Section: Independent Online (South Africa)
G7 must act to prevent deaths, say charities
Many aid agencies are using the G7 to lobby world leaders for resources in a critical year for development. ||| London – The survival of 17 000 children and 800 mothers is at stake every day unless the world’s top industrialised nations, set to meet in Germany, muster the political will and money to end preventable maternal and infant...
Ukraine warns of Russia invasion threat
Ukraine’s president has told his military to prepare for a possible “full-scale invasion” by Russia all along their joint border. ||| Kiev – Ukraine’s president told his military on Thursday to prepare for a possible “full-scale invasion” by Russia all along their joint border, a day after the worst fighting with Russian-backed...
IMF sees signs of stability in Ukraine
IMF mission chief Nikolay Gueorguiev has delivered an upbeat assessment of Ukraine’s reform progress. ||| Kiev – The head of an International Monetary Fund team visiting Ukraine gave a positive assessment of progress by Kiev on reform on Sunday and said there would be further discussion on loans that the near-bankrupt country badly...
G7 talks begin in Germany
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and his counterparts from Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and the US have launched their three-day summit. ||| Dresden – Finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of Seven wealthiest nations gathered in Dresden on Thursday to discuss the global economy and tax evasion, but the...
Luxury brands are down bar two
Louis Vuitton and Chanel were the only big luxury brands to increase in value last year as the industry grappled with slowing sales in China and Russia, research company Millward Brown said yesterday in the 2015 BrandZ study. ||| Andrew Roberts ParisLouis Vuitton and Chanel were the only big luxury brands to increase in value last year as the...
Fear as Ukraine faces HIV drug shortage
A group of Ukrainians infected with HIV warned that thousands could soon perish because the war-torn country was running out of treatment for the deadly virus. ||| Belarus – A group of Ukrainians infected with HIV warned on Wednesday that thousands could soon perish because the war-torn country was running out of treatment for the deadly...
Quadruplets born to woman, 65, ‘at risk’
Doctors said that quadruplets whose very premature births to a 65-year-old mother of 13 have captured headlines face big health risks. ||| Doctors at a Berlin clinic on Wednesday said quadruplets, whose very premature births to a 65-year-old German mother have captured headlines and stirred debate, face big health risks.Eight days after their...
Luxury brands hit by slower sales
Louis Vuitton and Chanel were the only big luxury brands to increase in value last year, according to a survey. ||| Paris – Louis Vuitton and Chanel were the only big luxury brands to increase in value last year as the industry grappled with slowing sales in China and Russia, research company Millward Brown said on Wednesday in the 2015...
Brides for sale – new form of trafficking?
Each year, dozens of women from the poorer corners of eastern Europe are lured to travel to western Europe for sham marriages. ||| London – Klara Balogova was 18, penniless and heavily pregnant when she rode thousands of miles from Slovakia to England to marry a man she had never met.She knew he did not want her, or her child. He wanted her...
Ukraine gunman kills two, takes hostages
A gunman was holding two people hostage at a petrol station in northeast Ukraine after killing two others, the interior ministry said. ||| Kiev – A gunman was holding two people hostage at a petrol station in northeast Ukraine on Monday after killing two others, the interior ministry said. The 48-year-old man opened fire with a rifle,...
