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Amid maritime disputes, China confirms building second aircraft carrier
China on Thursday confirmed it is building a second aircraft carrier, as neighbours worry about Beijing’s new assertiveness to claims in the South China Sea. Defence Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said the carrier had been designed in China and was being built in the port of Dalian. Foreign military analysts and Chinese media have for months...
China says it is building second aircraft carrier
BEIJING (AP) — China says it is building its second aircraft carrier, this time entirely with domestic technology. Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Yang Yujun told reporters at a news conference Thursday that the 50,000-ton vessel is being built in the northern port of Dalian. China currently operates one refurbished aircraft carrier purchased...
Key World Events In 2015
This past year was one marred by war and humanitarian crisis – a year that also saw a spike in terror attacks around the world – the first being the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris. Here is a panorama of world events in 2015. – January – – 7 to 9: FRANCE – Seventeen people are slaughtered in attacks in Paris on the satirical...
Panorama of key world events in 2015
PARIS (AFP) – Here is a panorama of world events in 2015:January- 7-9: FRANCE – Seventeen people are slaughtered in attacks in Paris on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket two days later.Victims of Charlie Hebdo Paris attack- 26: SYRIA – The Daesh group is driven out of the Syrian town of Kobane on the...
Crimea Official Says Ukraine Has Cut Off Power Again
…read more Source: The Jakarta...
Ukrainian gov’t passes trade restrictions on Russia
The Ukrainian government said on Wednesday it has passed trade restrictions on Russia in response to Moscow suspending a free trade agreement. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Ukraine bans imports
KIEV: Ukraine said on Wednesday it may impose a ban as soon as next month on imports of dozens of Russian goods as a retaliatory measure against Moscow which this month said it was suspending a free trade zone with Kiev. The list, which was set out in a statement from the country’s economy ministry, included meat and meat products, baby...
Merkel, Hollande, Putin, Poroshenko renew support for ceasefire in Ukraine
nbsp Last Updated On 31 December2015 Aboutnbsp51 minutes ago …read more Source: The Frontier...
Four-way phone talks on Ukraine crisis
Leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine stressed Wednesday the importance of the “full implementation” of the Minsk Protocal in 2016. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Crimea official says Ukraine has cut off power again, Interfax reports
MOSCOW: A Crimean official said on Thursday that Ukraine had cut off a major source of electrical power to the region, a month after saboteurs first plunged the Russian-annexed peninsula into darkness. Kirill Moskalenko, a spokesman of the governor of Sevastopol city, said Ukraine has cut off the Kakhovka–Titan line to Crimea. “The line has...
