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Netherlands to hold memorial ceremony for MH17 victims
The Netherlands will hold a memorial ceremony for the 298 people who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed in east Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Asian shares firm after sound U.S. data
(Reuters) – Asian shares gained on Monday after U.S. jobs data pointed to solid economic growth, with Hong Kong leading the gains after regulators set a date for a long-awaited trading link between the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges to open.MSCIs broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 1.2 percent, led...
Netherlands marks MH17 victims with memorial ceremony
AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands was on Monday to hold a national memorial ceremony for the 298 people who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot out of the sky over war-torn east Ukraine in July. Flags flew at half mast across the country and at Dutch diplomatic missions abroad ahead of a commemoration in Amsterdam to be attended by 1,600 of...
US concerned about military build-up in Ukraine
Washington: The US is “very concerned” by intensified fighting and rebels’ military build-up in eastern Ukraine, the White House said Sunday.”Any attempt by separatist forces to seize additional territory in eastern Ukraine would be a blatant violation of the.. …read more Source: India...
Mounting fears of full-scale conflict in Ukraine
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Armoured convoys headed to bolster rebel positions in east Ukraine as shelling rocked separatist stronghold Donetsk, prompting US-led concerns of a return to full-scale fighting. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Obama arrives in Beijing on Asia tour
BEIJING – US President Barack Obama arrived in Beijing Monday for a regional summit, his first stop on a week-long Asian diplomatic tour.Obama is due to meet new Indonesian President Joko Widodo during the morning, and then address an Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) meeting in the Chinese capital.The president descended from Air...
Rising China, geopolitical tensions take stage at APEC
Beijing (AFP) – World leaders including Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin converge Monday in Beijing for an Asia-Pacific summit against the backdrop of a US-Russian chill and the inexorable rise of the meetings increasingly assertive host.The gathering is the biggest event yet hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who took over last year...
Worst east Ukraine shelling for month; ceasefire looks in doubt
East Ukraine’s rebel stronghold Donetsk was pummeled on Sunday by the heaviest shelling in a month, and the OSCE said it spotted an armored column of troops without insignia in rebel territory that Kiev said proved Moscow had sent reinforcements.Japan’s Abe urges Putin to ensure Ukraine ceasefire holdsUkraine says up to 200 rebels...
Japan’s Abe urges Putin to ensure Ukraine ceasefire holds
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin to play a constructive role in ensuring that a shaky ceasefire in Ukraine holds. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Worst east Ukraine shelling for month, ceasefire looks in doubt
East Ukraine’s rebel stronghold Donetsk was pummelled on Sunday by the heaviest shelling in a month, and the OSCE said it spotted an armoured column of troops without insignia in rebel territory that Kiev said proved Moscow had sent reinforcements. A two-month-old ceasefire to end a war that has killed 4,000 people has appeared shakier...
