Section: Africa&ME
Asian shares look firm
Asian shares gained on Monday after US jobs data pointed to solid economic growth. ||| Tokyo – Asian shares gained on Monday after US jobs data pointed to solid economic growth, with Hong Kong leading the gains after regulators set a date for long-awaited trading link the between the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges to open. US...
NYMEX-U.S. crude climbs towards $79 a barrel on Mideast, Ukraine tensions
Nov 10 (Reuters) – U.S. crude futures rose towards $79 a barrel on Monday on renewed geopolitical tensions in Libya and Ukraine, while Chinese economic data suggested the world’s second largest economy could implement more stimulus measures. … …read more Source:...
US slams Ukraine separatists for ‘moving heavy weapons’
U.S. is concerned about pro-Russian separatists’ moving large convoys of heavy weapons and tanks to the front lines of the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: Anadolu...
China, Turkey discuss Silk Road project
The Peace and Disarmament Association of the People’s Republic of China requests easier visa and customs policies from Turkey, while Turkish representatives request that China detail its Russia, Ukraine, Palestine and Syria policies …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Rebels strengthen as shelling rocks Donetsk
Donetsk: Artillery fire rocked east Ukraine’s rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Sunday as separatists appeared to be reinforcing their frontline and fears grew of a return to all-out fighting. The boom of shelling rumbled on mid-morning on the edge of Donetsk, where government forces regularly exchange heavy fire with insurgent fighters, but...
Germany cheers 25 years since Berlin Wall’s fall
(R to L) German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Berlin’s Mayor Klaus Wowereit, former Hungarian Prime Minister Miklos Nemeth and German Minister of State for Culture Monika Gruetters hold roses as they attend a commemoration to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Berlin Wall Memorial in the Bernauer Strasse in Berlin...
Ukraine ceasefire looks in doubt
East Ukraine’s rebel stronghold Donetsk has been pummelled by the heaviest shelling in a month, as the two-month-old ceasefire to end the war seemed shakier than ever. …read more Source:...
Germany celebrates fall of Berlin Wall
The fall of Berlin Wall is also a message for “those struggling for freedom in Ukraine, Syria and Iraq,” Merkel says. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Russians accuse Kiev of hiding crimes against Jews
Jewish leaders from Odessa have disputed the reports of anti-Semitic attacks, stating that no such incidents had occurred and that they had not experienced any rise in anti-Semitism. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Merkel hails fall of Berlin Wall
German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised the courageous citizens who peacefully brought down the Berlin Wall 25 years ago. ||| Berlin – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday praised the courageous citizens who peacefully brought down the Berlin Wall 25 years ago, calling the momentous day proof that “dreams can come true”.Merkel, who...
