Section: The New Age (South Africa)
Educated Ukrainians flee east Ukraine for new lives in Kiev
Alesya Bolot worked for a contemporary arts foundation that converted an abandoned factory into a mecca for young and bright people with daring ideas. …read more Source: The New...
Pope tells Putin: ‘Sincere’ peace efforts needed for Ukraine
Pope Francis encouraged Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in “sincere” international efforts aimed at bringing peace to Ukraine as the two me …read more Source: The New...
Climate change, terror on agenda for 2nd day of G-7 meeting
After spending much of the first day talking about Ukraine, leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies shifted their focus Monday to global iss …read more Source: The New...
Ukraine military blames rebel bomb for patrol boat explosion
An explosion which sank a border patrol boat off Ukraine’s strategically important port city of Mariupol was caused by a separatist-made bomb, the …read more Source: The New...
G7 leaders to stand firm on security threats, Ukraine
World leaders at a G7 summit in Germany were on Monday set to present a united front against global security threats ranging from jihadist insurgencie …read more Source: The New...
UK’s Cameron: Europe must stay united on Russia sanctions over Ukraine
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Europe had to stay united to keep sanctions on Russia in place despite any pain they caused the 28-nation bl …read more Source: The New...
Obama says G7 to stand up to Russian aggression in Ukraine
U.S. President Barack Obama said Group of Seven (G7) leaders meeting in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday would discuss standing up to Russian aggression in …read more Source: The New...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko warns of threat of "full-scale invasion" from Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday there were 9,000 Russian servicemen on Ukrainian territory and warned of the threat of a “full-s …read more Source: The New...
Ukraine peace deal under ‘constant threat’ of breakdown: Lavrov
Russia said on Thursday that a fragile peace deal for eastern Ukraine faced a “constant threat” of breaking down because of Kiev’s actions, as figh …read more Source: The New...
Ukraine names Georgia’s Saakashvili as governor of Black Sea hotspot
Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko has appointed former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to be governor of Ukraine’s southern Odessa region, in a …read more Source: The New...
