Section: South Africa
Moscow couple had sex in tunnel
Moscow’s metro will carry out emergency checks of its system after a young couple had sex on the rails. ||| Moscow’s metro said on Friday it was carrying out emergency checks of its system after a young couple made their way into a tunnel and had sex on the rails.Moscow has a subculture of enthusiasts who explore its maze of tunnels...
Putin tops AFP’s most influential people list
Russian President Vladimir Putin leads an AFP list of the most influential people of 2014, a year scarred by episodes of extreme brutality. ||| Paris, France – Russian President Vladimir Putin leads an AFP list of the most influential people of 2014, a year marked by seismic conflicts in Europe and the Middle East and scarred by episodes of...
Ukraine ceasefire is ‘real’
President Petro Poroshenko on Friday said a “real” ceasefire was in place in Ukraine after the first 24 hours went without a military casualty. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine: Truce results in first casualty-free day
Ukraine’s president says a fragile truce between his government’s troops and Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine has resulted in the first day free of deaths or injuries for his soldiers. …read more Source:...
Prisoners of war put to work in east Ukraine
On the snowy roof of a music school in eastern Ukraine, workers are busy fixing damage from artillery shelling. When their shift ends, they line up in single file to return to their cells. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Ukrainian PM warns of default risk, calls for more Western help
Ukraine risks defaulting on its debt unless Western donors come up with more funds on top of the billions of dollars of financial aid already promised …read more Source: The New...
Poroshenko’s plea to Moscow
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko pleaded with Russia to withdraw its troops from his country and close the border. ||| Kiev – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday pleaded with Russia to withdraw its troops from his country and close the border, saying doing so would create peace in the war-torn region within...
News24.com | Truce holds in Ukraine, but next steps uncertain
A day-old ceasefire has largely held along the bloodied frontline in eastern Ukraine, but hopes of peace talks and pulling back heavy weaponry still hung in the balance. …read more Source:...
Kerry, Netanyahu to meet in Rome
US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Rome for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on developments in Israel and the West Bank. ||| Washington – US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Rome on Sunday for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on developments in Israel and the West Bank, the...
UK calls on NATO help in sub hunt
NATO patrol planes helped Britain scour the waters off its western Scottish coast in a search reminiscent of the Cold War, report said. ||| London – NATO patrol planes helped Britain scour the waters off its western Scottish coast after a submarine’s periscope was spotted, in a search reminiscent of the Cold War, media reported....
