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Poroshenko announces Putin meeting in new peace push
Ukraine’s leader Petro Poroshenko promised to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin and involve US President Barack Obama in his stalled push for peace. …read more Source: Channel...
Poroshenko announces Putin meeting in new peace push
KIEV – Ukraine’s Western-backed leader Petro Poroshenko promised Monday to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin and involve US President Barack Obama in his stalled push for peace with pro-Kremlin fighters in the separatist east. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Obama: Sanctions have worked against Russia aggression
December 30, 2014 2:16 AMWASHINGTON (AFP) – Strategic and tough sanctions against Moscow have effectively battled Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, US President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Monday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Indonesia fears missing plan ‘at bottom of sea’
JAKARTA (AFP) – Dozens of planes and ships searching Indonesian waters for a missing AirAsia plane focused Monday on a patch of oil for possible clues, as a senior official warned the aircraft was likely at the bottom of the sea.Australia, Malaysia and Singapore joined the Indonesia-led search as anguished relatives awaited news of their...
Guardian picks Bulent Kilic as photogr5apher of the year
LONDON (AFP) – The Guardian newspaper on Monday selected AFPs Bulent Kilic as its best agency photographer of the year, picking out a selection of his pictures from the Syrian border, Ukraine and his native Turkey.The British dailys website announced the award and published 15 pictures by Kilic — from protesters on fire on the...
Ukraine's President to meet Russian, French, German leaders, rules out offensive
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President said on Monday he would meet the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on Jan. 15 in an attempt to restore peace to Kiev’s eastern territories and acknowledged Kiev lacked the resources to regain control by military means. …read more Source: The...
Russia’s economy shrinks
MOSCOW: Russia’s economy shrank in November for the first time in five years, the government said yesterday, as sliding oil prices and Western sanctions over Ukraine take their toll. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine adopts ‘draconian’ budget backed by IMF
Ukraine’s parliament today adopted an austerity budget that hikes import prices and shrinks social spending in order to balance the books under a plan backed by the International Monetary Fund. The highly-disputed 2015 plan was pushed through by the government-led coalition after a marathon debate that ended after 4.00 am. Ukrainian…...
Ukraine Drops Nonaligned Status
The Ukrainian President today signed a bill dropping his country’s nonaligned status but signaled that he will hold a referendum before seeking NATO’s membership. …read more Source:...
Ukraine drops nonaligned status
KIEV – The Ukrainian president today (Dec 29) signed a bill dropping his country’s nonaligned status but signaled that he will hold a referendum before seeking NATO membership. The bill, which Parliament adopted last week and Mr Petro Poroshenko signed into… …read more Source:...
