LONDON, May 3 - Britain is set to enter talks to join the European Union's 78 billion pound loan ($106 billion) to Ukraine, the government said on Sunday, in a further sign of deepening European defence ties under rising U.S. pressure. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

April 22 (UPI) -- European Union ambassadors meeting in Brussels on Wednesday backed a long-delayed $106 billion loan to Ukraine and a 20th economic sanctions package on Russia.