Section: Independent Online (South Africa)
Obama, Cameron vow to defend free speech
British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama said stronger economies were critical to maintaining free speech. ||| London – British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama on Thursday said stronger economies were critical to maintaining free speech and defeating a “distorted ideology” manifest in...
Global leaders to descend on Davos
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Secretary of State John Kerry will be among the political heavyweights attending next week’s annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. ||| Simeon Bennett and Simon Kennedy Geneva and LondonCHINESE Premier Li Keqiang, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Secretary of...
Ukraine bus attack kills 10
A passenger bus came under heavy fire in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 10 people. ||| Kiev – A passenger bus came under heavy fire in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, Ukrainian authorities said, and fighting intensified around the international airport in the city of Donetsk as separatists tried to oust government...
US pledges up to 2 billion to Ukraine
The United States will provide up to a 2-billion-dollar loan guarantee to Ukraine if it follows through with reforms agreed to with the International Monetary Fund. ||| Washington – The United States will provide up to a 2-billion-dollar loan guarantee to Ukraine if it follows through with reforms agreed to with the International Monetary...
Oil’s plunge weighs on emerging markets
FALLING oil prices and a stronger dollar racked up the pressure on emerging equities and currencies yesterday, with Russia once again suffering most of the pain. ||| Karin Strohecker LondonFALLING oil prices and a stronger dollar racked up the pressure on emerging equities and currencies yesterday, with Russia once again suffering most of the...
France prepares for mass anti-terror rally
France vowed to combat terrorism with “a cry for freedom” in a giant rally after three days of bloodshed that horrified the world. ||| Paris – France vowed to combat terrorism with “a cry for freedom” in a giant rally for unity Sunday after three days of bloodshed that horrified the world. Police searched for a woman linked to the three...
Bad weather hampers AirAsia search
Bad weather has again hindered the search for the plane and the black box flight recorders that should reveal why it crashed. ||| Pangkalan Bun/Surabaya, Indonesia – Ships and aircraft criss-crossed the seas off Borneo on Friday hunting for the wreck of an Indonesia AirAsia passenger jet, but bad weather again hindered the search for the...
AirAsia: investigators battle weather in hunt black boxes
International experts with sophisticated acoustic detection gear joined teams scouring the sea for the wreck of Flight QZ8501. ||| Pangkalan, Indonesia – International experts with sophisticated acoustic detection gear joined teams scouring the sea for the wreck of an Indonesia AirAsia passenger jet on Friday, but bad weather was again...
Search for black box could take a week
Divers waiting to inspect the possible wreck of an AirAsia Indonesia jet were unable to resume operations because of heavy seas. ||| Surabaya – Divers waiting to inspect the possible wreck of an AirAsia Indonesia jet off Borneo were unable to resume operations because of heavy seas on Thursday and an aviation official said it could take a...
First AirAsia victims arrive in Indonesia
The first two bodies from the ill-fated AirAsia plane arrived in Surabaya, where relatives have gathered. ||| Pangkalan Bun/ Surabaya, Indonesia – The first two bodies from the AirAsia plane that crashed off the coast of Borneo arrived on Wednesday in the Indonesian city of Surabaya, where relatives have gathered to await news of their...
