Section: South Africa
News24.com | No breakthrough in talks with Russia over EU-Ukraine trade deal
Talks aimed at resolving Russian concerns over a free trade agreement struck between the European Union and Ukraine have failed to deliver a breakthrough, with just a month left before the deal comes into effect. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Dutch policeman held for online sale of MH17 ‘souvenirs’
Dutch police have suspended an officer who tried to sell online souvenirs said to have come from the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down over war-torn Ukraine last year. …read more Source:...
Dutch policeman held for online sale of MH17 ‘souvenirs’
Dutch police have suspended an officer who tried to sell online souvenirs said to have come from the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down over war-torn Ukraine last year. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Putin’s ‘realpolitik’ aims to make Russia indispensable
From pariah state over Ukraine’s conflict, Russia’s leader now a sought-after actor in war against Islamic State — but analysts warn of fierce jihadist backlash …read more Source: Business...
UN chief responds to NK visit reports
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he was discussing with North Korea the dates for his visit to the isolated state. ||| Seoul – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he was discussing with North Korea the dates for his visit to the isolated state but no decision has been made in his first public comments on the trip since news...
State of emergency in Crimea after power lines blown up
Parts of Russian-annexed Crimea in darkness after electricity pylons from Ukraine come under second attack since Friday …read more Source: Business...
Crimean blackout as power lines blown up
Crimea declared a state of emergency on Sunday after its main electricity power lines from Ukraine were blown up. …read more Source:...
State of emergency declared in Crimea after electricity pylons “blown up”
A state of emergency has been declared in Crimea after pylons carrying electricity from Ukraine were blown up cutting off power to almost two million people, media and the Russian government said on Sunday. …read more Source: The Sunday...
App blocks IS propaganda channels
Encrypted messaging app Telegram says it has blocked 78 accounts associated with the jihadist Islamic State group. ||| The instant messenger app Telegram, created by Russian Internet guru Pavel Durov, says it has blocked 78 accounts associated with the jihadist Islamic State group following the attacks in Paris.“We were disturbed to learn that...
News24.com | Russia to ban food imports from Ukraine
Moscow will ban food imports from neighbouring Ukraine starting on January 1, Russia’s economic development minister says. …read more Source:...
