Section: Malaysia
The dragon and the bear: Xi, Putin form power duo at APEC
BEIJING: China’s authoritarian President Xi Jinping and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin share similar views on issues from human rights to Mikhail Gorbachev, in an increasingly close personal relationship that mirrors their countries’ converging interests. Putin arrives in Beijing Sunday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...
Australian PM to have ‘robust’ talk with Putin
SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Saturday he would have a “robust” conversation about downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 with Russian President Vladimir Putin when they meet in Beijing. The Kremlin confirmed on Friday that Putin will meet Abbott, who last month promised to confront the Russian president over the downing of the...
IMF mission to visit Kiev in November
KIEV (Reuters) – An International Monetary Fund mission will visit Kiev from Nov. 11 to 25 to check on the status of Ukraine’s conflict-hit economy and its progress under a $17 billion bailout programme, the IMF’s Ukraine representative Jerome Vacher said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Finnish coalition government narrowly survives confidence vote
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s left-right coalition government narrowly survived a no-confidence vote on Friday brought on by the country’s economic woes, which have been exacerbated by a slowdown in the euro zone and by the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko says warns Merkel of escalating eastern conflict
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday he had told Germany’s Angela Merkel by telephone that the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine was escalating due to “significant” violations of a Sept. 5 ceasefire deal. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's 'kamikaze' PM relishes hawkish reputation
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s prime minister once said he and the emergency government which took power after pro-European protests in February were on a “suicide” mission, fated to take unpopular decisions that would cut short their political careers. …read more Source: The...
Russia stands by Ukraine ceasefire deal, 'respects' rebel vote
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is committed to a two-month-old agreement on a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and wants further talks held to build on peace moves involving government forces and separatists, a Kremlin adviser said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Tank column crosses from Russia into Ukraine – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – A column of 32 tanks, 16 howitzer artillery systems and trucks carrying ammunition and fighters has crossed into eastern Ukraine from Russia, the Kiev military said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Five Ukrainian soldiers killed in fighting
KIEV: Five Ukrainian soldiers were killed in fighting with pro-Russian rebels over the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s military said today, as clashes threatened the total collapse of an ineffective ceasefire. …read more Source: New Straits...
Dutch to recover MH17 wreckage ‘within days’
THE HAGUE: Dutch investigators expect to begin recovering wreckage from the site of downed flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine “within a few days” and bring it to the Netherlands, the Dutch Safety Board said on Thursday. “Agreements have been made about a plan to make it possible to recover the wreckage and hand it over to the Dutch...
