Thursday, October 16, 2014, Milan (Italy): Topless Femen activists poured buckets of wine over their naked breasts in front of Milan’s cathedral today, in the latest of the women’s rights group’s signature protests. The stunt, witnessed by a handful of bemused commuters on a chilly morning, came ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s arrival in the Italian city for an ASEM summit of European and Asian leaders. Femen leader Inna Shevchenko was one of the two women performing what looked like a version of the ice-bucket challenge for the benefit >>>

MILAN (AP) — Russian leader Vladimir Putin is mounting a diplomatic blitz on the sidelines of a summit of European and Asian leaders in a bid to escape the worst crisis with the West since the Cold War.Putin will discuss Ukraine during a working breakfast with Ukrainian leader President Petro Poroshenko and key European leaders on the sidelines of the 10th ASEM summit, which opens Thursday. He may also meet privately with Poroshenko.The West has imposed a series of economic sanctions against Russia over its annexation of the Crimean Peninsula.Putin’s arrival in Milan was spurring protests ahead >>>

The radical feminist group Femen has staged a topless demonstration against archenemy Russian President Vladimir Putin in Milan ahead of ASEM two-day summit of world leaders The two protesters with "Stop ignoring Ukrainian bloodshed" written on their torso stood in front of Milan's emblematic duomo (cathedral) and poured red wine representing blood over their chests. "With such an act FEMEN reminds the world about Putin's criminal policy against Ukraine that has been going on in the last months," the group wrote on Facebook. "Today welcoming Russian Mussolini, shaking his hands, >>>

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and COLLEEN BARRYAssociated Press MILAN (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's diplomatic blitz on Ukraine got off to a rocky start Thursday when he kept German Chancellor Angela Merkel waiting for a meeting then showed up in the middle of a dinner with European and Asian leaders. Putin is looking to get relief from Western economic sanctions imposed since Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and its support for a pro-Russia insurgency in eastern Ukraine. To that end, he has scheduled a series of meetings on >>>