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Asian stocks down on recovery, Ebola worries
SEOUL — Asian stocks fell Thursday amid worries about the strength of US and European recoveries and the first American case of Ebola. Keeping Score: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index lost 1.7 percent to 15,815.45 points and South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.9 percent to 1,973.31. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.7 percent to...
Ten killed in Ukraine’s Donetsk on first day of school
Ukraine’s largest rebel-controlled city of Donetsk was shaken by violence yesterday as 10 people, including parents and teachers, were killed, the highest toll since a tenuous ceasefire was agreed. Terrified children, arriving for the first day of school, were forced to shelter in the basement as the shelling yielded the highest...
EU, Ukraine plot next move in gas war with Russia
KIEV – Crisis-hit Ukraine and the European Union will try on Thursday to forge a joint stance at crunch talks with Russia in the latest gas war with its westward-leaning neighbour. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ten killed in Ukraine’s Donetsk on first day of school
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Ukraine’s largest rebel-controlled city of Donetsk was shaken by violence on Wednesday as 10 people, including parents and teachers, were killed, the highest toll since a tenuous ceasefire was agreed. …read more Source: Bangkok...
German Chancellor urges Russian president to use influence over Ukraine rebels
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, during a telephone call with President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, stressed Moscow’s “responsibility” to act as a moderating influence over the pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Merkel tells Putin Moscow has duty to temper separatists in Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Wednesday that Moscow had a duty to temper pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, a spokesman for the German government said. …read more Source: The...
Merkel urges Putin to use influence over Ukraine rebels
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed Moscow’s “responsibility” to act as a moderating influence over the pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Merkel urges Putin to use influence over Ukraine rebels
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, during a telephone call with President Vladimir Putin yesterday, stressed Moscow’s “responsibility” to act as a moderating influence over the pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. The ceasefire in place in eastern Ukraine “must be strictly respected”, a statement by a German government...
US stocks drop sharply; Airlines sink
It was a rough start to October for financial markets Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average dropping more than 200 points as investors reacted to a round of negative economic news in the U.S. and abroad.At first stocks were driven lower by word that German manufacturing had slowed last month. The selling accelerated after a separate...
World › Ukraine rebels close in on Donetsk airport
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine advanced Wednesday on the government-held airport in Donetsk, pressing to seize the key transportation hub even as the two sides bargained over a troop pullout under a much-violated truce. Fighting for the airport has raged for months as the insurgents have tried to dislodge the… …read more Source:...
