Section: Africa&ME
Thieves score jewels worth R64m in Paris smash-and-grab
FRENCH police are hunting for a trio of thieves who made off with a handbag containing ß5- million (R64.4-million) worth of Chanel jewels in a smash-and-grab on the highway between Paris and Charles de Gaulle Airport yesterday. A Taiwanese art collector was travelling in a taxi on Wednesday afternoon through a long tunnel notorious for robbery...
Is the concept of the Brics conglomerate still valid?
And then there were two. One of the extraordinary features of the global economy over the past year has been the downgrading, you might say demise, of two of the Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). ||| AND then there were two. One of the extraordinary features of the global economy over the past year has been the downgrading,...
News24.com | Dutch team find more remains at Ukraine MH17 crash site
Dutch investigators have recovered more body parts at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine after searching a location that was previously inaccessible. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Separatists accused of violating cease-fire
Pro-Russian rebels have violated cease-fire 25 times in last 24 hours, say Ukrainian officials …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine: Search at crash site of downed plane resumes
A team of 30 investigators returns to site of crash of Malaysia Airlines MH17, nine months after plane was downed in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukrainian Volunteers Search for Bodies of Missing Soldiers
Published April 16, 2015 As the cease-fire becomes more fragile in eastern Ukraine, a team of volunteer body collectors travels to the small village of Savur Mohyla in the what pro-Russian separatists call the Donetsk Peoples Republic – to retrieve bodies of fallen Ukrainian servicemen from rebel-held territories. Adam Bailes traveled with...
Ukraine violence worries NATO chief
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has voiced concern over an increase in violence and movements of heavy military equipment in eastern Ukraine. ||| REYKJAVIK – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg voiced concern on Thursday over an increase in violence and movements of heavy military equipment in eastern Ukraine, saying they were...
Economic might to decide Russia conflict
German Finance says economic strength, rather than military might, would ultimately determine outcome of West’s standoff with Russia over Ukraine ||| Washington – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Thursday that economic strength, rather than military might, would ultimately determine the outcome of the West’s...
Iran releases ‘fact sheet’ of nuclear agreement at odds with US version
Besides differences in number of centrifuges that can operate and length of the deal, Iran’s fact sheet also claims that there must be an immediate end to all US, EU sanctions and UNSC resolutions. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Disabled ‘condemned to life in institutions’
Growing numbers of disabled children in Ukraine are reportedly being condemned to life in institutions blighted by neglect and abuse. ||| Kiev, Ukraine – An international rights group says growing numbers of disabled children in Ukraine are being condemned to life in orphanages and institutions blighted by neglect and abuse.Disability...
