Section: Independent Online (South Africa)
Migrants: Europe restores rescue mission
EU leaders have agreed to beef up a naval mission in the Mediterranean in the wake of the migrant tragedy. ||| Brussels/Rome – Four days after up to 900 desperate people drowned trying to reach Europe from Libya, EU leaders agreed on Thursday to triple its naval search mission in the Mediterranean, restoring its funding to last year’s...
Poland slams US over holocaust remarks
Poland was still waiting for the US to apologise for remarks by an FBI official that “implied complicity in the Holocaust during WWII.” ||| Warsaw – Poland was still waiting for the United States to apologise for remarks by an FBI official that it says implied complicity in the Holocaust during World War Two, a government spokeswoman said...
EU turns up heat on Russian gas giant
The EU launched a legal attack on Gazprom yesterday, stoking tensions with Moscow as it accused the Russian gas giant of overcharging buyers in eastern Europe and hindering competition. ||| Foo Yun Chee and Philip Blenkinsop BrusselsTHE EU launched a legal attack on Gazprom yesterday, stoking tensions with Moscow as it accused the Russian gas...
Kremlin names new agriculture minister
The governor of one of Russia’s key wheat-producing regions has been named as Moscow’s new agriculture minister. ||| Moscow – President Vladimir Putin has appointed the governor of one of Russia’s key wheat-producing regions as agriculture minister, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, charged with strengthening the sector....
Wall Street rallies
Wall Street ended sharply higher on Monday after China moved to stimulate its slowing economy while investors bought up technology stocks on cautious optimism on upcoming earnings reports. ||| New York – Wall Street ended sharply higher on Monday after China moved to stimulate its slowing economy while investors bought up technology stocks...
Guard on trial for murder of 300 000
Former death camp guard Oskar Gröning has declared he is ready to speak about the horrors of Auschwitz. ||| Berlin – He watched his fellow SS men kill children with their bare hands and saw Jews being herded into the gas chambers of Auschwitz, but former death camp guard Oskar Gröning has always denied ultimate responsibility for the...
FBI head’s Holocaust remarks rile Poland
Poland summons US ambassador over article written by FBI’s director on Poland’s alleged responsibility for the Holocaust ||| Warsaw – Poland has summoned the United States’ ambassador in Warsaw over an article written by a top US intelligence official on Poland’s alleged responsibility for the Holocaust during World...
Putin ready to work with USA
Russia has key interests in common with the USA and needs to work with it on a common agenda, President Vladimir Putin said. ||| Moscow- Russia has key interests in common with the United States and needs to work with it on a common agenda, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday in a television interview. In his comments to the...
Ukraine wants ICC to probe Crimea crimes
Ukraine wants the International Criminal Court to investigate all alleged war crimes in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview. ||| The Hague – Ukraine wants the International Criminal Court to investigate all alleged war crimes in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said in an...
Body parts found at MH17 crash site
Dutch investigators have recovered human remains at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine, the Netherlands announced. ||| Donetsk – Dutch investigators have recovered more body parts at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine after searching a location that was previously inaccessible, the Netherlands announced on Thursday.All 298 passengers...
