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- Taiwan (190)
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- Uzbekistan (33)
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Ukraine parliament approves new government
The Ukrainian parliament approves the formation of a new cabinet which includes political veterans, new faces and several foreign technocrats who were recently granted Ukrainian citizenship. …read more Source: China...
NATO boosts support for Ukraine; condemns Russia
BRUSSELS, Belgium — NATO foreign ministers approved fresh support for Ukraine and condemned Russia Tuesday for backing pro-Moscow rebels as the alliance signed off on its new training mission in Afghanistan. “We strongly condemn Russia’s continued and deliberate destabilization of eastern Ukraine in breach of international...
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...
NATO vows to step up support to Ukraine
NATO Foreign Ministers on Tuesday stated their support for Ukraine as its new government embarks on key reforms. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Russia hopes progress can be made by Ukraine conflicting parties
Although there was no official confirmation on the ceasefire reached by Kiev and the so-called Lugansk People’s Republic, Russia hopes to see real progress made to peacefully solve the Ukraine crisis, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said Tuesday. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Ukraine’s parliament approves new cabinet
The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday approved the formation of a new cabinet which includes political veterans, new faces and several foreign technocrats who were recently granted Ukrainian citizenship. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Ukraine parliament approves new government
Ukraine’s parliament approved the formation of a new government Tuesday, bringing an end to weeks of behind-the-scenes political wrangling following an October election that ushered in a group of pro-Western parties. The new Cabinet has come together as government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces agreed on a tentative cease-fire...
Russia predicts recession in 2015 on sanctions, oil slump
[MOSCOW] The Russian economy ministry on Tuesday slashed its economic forecast for 2015, announcing a contraction of 0.8 per cent because of Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis combined with falling oil prices. …read more Source: The Business...
Ukraine Names US National Natalia Jaresko as Finance Minister
Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday confirmed US national Natalia Jaresko as finance minister while handing the economy portfolio to Lithuanian investment banker Aivaras Abromavicius in a new government d… …read more Source:...
Vladimir Putin Foe Mikhail Khodorkovsky Urges More Targeted Russia Sanctions
Exiled Russian former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky urged the EU to target sanctions more closely against key officials over the Ukraine crisis, saying ordinary Russians were taking the brunt of the pai… …read more Source:...
