Section: Africa&ME
EMERGING MARKETS-China rally helps lift EM stocks to 1-yr highs
By Claire MilhenchLONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Chinese shares&apos biggest jump in almost three months lifted emerging market equities to one-year highs on Monday, as renewed tensions with Russia kept Ukraine&aposs currency and stocks under pressure.Chinese mainland stocks .CSI300 surged 3 percent to eight-month highs on bets that a...
Russia: We’re ready to supply more proof of Ukrainian Crimea incursions
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukraine battles rebels, Russian forces join insurgents
Ukrainian forces report 64 rebel attacks on Sunday, worried about gathering Russian forces in rebel territory. …read more Source: Arutz...
Egypt’s Red Sea gem: Sharm El-Sheikh grappling with tourism decline
The number of tourists visiting Egypt declined significantly following the crash of the Russian aeroplane in Sinai in late October 2015, which had a heavy negative impact on the Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh. The city, once the country’s tourism gem on Sinai’s Red Sea coast, has had to adjust to a significantly lower number...
Germany to Russia: Minsk deal must stay focus of Ukraine peace process: RIA
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov Monday that the Minsk deal must remain the focus of the Ukrainian peace process despite a spike in tensions in Crimea, the RIA news agency reported …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine no longer ‘a major energy route’ to EU
…read more Source: Mehr News...
The school on the frontline of the war in Ukraine
School No 58 in Donetsk bears the scars of war – as do its pupils and teachers. We followed them for a year. …read more Source: AL...
As Ukraine tensions soar, Putin is doing what Putin does best
By Peter Apps Vladimir Putin might or might not intend to escalate his war with Ukraine in the next few days. But whatever his plans, he is certainly making it look as if he may. As Ukrainians prepare to celebrate a quarter-century of independence from the Soviet Union on August 24, Moscow is making it clear that their sovereignty only exists as...
US sees war in Ukraine as advantageous to Clinton: Analyst
The US would likely trigger a confrontation with Russia in Ukraine before November elections, says an analyst. …read more Source:...
Crimean border incidents may lead to war: Analyst
An analyst says the situation in Ukraine on the Crimean border is like a pre-war situation and it only needs a little spark, an incident to occur to create a much greater conflagration. …read more Source:...
