Section: Sunday Times (South Africa)
G7 leaders to stand firm on security threats, Ukraine
Pressing security threats from jihadist groups across the world and “Russian aggression” in Ukraine dominated world leaders’ talks Monday at the second day of the G7 summit in Germany. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Ukraine requests UN emergency meeting over fresh fighting
The UN Security Council will discuss an upsurge in fighting in east Ukraine that rattled the official truce. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Greek, Ukraine crises loom over G7 summit
World leaders gathered for a G7 summit in the sun-drenched Bavarian Alps Sunday, their agenda clouded by the Ukraine conflict and the threat of Greece crashing out of the eurozone. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Obama says G7 to discuss Russian aggression in Ukraine
U.S. President Barack Obama said before the start of a Group of Seven (G7) summit in the Bavarian Alps that leaders would discuss how to stand up to Russia’s “aggression” in Ukraine as well as threats from extremism and climate change. …read more Source: The Sunday...
NATO flexes muscles in Baltics, Poland
US-led NATO drills began in the Baltic states and Poland, a move intended to reassure Russia’s nervous neighbours amid tensions over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sunday...
More than 6,400 killed amid ‘tremendous hardship’ in Ukraine, says UN
The United Nations said Monday that more than 6,400 people had been killed in conflict-wracked Ukraine, and despite a slowdown in fighting, millions more are suffering from abuses and hardship. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Dnipro’s Euro success lifts gloom in war-weary Ukraine
Eastern Ukrainian club Dnipro are unexpectedly poised for possible European soccer glory, lifting the gloom in their war-weary country, at least for a while. …read more Source: The Sunday...
German woman, 65 and mother of 13, has quadruplets
A 65-year-old German woman, who is already a mother of 13 children, has given birth to quadruplets after undergoing an artificial insemination procedure in Ukraine, RTL television reported early on Saturday. …read more Source: The Sunday...
France offers Russia €785 million to ditch warship deal
France has offered Russia 785 million euros to scrap a contentious contract to supply two warships that was suspended due to the Ukraine crisis, a report said. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Nemtsov report claims hundreds of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine
Allies of murdered Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov unveiled a report based on research he compiled that they claimed proved large-scale Russian military involvement in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sunday...
