Section: The Star (Malaysia)
EU, U.S. present Russia with united sanctions, energy front – draft
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. and EU leaders on Wednesday will pledge to work together on sanctions and on strengthening Europe and Ukraine’s energy security as they seek to present a united front to Russia, according to a draft document seen by Reuters. …read more Source: The...
Conflict, militancy hit human rights in Middle East, African nations – TRFN
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Syria was bottom and Ukraine had the biggest slide in a human rights index published on Wednesday, as countries suffering from conflict grappled with human trafficking and other rights violations. …read more Source: The...
Russia's South Stream pipeline falls victim to Ukraine crisis, energy rout
SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s $40 billion (£25.4 billion) South Stream gas pipeline project has fallen victim to plunging energy prices, stalling European demand and the political standoff between the European Union and Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian parliament gives initial approval to new government
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament approved in an initial round of voting on Tuesday a new government that includes foreign technocrats in key financial roles. …read more Source: The...
Russia abandons South Stream but not goal of bypassing Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin’s decision to drop the South Stream pipeline project is a blow but not an end to Russia’s search for ways to get natural gas to Europe without going through Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president stands by foreign and defence chiefs
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko nominated his foreign and defence ministers for new terms on Tuesday, signalling a major change in policy is unlikely in the conflict with pro-Russian separatists in the east. …read more Source: The...
Foreign technocrats given Ukrainian citizenship before cabinet vote
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday granted citizenship to three foreign technocrats nominated for cabinet positions in a new government hoping to tackle severe economic and defence threats. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko nominates foreign, defence ministers for new terms
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday he had nominated Pavlo Klimkin to stay on as foreign minister and Stepan Poltorak to remain defence minister in a new government. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainians feel the pinch as winter closes in
KIEV (Reuters) – Every day, Yevgenia gets up before dawn to travel to the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital Kiev to sell five bottles of fresh milk from her village cows for around 66 U.S. cents a litre. …read more Source: The...
NATO, Ukraine condemn Russian military build-up in Crimea
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from the 28 NATO countries and Ukraine condemned on Tuesday a Russian military build-up in Crimea and what they called Russia’s “deliberate destabilisation” of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
