Section: The Indian Express (India)
Trade and security key to relationship, Modi tells ‘foremost partner’ Australia in Parliament address
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Australia Parliament. Trade, investment and maritime security cooperation were at the core of a 24-minute address that Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered to a joint session of the Australian Parliament in Canberra on Tuesday. Modi described India and Australia as “foremost partners” in the Asia Pacific and...
Work starts in Ukraine to collect wreckage of MH17
MH17 flight recovery team members talk to each as they are guarded by pro-Russian rebel fighter’ in one of the areas of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane crash in the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. (Source: AP) Recovery workers in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine have started collecting...
Vladimir Putin leaves G20 summit mid-way, cites ‘need to sleep’ excuse
Russian President Vladimir Putin yawns at the start of the plenary session at the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia. (Source: AP photo) Vladimir Putin jetted out of Australia Sunday after a testy G20 summit where he faced concerted Western fire over the Ukraine crisis, saying he left slightly early because he needed to get some sleep. The Russian...
Putin says good chance of ending Ukraine crisis, West threatens more sanctions
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday there was a “good chance” of resolving the conflict in Ukraine as Western leaders squarely blamed Moscow and threatened to slap more sanctions if it did not take action to end the crisis. Putin was speaking at a G20 leaders summit in Brisbane where he has come under...
G-20 leaders finalise details of growth plan
World leaders prepared to release details of a plan aimed at injecting life into the world’s listless economy. World leaders prepared to release details of a plan aimed at injecting life into the world’s listless economy, with infrastructure investment and the lowering of trade barriers flagged as key components of the initiative....
Vladimir Putin to cut short G20 summit after rebukes over Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to cut short his attendance at G20 summit in Australia. Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to cut short his attendance at G20 summit in Australia, an official said today, after he faced Western scorn and scepticism over Ukraine despite venturing to paper over Europe’s deepest chill in relations...
Russian TV claims it has photo of downing of MH17
The site of the crash in Ukraine. (Source: AP) Russian state television has released a satellite photograph that it claims shows that a Ukrainian fighter jet shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. However, commentators have dismissed the photo as a fake. All 298 people aboard the Boeing 777 were killed when it was shot down July 17 over a...
Ukraine, Russia main issues as leaders gather for G20
Russian President Vladimir Putin is welcomed by Governor of Queensland Paul de Jersey in Brisbane Friday. (Source: AP) A showdown between Western leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely at the G20 summit in Australia starting Saturday, following fresh reports of Russian troops pouring into eastern Ukraine. Ukraine has accused...
Russia to G-20: We’re here. So are our warships.
Four Russian warships have entered international waters off the northeast Australian coast to coincide with Putin’s visit to Australia. (Source: AP) Vladimir Putin is underlining his presence at a major summit of world leaders in Australia by stationing warships in waters off the country’s northeastern coast, prompting the Australian...
Australia tracking 4 Russian navy ships off its north coast after MH17 downing
FILE – In this Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005 file photo, wearing a flying gear Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his souvenir, a mock-up of a supersonic Tu-160 strategic bomber, at an airfield near the northern city of Murmansk, Russia, shortly after landing there aboard a Tu-160, with the bomber crew in the background. Russia’s defense...
