Section: Africa&ME
Poroshenko says ‘real truce’ has begun in Ukraine
President Petro Poroshenko said Wednesday a “real truce” had begun in Ukraine but that a long-lasting peace with pro-Russian insurgents would still take some time …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine crisis a key issue in Canada’s election
With more than 1.3 million Ukrainians in Canada representing one of the largest groups of Ukrainians in the world, their votes are pivotal in the upcoming Canadian elections. …read more Source: World...
Animals abound at Chernobyl
Nearly 30 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, elk, deer, boar and wolves abound in the exclusion zone deserted by humans, researchers say in an international study. …read more Source:...
Moscow welcomes postponement of local polls in eastern Ukraine
Pro-Russian forces in Ukraine’s eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk have agreed to postpone local elections until next year. They have demanded Kiev’s full compliance with the Minsk ceasefire agreement. …read more Source:...
Russian Firm Offers Egypt Electronics, Radar For Aircraft Carriers
A state-owned Russian military supplier offered its radar and electronic services to equip the two Mistral warships purchased by Egypt from France, Russian state Sputnik News reported Tuesday. The warships, initially intended for Russia, were sold to Egypt after French President François Hollande canceled the deal with Russian President Vladimir...
Ukraine rebels delay local polls
DONETSK: Ukraine’s pro-Russian insurgents took a major step towards political reconciliation on Tuesday by announcing they will push back disputed local elections into next year in line with Western demands. The decision coincided with the withdrawal of Ukrainian tanks from the line splitting government forces from the rebels of one of the...
A Russian Volunteer Sets Sights On Syria
Bondo Dorovskikh traveled to eastern Ukraine last year to join separatists in their war against Kyiv. He soon quit the rebels in disillusionment because they turned out to be more like a “criminal gang” — not what Russian TV promised. He mulled switching sides, but was dissuaded. Now, the 41-year-old Russian plans to take up...
Welcome to ‘Dubai-on-Thames’
Battersea Power Station represents an opportunity for regional buyers to be a part of the last great development opportunity in the British capital.Experience has taught Simon Murphy that when it comes to telling the Battersea story, it pays to take nothing for granted.“I did a presentation a year or so ago and at the end I asked, ‘Are there any...
Ukraine rebels delay local elections until 2016
French president Hollande welcomes announcement as ‘a step toward lasting peace’ …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s eastern region of Donbass postpones local elections
Pro-Russia fighters in Ukraine’s eastern regions of Donetsk and Lugansk have postponed disputed local elections to the next year. …read more Source: Iran...
