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Poland’s Tusk, Italy’s Mogherini get EU top jobs
BRUSSELS – European leaders on Saturday named Polish premier Donald Tusk as the next EU president and Italy’s Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini to head the diplomatic service as the bloc faces challenges including the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine near ‘point of no return’: President
He added, however, that a trilateral meeting on Monday involving representatives of Kiev, Moscow and the European Union could produce a ceasefire. …read more Source: The Times of...
Poland’s Tusk, Italy’s Mogherini get EU top jobs
European leaders on Saturday (Aug 30) named Polish premier Donald Tusk as the next EU president and Italy’s Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini to head the diplomatic service as the bloc faces challenges including the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says close to point of all-out war with Russia
August 31, 2014 1:38 AMBRUSSELS (REUTERS) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday he believed that efforts to halt violence with pro-Russian rebels were very close to a “point of no return” and that failure could lead to “full-scale war”. …read more Source: The Straits...
Seven Die as Ukraine Plane Crashes in Sahara: Algeria
A Ukrainian cargo plane crashed in the Sahara desert early on Saturday, killing all seven people on board, Algeria’s transport ministry said. …read more Source:...
Ukraine says Russian tanks flatten entire town; EU ready to prepare sanctions
Ukraine said on Saturday Russian tanks had flattened a small border town and pro-Russian rebels had made fresh gains in its east, as EU leaders signaled they were ready to prepare more sanctions on Moscow over the crisis. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, speaking ahead of a European Union summit in Brussels, said he was still […] The post...
Hollande says EU sanctions on Russia to be increased over Ukraine
PARIS – French President Francois Hollande said Saturday that EU leaders meeting in Brussels were likely to boost sanctions on Russia over the escalating Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: Bangkok...
7 die as Ukraine cargo plane crashes in Sahara
A Ukrainian cargo plane crashed in a mountainous area in the Sahara desert early on Saturday (Aug 30), killing all seven people on board, Algeria’s transport ministry said. …read more Source: Channel...
EU readies new Russia sanctions, says Ukraine conflict puts Europe at risk of war
August 31, 2014 12:20 AMBRUSSELS (AFP) – The European Union geared up a fresh wave of sanctions against Russia on Saturday with warnings that the escalating conflict in Ukraine was putting all of Europe at risk of war. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia demands publication of recordings from MH17
Russia is demanding to know why international investigators have yet to publish the black box data from a Malaysian airliner that was shot down over eastern Ukraine in July. …read more Source: China...
