Section: China
Ukrainians, Aussies mark tragedy
Residents of the Ukrainian village where a Malaysian airliner was shot down with 298 people aboard a year ago joined a procession to the crash site on Friday, while Australia’s prime minister remembered the “savagery” of the disaster as he unveiled a plaque in Canberra set in soil taken from where the wreckage fell. …read...
Memorial but no justice for MH17 victims
Relatives of the victims of flight MH17 that was shot down over Ukraine a year ago joined emotional memorials on Friday as calls mounted for a UN-backed tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the tragedy. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine to resume suspended LNG terminal project: PM
Ukraine will resume the project of building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Black Sea coast in southern Odessa region, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said here Friday. …read more Source: Global...
Australia’s foreign minister ‘sickened’ by video of Ukraine rebels at MH17 crash site
Australia’s top diplomat yesterday said she was “sickened” after new footage emerged allegedly of Russian-backed rebels rummaging through the luggage of passengers killed after Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, as a ceremony marked the disaster’s one-year anniversar …read more Source: South China Morning...
One year on, families of MH17 crash grieve and wait for answers over Ukraine disaster
On their son Bryce’s birthday this year, Silene Fredriksz-Hoogzand and her husband Rob went to a Dutch air base, watched pall bearers solemnly unload seven coffins from a military cargo plane and wondered if they contained parts of the remains of Bryce or his girlfriend D …read more Source: South China Morning...
Putin against setting up of MH17 tribunal
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that establishing an international tribunal to prosecute those behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine would be counterproductive. …read more Source: Global...
People in Ukraine continuing to flee homes, UN says
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the number of people fleeing their homes continue to rise, with close to 1.4 million people now internally displaced and some 922,000 people having fled to neighbouring countries, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here Wednesday. …read more Source: Global...
People in Ukraine continuing to flee homes, UN says
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the number of people fleeing their homes continue to rise, with close to 1.4 million people now internally displaced and some 922,000 people having fled to neighbouring countries, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here Wednesday. …read more Source: China...
Canada, Ukraine sign free trade agreement
Canada and Ukraine signed Tuesday a free trade deal, which is expected to help create jobs in both countries and provide improved market access for each other’s exports. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Kiev to launch probe into deadly shooting in west Ukraine town
The Ukrainian parliament will form a commission to probe into a fatal shooting incident on Saturday in Mukachevo town of the western Transcarpathia region, Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Groysman said here on Monday. …read more Source: Global...
