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Australia Says Hunt for Missing MH370 Jet May Be Called Off Soon
Canberra. The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cannot go on forever, Australia’s deputy prime minister said, and discussions are already under way between Australia, China and Malaysia as to whether to call off the hunt within weeks. No trace has been found of the Boeing 777 aircraft, which disappeared a year ago this week...
‘I Am Not Afraid,’ Russians March in Memory of Murdered Putin Critic
Moscow. Holding placards declaring “I am not afraid,” thousands of Russians marched in Moscow on Sunday in memory of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, whose murder has widened a split in society that some say could threaten Russia’s future. Families, the old and young walked slowly, with many carrying portraits of Nemtsov, an opposition...
Fighting in eastern Ukraine displaces Donetsk’s soccer team
The sleek stadium, built six years ago and host to some of Europe’s biggest soccer matches, is silent. It sits in the middle of the city of Donetsk, a war zone controlled by pro-Russian separatists battling Ukrainian troops.The $425 million Donbass Arena now serves as a depot and distribution point for supplies of humanitarian aid.With...
Estonia’s ruling pro-Western Reform Party wins election
Estonia’s ruling Reform Party has emerged as the overall winner in the Baltic country’s general election dominated by economic issues and security concerns over Russia’s actions in Ukraine.With all votes counted, Prime Minister Taavi Roivas declared victory early Monday. Polls had predicted a close race between the governing...
Estonians vote in parliamentary election amid security fears
Estonians are voting for a new Parliament in an election dominated by economic issues and security concerns due to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine.Opinion polls índicate a close race between the Baltic nation’s governing center-right coalition, led by Prime Minister Taavi Roivas’ Reform Party, and the opposition Center Party,...
Ukrainian journalist killed in shelling despite ceasefire
Serhiy Nikolayev, a Ukrainian journalist, was killed by shelling in east Ukraine on Saturday, his newspaper said, even as the Ukrainian military reported a significant drop in rebel attacks, boosting hopes for a two-week-old … …read more Source: ANTARA...
Ukraine’s new US-born finance chief enduring baptism by fire
War-torn Ukraine is a long way from Wood Dale, Illinois.But Natalie Jaresko, the country’s new finance minister who was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, says she feels just as much at home here as she takes on a daunting task: overhauling a Soviet-era economy at a time when public finances are being drained by war.It’s been a...
Prominent Putin critic Boris Nemtsov shot dead near Kremlin
A few hours after going on the radio to denounce President Vladimir Putin’s policies as mad, charismatic opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down early Saturday as he walked near the Kremlin.Colleagues in Russia’s beleaguered and marginalized opposition pointed fingers at the state or at assailants fired up by fervent...
Russian Opposition Leader Boris Nemtsov Killed in Front of Kremlin
Moscow. Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s involvement in the war in Ukraine, was shot dead steps from the Kremlin in central Moscow late on Friday. Nemtsov, 55, was shot four times in the back by assailants in a white car as he walked across a bridge over the Moskva...
Deaths Shake Ukraine Truce; Poroshenko Wary of Russian Threat
Kiev. Ukraine on Friday reported the first deaths in three days in east Ukraine and President Petro Poroshenko said Russia would pose a “military threat” even if a ceasefire holds. Government troops fighting pro-Russian separatists in the east began towing artillery away from the front line on Thursday, a sign the truce meant to begin on Feb. 15...
