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News24.com | Uncertainty in Ukraine’s rebel east
People in In Ukraine’s rebel east say they are living with uncertainty as the aura in the capital, Donetsk, feels more forced than festive. …read more Source:...
World’s rich get a bit poorer
The world’s 400 wealthiest individuals shed $19 billion in 2015, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. ||| New York – The richest people on Earth became a bit poorer this year. The world’s 400 wealthiest individuals shed $19 billion in 2015, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Falling commodities prices and...
News24.com | Crimeans enter 2016 struggling, but optimistic
Crimeans enter New Year with struggles, but no desire to return to Ukraine’s fold, reports say, although many inhabitants face hardship. …read more Source:...
AFP’s person of the year: Merkel
AFP journalists have chosen German chancellor Angela Merkel as the most influential figure of 2015. ||| Berlin – AFP journalists have chosen Angela Merkel as the most influential figure of 2015 after the German chancellor stamped her mark on the European migrant and Greek financial crises.The vote by editorial staff from all services and...
Merkel takes centre stage in EU’s year of crises
In a year of crises for Europe, from the Ukraine war to Greece’s debt turmoil to the historic refugee influx, Germany’s Angela Merkel emerged as the continent’s de facto leader, drawing more praise and fire than ever. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Mother braves east Ukraine frontline for children’s homework
For Oksana Boiko’s children, the trip to school used to be a short walk to the other side of their tiny village of Zaytseve in east Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sunday...
This time it is not Putin: Ukraine flirts with political suicide
Russia’s focus on Syria helps soothe conflict in Ukraine, offering window for reform, recovery from recession, but administration in Kiev is overrun by internal squabbles …read more Source: Business...
News24.com | Ukraine won’t pay $3bn debt to Russia
Ukraine has announced it will not make good on its $3bn debt to Russia due this weekend, deepening a row with Moscow which said it would take Kiev to court. …read more Source:...
Putin, Trump sing each other’s praises
President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump say they would welcome an improvement in relations between the US and Russia. ||| Washington – Russian President Vladimir Putin and US presidential candidate Donald Trump praised each other on Thursday, saying they would welcome an improvement in the now-icy relations between their two nations....
News24.com | Kerry wants common ground with Russia on Syria
The United States and Russia need to find “common ground” to end Syria’s civil war and restore stability in eastern Ukraine, US Secretary of State John Kerry says. …read more Source:...
