieber” quickly after his captivity. Actually, he was arrested on 23rd January for driving a vehicle under the influence on Miami Beach. And, he was drunk when he got arrested, says a senior police official.

The revealing pictures show different parts of Bieber’s body. His tattoos and praying quotes inscribed on his body have also been shot in the camera. On the other hand, a lawyer of Justin Bieber said that “Police has subjugated the rights of the pop singer and it was not good to reveal one’s revealing pictures”.

There are many tattoos on his body and a picture of Jesus on his left leg, says an official. Besides, the medical reports claimed that “Bieber was drunk and there was presence of alcoholic ingredients in the blood of Bieber”.

Last but not the least, he was released from the police custody for having below average alcoholic content (0.2) in the body and the recently released revealing pictures are more or less shocking for his fans.

A fan of Justin asked him on social media that ” Do you think placement of religious tattoos on your body make you religious person”?

Kerry Says Situation in Ukraine is better than Yesterday

Though Foreign ministers of the world could not make a deal yet John Kerry Secretary of United States says “we would solve the Ukraine issue through dialogue not through fight”.

After holding series of meetings with foreign ministers of United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia, John Kerry told to reporters that “we all have agreed to solve Ukraine issue amicably and through dialogue”.

Besides, John Kerry said that these meetings were more or less “Olive branch- the beginning of period of thaw” and they were undoubtedly constructive. Though, finding a quick solution of this issue is very difficult yet I consider today as better than yesterday.

On the other hand, the foreign minister of France Laurent Fabius said that “It was for the first time that something has moved with good pace and we are optimist for a constructive solution”. Besides, Russian foreign ministry said that “Kerry did not mention in his statements that we had reached over the solution of transition of power in Ukraine”.

Contrary to this, Ukraine officials said that “Russia has sent a big number of troops in the Crimean region and it was absolute violation of international law”. The Ukraine interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said CNN that “I am worried, what would happen if the diplomatic talks fail to reach to any solution”? He further said, I have directly spoken to Russian Prime minister and put forward two opinions – political and military.

Besides, John Kerry said “It is up to Russia now whether it withdraws forces from the region and calls for international observers to monitor the region or not”. He further adds, the violation of Ukraine territorial integrity has united the whole world on this front and Russia knows the very well. Lastly, it was the first top notch meeting since the beginning of Crimea crisis and states are serious monitoring the Ukraine issue.

86th Academy Awards winners

The event of Oscar 2014 has come to its end. This event brought some cherishing moments both for winners and losers alike. Few faces were glittering with honor and a few Hollywood personalities were apparently upset for not receiving a single award.

Here goes the list of Winners:

Best Picture	12 Years a Slave

Best Actor in a Leading Role	Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Leading Role	Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)

Best Animated Feature	Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)

Best Cinematography	Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Best Costume Design	The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)

Best Directing	Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)

Best Documentary Feature	20 Feet from Stardom (Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen, Caitrin Rogers)

Best Documentary Short	The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed)

Best Film Editing	Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)

Best Foreign Language Film	The Great Beauty (Italy)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling	Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)

Best Original Score	Gravity (Steven Price)

Best Original Song	Let It Go – Frozen

Best Production Design	The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)

Best Animated Short Film	Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)

Best Live Action Short Film	Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)

Best Sound Editing	Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)

Best Sound Mixing	Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)

Best Visual Effects	Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)

Best Adapted Screenplay	12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)

Best Original Screenplay	Her (Spike Jonze)

Stocks Surge as tensions in Ukraine Plummet

Stocks have got a great momentum after easing the tensions of possible military confrontation between Russian and Ukraine. No doubt, it was the big day for business runners and most of the companies climbed to a big growth.

It is said that “The standard and Poor has surged to 500 points beating its own record of 1,859 points of February 28”. On the other hand, Dow Jones have secured 228 points and closed at 16,396 points. Nasdaq has also gained some hitting points after this stock surge.

Capital Economists said in a research note that “Fears of military confrontation have started fading and the business is returning back to its track”. No doubt, the fear of Ukraine and Russian war created troublesome situation for the whole world and Japanese yen, Oil, Gold, and treasury prices had fallen to greater extent.

Actually, the sudden surge took place after the forces withdrawal call of Putin. He was well aware that Russia would face serious economic setback however he called his troops not to launch attack in the Crimean region and ordered them to return to their bases immediately. This was the good news for investors and the normalization of situation brought enough happiness over the faces of marketers.

Robert Sluymer the Capital market analyst said that “the long term U.S equity indexes remains unaffected and short term indexes got a serious setback”. Besides, to ease the financial challenges of Kiev, Secretary of United States John Kerry promised to offer $ 1 billion loan on Tuesday.

Last but not the least, the recent deal of Disney have also helped it to hit the record and closed at $82.17.

Jimmy Fallon and Rahm Emmanuel Took a Polar Plunge

The famous comedian Jimmy Fallon took an icy dip in the Michigan Lake. The full suit dressed man took a dip in the -32 degree lake and came out with screaming expressions over his face. Actually, he had made a promise that he would make Sunday’s morning as Polar Plunge with Mayor Rahm under the condition that the Mayor would join his program “The Tonight Show” in New York.

Emmanuel and Fallon went into coldest lake from head to toe and they suddenly came out to cherish the crowd gathered to see them. On the other hand, the famous musical group named as “Bagpipers” sung a very beautiful song for their dare to dip in the cold water.

It goes without saying that a big number of spectators were dressed in polar bear costumes and they were holding the pamphlets of Fallon to show their support. The plunging practice is generally practiced once a year to raise money for Chicago Olympics and many famous people have participated in this fund raising campaign.

Besides, Jen Kramer the president of Special Olympics Chicago said that “The participation of Fallon and Rahm has attracted more than 3000 people to see the running and it was supposed to be biggest viewership since the last year”.

It must not be forgotten that last year Mayor Rahm said that if the children read 2 million books under the “Rahm readers” program, he would jump in the cold lake. When Fallon made a call to Mayor and asked him to appear in his Show, the Mayor told him “I would surely join you but you have to join me first in the polar plunge”.

Last but not the least, Fallon had jokingly said that “I did not realize before making the commitment that it would tremble my whole body”.

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Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski to warm up the Oscars

Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski are going to pop up in the Oscars after successfully completing the Sochi commentary on figure skating. The media reports claim that both of these skaters will be dressed in white clothes and they have planned to light up the Academy Awards with their famous gigs.

The white dressed skaters will join Kathie Lee Gifford and Al Roker to warm up the event. Oscar awards is considered to be the biggest night for the Hollywood actors which nominated heroes and heroine are given awards for the best performance in respective movies.

It goes without saying, Kathie Lee will share her list of interviews conducted during the Oscar party where as co-host Billy Bush –behind the scenes- would rub the shoulders of Hollywood personalities.

It must be noted that Johnny and Tara have been hosting events since they resigned from the Professional Olympics Skating and they have recently completed their last show on Sochi Olympics.

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