Section: South Africa
Shanghai surges to three-year high
Asian shares rose on Tuesday, with energy firms clawing back some losses as oil prices recovered from multi-year lows. ||| Asian shares rose Tuesday, with energy firms clawing back some losses as oil prices recovered from multi-year lows, while Shanghai surged to a three-year high on hopes for more Chinese government easing.The Russian ruble...
NATO ministers chart course on Ukraine, Afghanistan
NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels on Tuesday (02/12/2014) aiming to plot a new course after a “year of aggression” from Ukraine to the Middle East and the end of the alliance’s combat mission in Afghanistan. New chief Jens Stoltenberg said as he arrived that US Secretary of State John Kerry and other ministers from the 28-nation group...
Moldova pro-European parties eye coalition
Pro-European parties in Moldova pledged to pull together a coalition to steer the ex-Soviet country on a path towards EU integration. ||| Chisinau – Pro-European parties in Moldova pledged on Monday to pull together a coalition to steer the ex-Soviet country on a path towards EU integration after securing a narrow win in a weekend...
Russian rouble suffers worst fall since 1998
The rouble has depreciated about 40% against the dollar this year, due to collapsing oil prices and sanctions imposed against Russia’s support for a separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: Business...
The bank where women rule
How about a central bank where women outnumber men? This is the Bank of Thailand… ||| Bangkok – Janet Yellen’s appointment as Federal Reserve chair this year was hailed as another step toward gender equality. How about a central bank where women outnumber men?This is the Bank of Thailand, which runs monetary policy in Southeast...
News24.com | Nato spearhead force ready early 2015
The first troops of a high-speed Nato reaction force designed to meet the sort of crisis highlighted by Russia’s Ukraine intervention should be ready early next year. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine soldiers killed at Donetsk airport
At least three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 14 injured in the past 24 hours as fighting has intensified for control of Donetsk airport. …read more Source:...
MH17 wreckage ‘to be reassembled’
Wreckage of flight MH17 recovered from its crash site in eastern Ukraine will reportedly be reassembled for an investigation in the Netherlands. ||| Amsterdam – Wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 recovered from its crash site in eastern Ukraine will be reassembled for an investigation at a military base in the Netherlands, Dutch...
Ukraine urges greater military aid from Europe, US – minister
Ukraine’s foreign minister urged Europe and the United States to begin supplying arms to his country, saying it would help deter pro-Russian separa …read more Source: The New...
Three dead in fight for Ukraine airport
At least three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed as fighting intensifies for control of an airport in the rebel-held area of Donetsk. …read more Source:...
