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Russia Demands Publication of Recordings From Downed Flight 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, a deputy defence minister … …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Cargo Plane With Seven on Board Crashes in Algeria: Official
A Ukrainian cargo plane with seven people on board crashed in Algeria’s far south on Saturday, an Algerian transport ministry official said. …read more Source:...
European Union Set to Slap New Sanctions on Russia
European Union leaders are poised to slap additional sanctions on Russia because of what they condemn as a continued destabilization of Ukraine and a deepening military involvement by Moscow. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Fighter Jet Shot Down in East: Kiev
A Ukrainian fighter jet has been shot down by a Russian anti-aircraft system in the east of the country, where Kiev is fighting pro-Moscow rebels, Ukraine’s military said on Saturday. …read more Source:...
IMF approves massive funding for Ukraine
The International Monetary Fund on Friday announced a disbursement of $1.4 billion to crisis-torn Ukraine, but warned that the program remains highly challenging and continues to hinge on the development of the conflict. …read more Source: China...
Some Mariupol residents dig in, some flee as pro-Russia rebels close in
Residents in east Ukraine’s strategic port of Mariupol dug trenches Friday as others packed up and fled over fears the city could be the next target for advancing pro-Russian rebels. Journalists saw dozens of people hastily building defenses in a field on the eastern outskirts of the government-held city, after pro-Moscow forces that Kiev...
The audacity of taupe: Obama’s tan suit lights up social media
Quick! What exactly did President Barack Obama say from the White House briefing room about Syria, Iraq and Ukraine while dressed in the tan suit that created a stir around the world? Tan suit? Precisely. If you get all your news from social media. Obama’s summer fashion choice, not unprecedented among presidents — himself included […] The...
Moscow categorizes soldiers’ mothers group as a ‘foreign agent’
Russia on Friday officially labeled a regional rights group that monitors abuses in the armed forces a “foreign agent” as Kiev and the West claimed Russian troops are involved in fighting in Ukraine. The Russian Justice Ministry added a group called Soldiers’ Mothers of St. Petersburg to its register of “foreign agents.” The ruling means...
Russia, European nations both have incentives to lie over Russian troops in Ukraine
The conflict in Ukraine has brought many echoes of the Cold War, including a loose attitude to the truth. Although Russia’s denials of military involvement stretch credibility to the breaking point, for some they remain a convenient fiction. Russian President Vladimir Putin is chief among them, apparently hoping that denying a Russian role...
McDonald’s faces biggest test in Russia since end of Soviet era
McDonald’s Corp. (MCD), which arrived in Soviet-era Russia in 1990 and helped open the communist nation to foreign enterprise, is now under pressure to retreat.‘Golden sanction’ to halt Putin in Ukraine stays elusiveChinese meat scandal tests tycoon’s ties With McDonald’sMcDonald’s Vietnam served 400,000 in first...
