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Where are the bodies, MH17 families ask
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Daisy Oehlers and Bryce Fredriksz, a Dutch couple in their early 20s, were sitting near the left wing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 on their way to a holiday in Bali, when “high energy objects” – as officials later called them – struck the plane over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
NATO commander concerned by armoured convoys entering Ukraine from Russia
NAPLES Italy (Reuters) – NATO is concerned about convoys of trucks taking artillery and supplies into east Ukraine from Russia, and wants to see international borders respected, the supreme allied commander said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Heavy shelling in east Ukraine increases fears over ceasefire
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Heavy shelling resumed around the pro-Russian separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said, increasing concerns a ceasefire between the rebels and government forces could crumble. …read more Source: The...
Merkel says EU not planning new sanctions against Russia
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that the European Union was not planning new sanctions against Russia over a fresh spike in violence in Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Merkel says EU not planning new sanctions against Russia
[BERLIN] German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that the European Union was not planning new sanctions against Russia over a fresh spike in violence in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Business...
Further economic sanctions on Russia not planned, Merkel says
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Angela Merkel said on Tuesday there were no plans at present for further economic sanctions on Russia over Ukraine but she was unhappy that a ceasefire agreement was being broken and that pro-Russian rebels had gone ahead with their elections. …read more Source: The...
Heavy shelling in east Ukraine increases fears over ceasefire
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Heavy shelling resumed around the pro-Russian separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said. …read more Source: The...
China wins APEC support for free trade ‘roadmap’
BEIJING (AFP) – An Asia-Pacific summit on Tuesday endorsed a Beijing-backed route towards a vast free trade area in the region, host Xi Jinping said, calling it a historic step.At the same time the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting saw a flurry of diplomatic activity, with Russias President Vladimir Putin — often...
European stock markets extend gains
LONDON (AFP) – Europes leading stock markets rose Tuesday, with traders reacting to corporate updates and keeping a watch over escalating tensions in eastern Ukraine in the absence of major economic data releases.Londons benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 0.13 percent to stand at 6,619.69 points near midday in the British capital, building on...
Rouble’s float follows plunge against dollar – sign of Russian economic woe
Plagued by sanctions imposed over the Ukraine crisis and by falling oil prices, Russia’s economy is struggling and the rouble has lost a third of its value this year, hitting a record low. …read more Source: South China Morning...
