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Search of Ukraine MH17 crash site over: Dutch team
Dutch and international investigators have finished recovering human remains and wreckage from the MH17 plane crash site in eastern Ukraine, the mission’s head said on Thursday. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Emerging stocks set for big gain
Emerging equities were headed for their biggest monthly gain in more than three years in April. ||| London – Emerging equities were headed for their biggest monthly gain in more than three years in April thanks to a helping hand from Chinese shares, despite sliding for a second day on Thursday after disappointing US growth data. The MSCI...
Ukraine hasn’t ruled out arson in Chernobyl wildfire – video
Firefighters have nearly extinguished a forest fire near Ukraine’s Chernobyl plant, scene of the world’s worst nuclear accident in 1986, the emergency services said. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Global issues to harm tech firms
Geopolitical tensions, currency swings and economic turmoil can all affect a global technology company’s bottom line. ||| Earnings season has just kicked off, and we’re already starting to get a pretty clear map of where in the world technology companies face the biggest problems. A global tech company’s financial performance is...
Donors pledge millions for Chernobyl cover
International donors have agreed to pay an extra 180 million euros to fund a new cover for the disused Chernobyl nuclear power plant. ||| London – International donors agreed to pay an extra 180 million euros ($201 million) to fund a new cover for the disused Chernobyl nuclear power plant at a conference in London on Wednesday.“Chernobyl...
Forest fire threatens Chernobyl zone
A forest fire in northern Ukraine threatened to spread towards the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant. ||| Kiev – A forest fire in northern Ukraine threatened to spread towards the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) on Tuesday, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in a post on Facebook. “At 1830 (1530 GMT) the situation with...
Russia seizes Poroshenko firm’s assets
Russian authorities have seized the assets of a confectionery factory owned by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the Russian city of Lipetsk. ||| Kiev – Russian authorities have seized the assets of a confectionery factory owned by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the Russian city of Lipetsk in order to block their sale, parent...
News24.com | Ukraine rebels fire rocket launchers again
Ukrainian military officials say that separatist rebels in the east have resumed the use of rocket launchers that should have been withdrawn under a February peace deal. …read more Source:...
Turkey’s Erdogan criticises Putin over Armenian "genocide" comments
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Russia should account for its actions in Ukraine and Crimea before calling the 1915 mass killing of Ar …read more Source: The New...
Ukraine to push for peacekeepers, funds at EU summit
Ukraine will press European leaders for peacekeepers to patrol its war-torn east and will angle for more international financial support at two days o …read more Source: The New...
