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Malaysia in mourning as MH17 remains return home
Malaysia will drape itself in black for a national day of mourning Friday as it welcomes home the remains of 20 citizens killed on downed Flight MH17.Malaysian King Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah and Prime Minister Najib Razak will attend a sombre ceremony at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, followed by a minute’s silence observed...
MH17: Process of bringing home bodies runs smoothly
SEPANG: It is still too early to determine whether special religious rites for Buddhist and Taoist victims of the MH17 tragedy could be performed at its crash site near Grabovo, Ukraine as investigators were still in the process of identifying victims. …read more Source: New Straits...
Tourism tanks in Crimea under the Russian flag
SEVASTOPOL – Restaurant owner Galina Anchukova looks out across the seaside promenade in sunny Feodosia, with its straggle of strolling tourists, and sees a wasted financial opportunity. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine president pledges to ‘talk peace’ with Putin
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Ukraine’s president said he will “talk peace” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by demanding the withdrawal of pro-Kremlin militants from the war-torn east when they meet next week for the first time in months. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine president pledges to ‘talk peace’ with Putin
Ukraine’s president said he will “talk peace” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by demanding the withdrawal of pro-Kremlin militants from the war-torn east when they meet next week for the first time in months. …read more Source: The Times of...
World › Russia targets McDonald’s in expanding East-West trade war
Russian authorities launched nationwide inspections of McDonald’s restaurants Thursday after shutting several wildly-popular Moscow locations on apparent government orders aimed at striking back against biting Western sanctions. It was the latest salvo in Russia’s escalating and economically-bruising trade war with Europe and the...
Russian aid convoy starting to enter Ukraine
Fierce fighting raged in eastern Ukraine on Thursday in what appeared to be a last-gasp attempt by government troops to snatch back territory from pro-Russian separatists before the arrival of a Russian aid convoy overseen by the Red Cross. Trucks loaded with water, generators and sleeping bags for desperate civilians in the besieged city of […]...
Ukraine president pledges to talk peace with Putin
Ukraine’s president said he will “talk peace” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by demanding the withdrawal of pro-Kremlin militants from the war-torn east when they meet next week for the first time in months. …read more Source: Channel...
First Malaysian bodies from MH17 crash fly home
THE HAGUE – A plane carrying the bodies of 20 Malaysian victims of flight MH17, which crashed in Ukraine in July, took off from Amsterdam for Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, Dutch media reported. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine’s economy minister announces resignation
Ukraine’s economy minister announced his resignation on Thursday (Aug 21) following conflicts within the government on how to turn around the dire national economic situation. …read more Source: Channel...
