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Protesters clash with police in Ukraine capital, throw smoke bombs
KIEV (Reuters) – A few thousand protesters clashed with police on Tuesday outside the Ukrainian parliament, throwing stones and smoke bombs and firing with air guns through the building’s windows. …read more Source: The...
Survey shows more pessimism about German economy
Germany’s ZEW survey of investment analysts fell for the tenth consecutive month in October, adding to a string of downbeat economic data about Europe’s largest economy and the eurozone as a whole.The index fell to minus 3.6 points from 6.9 points in September. That was worse than the zero expected by market analysts.The ZEW reading...
Number of Russian troops in Ukraine conflict zone drastically declines
Military officials in Ukraine say there has been a reduction in the number of Russian soldiers at the heart of the fighting between government troops and separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine. Russian personnel who had been in field camps in Ukraine have been returning to their home bases inside Russia, Ukrainian security spokesman Col. Andriy […]...
Ukraine's parliament approves president's choice for defence minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday approved National Guard chief Stepan Poltorak as defence minister following his nomination by President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: The...
Kerry and Lavrov to lock horns over Ukraine crisis
Washington is pressing Moscow to use its influence to ease tensions in Ukraine, while Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be keen to put forward his country’s dissatisfaction at US and EU sanctions. …read more Source: Channel...
Russian hackers target NATO, Ukraine and others – iSight
BOSTON (Reuters) – Russian hackers exploited a bug in Microsoft Windows and other software to spy on computers used by NATO, the European Union, Ukraine and companies in the energy and telecommunications sectors, according to cyber intelligence firm iSight Partners. …read more Source: The...
Dutch experts help recover MH17 crash items despite nearby clashes
UKRAINE: Four Dutch experts and local emergency services made a start on Monday recovering personal belongings from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines MH17 last summer in east Ukraine, carting away boxes of personal possessions despite fighting nearby. But the leader of the Dutch team coordinating the repatriation mission said the aim was still...
Chinese PM Li to meet Putin as ties deepen
MOSCOW – Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang will meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as Moscow, struggling with its deepest isolation since the end of the Cold War, seeks to deepen a key relationship.The two nations on Monday pledged to increase efforts to promote a just world order as Li and his counterpart Dmitry Medvedev signed...
Kongsberg sees billions of dollars in possible missile sales
WASHINGTON – Kongsberg Gruppen ASA says its Naval Strike Missile (NSM) and a sister missile developed to go into the bomb bay of the F-35 fighter jet could generate billions of dollars of new revenues for the Norwegian company in coming years.Walter Qvam, president and chief executive of Kongsberg, told Reuters that Russian aggression in...
Ukrainians recover belongings of MH17 victims
A piece of a plane with the sign “Malaysia Airlines” lies in the grass as a group of Ukrainian coal miners search the site of a crashed Malaysian passenger plane near the village of Rozsypne, Ukraine, eastern Ukraine. Pic: AP. THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government says Ukrainian searchers have recovered belongings including...
