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Child evacuations in Ukraine
Fighting in eastern Ukraine has killed at least nine people, as authorities prepare to evacuate children. …read more Source:...
News24.com | UN to meet on Ukraine after deadly clashes
The UN Security Council will hold a special meeting on the violence in eastern Ukraine after a rocket barrage blamed on Kremlin-backed rebels killed 30. …read more Source:...
UN to meet on Ukraine crisis
The UN Security Council is set to hold a special meeting to focus on the violence in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Billionaires and the scent of Johnnie Walker Blue
There’s an alternative universe at the World Economic Forum, where panel discussions are swapped for private meetings with bankers, and the scent of scotch wafts through the air beginning in the early afternoon. ||| THERE’S an alternative universe at the World Economic Forum, where panel discussions are swapped for private meetings...
Russia needs R455bn for bank crisis
Russia may have to spend more than $40 billion (R455bn) this year to avert a banking crisis, as the growing likelihood of a sharp recession threatens to pile extra costs on a sector suffering from Western sanctions over Ukraine and a plunge in the rouble. ||| Russia may have to spend more than $40 billion (R455bn) this year to avert a banking...
News24.com | Lavrov: Moscow ready to push for peaceful solution
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told US Secretary of State John Kerry that Moscow was ready to do everything it can to encourage a peaceful solution in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
‘De-escalation is priority in Ukraine’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said de-escalating the conflict with pro-Russian rebels was key for the Kiev government. ||| Kiev – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday de-escalating the conflict with pro-Russian rebels was the priority for the Kiev government, which stands by a September peace deal signed in Minsk....
Poroshenko: De-escalation is priority in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said de-escalating the conflict with pro-Russian rebels was key for the Kiev government. ||| Kiev – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday de-escalating the conflict with pro-Russian rebels was the priority for the Kiev government, which stands by a September peace deal signed in Minsk....
Obama: US looks to rein in Russia
US President Barack Obama said that Russian support was behind the latest ceasefire breakdown in Ukraine. ||| New Delhi – US President Barack Obama said on Sunday that Russian support was behind the latest ceasefire breakdown in Ukraine and said the United States would consider all additional options short of military action to rein-in...
US ‘deeply concerned’ by Ukraine attacks: Obama
US President Barack Obama expressed deep concern Sunday about ceasefire violations in Ukraine and pledged to intensify pressure on Russia, after rocket attacks on a government-held port killed 30 people. …read more Source: The Sunday...
