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War-scarred Ukraine set for key polls
KIEV — Ukraine voters will go to the polls on Sunday in elections set to dramatically reshape parliament, after a year of upheavals in which a deadly pro-Russian uprising has threatened to splinter the ex-Soviet state. Campaigning ended on Friday for the polls called by President Petro Poroshenko in August. Poroshenko is unde …read...
Ukraine president stakes future on snap poll
Ukrainians brace for parliamentary election against the backdrop of months of conflict and mounting unrest. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine readies to vote under shadow of war
Leaders make final appeals ahead of snap parliamentary elections on Sunday …read more Source: Gulf...
Will elections fix Ukraine’s problems?
After months of conflict and instability, Ukrainians are set to vote for a new parliament. …read more Source: AL...
UN: 430,000 people driven from their homes in Ukraine
The need for humanitarian aid is rising, particularly in the eastern region of the country …read more Source: Anadolu...
War-scarred Ukraine counts down to key vote
Although Petro Poroshenko may create a pro-Western coalition, he is falling short of bringing the separatist regions back to Kiev’s orbit. …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukrainians set to elect ‘pro-European’ parliament
Parliamentary elections are final step in transforming political system after Maidan protests, says Ukraine’s ambassador in Ankara …read more Source: Anadolu...
EU strikes compromise to set new climate target
By Barbara Lewis and Alastair Macdonald European Union leaders struck a deal on a new target to cut carbon emissions out to 2030, calling it a new global standard but leaving critics warning that compromises had undermined the fight against climate change. Talks in Brussels stretched into the small hours of Friday as Poland battled to spare its...
Swedish military calls off hunt for suspected submarine
By Simon Johnson The Swedish military said on Friday that it had called of its search for a suspected foreign submarine in waters off Stockholm after a week-long hunt, ending the country’s biggest military mobilisation since the Cold War. More than 200 troops, stealth ships and helicopters have scoured waters off Stockholm since last Friday...
Burnt-out Russian tanks found in east Ukraine
Charred Russian military vehicles support Ukraine, Western claims that pro-Russian rebels were backed by Russian troops, equipment. …read more Source:...
