Section: Africa&ME
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...
News24.com | Pope tells Putin: Sincere peace efforts needed for Ukraine
Pope Francis has encouraged Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in ‘sincere’ international efforts aimed at bringing peace to Ukraine as the two men met privately at the Vatican. …read more Source:...
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 men met privately at the Vatican on June 10 …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
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...
Ukraine oil depot fire threatening ecology
Ukraine is facing an ecological danger because of a huge blaze at an oil depot in the capital Kiev. …read more Source:...
DNA Deciphers Roots of Modern Europeans
Carl Zimmer MATTER For centuries, archaeologists have reconstructed the early history of Europe by digging up ancient settlements and examining the items that their inhabitants left behind. More recently, researchers have been scrutinizing something even more revealing than pots, chariots and swords: DNA. On Wednesday in the journal Nature, two...
Italy gives Putin stage to make case against sanctions
Vladimir Putin used a trip to Italy Wednesday to press his case against international sanctions on Russia and insist he was committed to a peaceful resolution of the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Fatal blaze in Ukraine’s BRSM-Nafta oil depot
The Ukrainian government says the country’s BRSM-Nafta oil depot near the capital, Kiev, has caught fire; four people have died. …read more Source: Iran...
Fatal blaze in Ukraine’s BRSM-Nafta oil depot
The Ukrainian government says the country’s BRSM-Nafta oil depot in the capital, Kiev, has caught fire. …read more Source:...
Russia to retaliate against more EU bans: Diplomat
A Russian diplomat has warned that the Kremlin will take retaliatory measures in response to any extension of the European Union (EU) sanctions against Moscow. According to Russia’s Interfax news agency a diplomat on the condition of anonymity on Wednesday said: “We are against a new twist of the sanctions spiral … and our reaction is...
