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Rebels launch Ukraine offensive after bus shelling
Pro-Kremlin insurgents unleashed a massive rocket assault in Ukraine on Wednesday (Jan 14) as Kiev and Moscow traded blame for a bus shelling that killed 12 in the war’s bloodiest incident since a September truce. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia warns Ukraine against stoking conflict
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Kiev on Wednesday against using force in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, where violence rose sharply this week.We are warning our Ukrainian colleagues against attempts to once again return to the scenario of force, Lavrov said at a press conference in Moscow.He said the shaky...
NATO Secretary General says Russia should use all its influence on separatists to make them respect the ceasefire.
NATO has urged Russia to drop its support for separatists in eastern Ukraine. This was stated by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a news conference after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. He said Russia should also use all its influence on the separatists to make them respect the ceasefire. …read more Source:...
Space station crew safe, no ammonia leak confirmed
MIAMI: The six astronauts at the International Space Station are safe and are taking shelter in the Russian segment after an alarm went off on the US side of the orbiting outpost, NASA said Wednesday. The US space agency said it could not confirm that an ammonia leak was the cause, as the Russian space agency reported earlier. “ISS flight...
Space station crew safe, no ammonia leak confirmed: NASA
MIAMI (AFP) – The six astronauts at the International Space Station are safe and are taking shelter in the Russian segment after an alarm went off on the US side of the orbiting outpost, NASA said Wednesday.The US space agency said it could not confirm that an ammonia leak was the cause, as the Russian space agency reported earlier.ISS...
Toxic leak at International Space Station
MOSCOW: A leak of a toxic substance on Wednesday forced astronauts to evacuate the American section of the International Space Station, Russia’s space agency said Wednesday. The “toxic substance was emitted from a cooling system into the station’s atmosphere” in the US segment of the station, the agency said in a...
Toxic leak at International Space Station
A leak of a toxic substance on Wednesday forced astronauts to evacuate the American section of the International Space Station, Russia’s space agency said Wednesday. The “toxic substance was emitted from a cooling system into the station’s atmosphere” in the US segment of the station, the agency said in a statement....
Tennis: Del Potro ousts top seed Fognini in Sydney comeback
SYDNEY (AFP) – Defending champion Juan Martin del Potro came from a set down to dump top seed Fabio Fognini out of the Sydney International and advanced to the quarter-finals on Wednesday.The Argentine Grand Slam champion has won his first two matches in 10 months at the tournament following wrist surgery as he fights his way back to the...
Russia, Ukraine trade blame for bus attack
KIEV (AFP) – The death toll from a stray rocket that hit a Ukrainian bus climbed to 12 on Wednesday as Moscow and Kiev traded blame for the separatist wars bloodiest incident since a September truce.The long-range Grad rocket exploded on Tuesday near a commuter bus travelling towards the pro-Russian rebel stronghold of Donetsk from Ukraines...
Fourth Ship to Join Search for Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet
Sydney. A fourth search vessel equipped with a sophisticated underwater drone is set to join the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the Australian search coordinator said on Wednesday. Months of searches have failed to turn up any trace of the Boeing 777 aircraft, which disappeared on March 8, carrying 239 passengers and crew...
