Section: The Borneo Post (Malaysia)
Triumphant UiTM pays tribute to MH370
Members of the UiTM Eco-Sprint team, wearing uniform styled after MAS air crew, showed their appreciation to the attendees after the moment of silence for the airline disasters upon receiving their award. The exterior design of the UiTM Eco-Sprint vehicle. Curtin University Sarawak’s team and their vehicle. Luck was not on their side as...
Australia says hunt for missing MH370 jet may be called off soon
Warren Truss 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...
Detained Ukrainian lawmaker released from custody in Moscow
Alexei Goncharenko (C), deputy of Ukrainian parliament, wears a t-shirt depicting Boris Nemtsov reading in Ukrainian “Heroes never die”, in Moscow on March 1, 2015 -© AFP MOSCOW: A Ukrainian lawmaker said Sunday he was detained by Russian police ahead of a Moscow march to honour opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down near the...
Ukraine’s frontlines calm ahead of gas talks
An instructor of the Ukrainian volunteer Azov Battalion conducts training exercises in Kiev, on March 1, 2015 -© AFP / by Maria ANTONOVA KIEV: Ukraine’s frontlines were relatively calm on Sunday ahead of high-level EU-mediated gas talks between Kiev and Moscow, as journalists mourned the killing by mortar fire of a Ukrainian photographer....
West condemns assassination of Nemtsov
People gather at the spot, where Nemtsov was shot dead, near Saint-Basil’s Cathedral, in the center of Moscow. — AFP photo President Putin vows in a message to victim’s mother to do all he can to punish perpetrators MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin vowed to punish the killers of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov as Russian opposition...
Russian opposition leader shot dead
Medics lift the body of Nemtsov, covered with plastic, on Moskvoretsky bridge near St Basil cathedral in central Moscow. — AFP photo Obama leads western group condemning the killing of Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of President Putin MOSCOW: Western leaders yesterday condemned the drive-by shooting of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, a...
Ukraine leader says troop deaths ‘serious breach’ of truce
A photo taken and released on February 18, 2015 by the Ukrainian presidential press-service shows Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaking during the Security and Defence Council in Kiev -© Ukraine Presidential Press Service/AFP/File BERLIN: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko declared the killing of three government troops by pro-Moscow...
Ukraine poised to pull back arms from frontline
United States and Russia trade blame for delays in the peace plan KIEV: Ukraine’s army awaited orders to pull back weapons from the frontline yesterday as a shaky truce settled, while the United States and Russia traded blame for delays in the peace plan. Kiev said that its positions around the conflict zone came under fire from pro-Russian...
Putin ‘destabilizing’ Ukraine, Kerry says
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of destabilizing Ukraine through “land grabs,” warning Moscow and the rebels had failed to meet the terms of a tattered ceasefire. Putin had put in place policies which “violate all the international norms with respect to territory and behavior,” Kerry told...
Coe says Russia must not be banned over doping
Britain’s Sebastian Coe, double Olympic 1500m champion, and candidate for President of the International Association of Athletics Federations poses, on February 25, 2015, in Marseille -© AFP / by Frédéric Bourigault MARSEILLE: Track legend Sebastian Coe, campaigning for the presidency of world athletics, said Wednesday that Russia should...
