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Oil prices down in Asian trade
SINGAPORE: Oil prices eased in Asian trade Monday, but retained support from the latest round of tensions between Ukraine and Russia which sparked concerns of a full-scale military conflict, analysts said. …read more Source: New Straits...
Asian shares mixed as Russia-Ukraine tensions weigh
Asian shares were mixed Monday, with the latest round of tensions between Russia and Ukraine exerting selling pressure despite some progress cited in the “difficult” negotiations between both sides.Seoul was down 0.31 percent, Hong Kong slipped 0.18 percent, but Shanghai gained 0.41 percent while Tokyo and Sydney traded flat.US shares...
Moscow denies weapon transfer to Ukrainian insurgents
The Kremlin said on Sunday that Russia is not sending any military equipment to militia in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
‘Some progress’ in difficult Ukraine, Russia talks: Germany
The Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers ended “difficult” talks on the Ukraine crisis Sunday with no concrete advances but “some progress”, hosts Germany said, as clashes continued on the ground.Ukraine says its troops make breakthrough in rebel strongholdRussia participates in Ukraine aid missionNew fighting in...
Ukraine says its troops have entered key rebel-held city of Luhansk
Army troops have penetrated deep inside a rebel-controlled city in eastern Ukraine in what could prove a breakthrough development in the four-month-long conflict, the Ukrainian government said Sunday. However, the military acknowledged that another one of its fighter planes was shot down by the separatists, who have been bullish about their...
‘Some progress’ in difficult Ukraine, Russia talks: Germany
BERLIN – The Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers ended “difficult” talks on the Ukraine crisis with no concrete advances but “some progress”, hosts Germany said, as clashes continued on the ground. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine says its troops make breakthrough in rebel stronghold
Ukrainian forces have raised their national flag over a police station in the city of Luhansk that was for months under rebel control, Kiev said on Sunday, in what could be a breakthrough in Ukraine’s efforts to crush pro-Moscow separatists. Russia participates in Ukraine aid missionUkraine says suspends attacks to let experts reach crash...
Ukraine, Russia hold talks amid fears of direct clashes
Germany warned on Sunday (Aug 17) that direct military clashes between Russia and Ukraine must be avoided at all costs as Kiev and Moscow’s top diplomats joined crisis talks with only faint hope of a breakthrough. …read more Source: Channel...
Separatists shoot down Ukrainian warplane as fighting intensifies in Donetsk
Pro-Russian separatists shot down a Ukrainian warplane in eastern Ukraine early yesterday while at least 10 civilians were killed in fighting involving artillery and mortars in the rebel-held city of Donetsk, local authorities said. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Filipino crewmen stranded on ship ask for ‘humanitarian parole’
LOS ANGELES, California — Filipino crew members aboard a 700-foot freighter are asking for “humanitarian parole” from the US Customs and Border Protection after being stuck for over four months on a shop anchored in the Delaware River. The ship is manned by 17 Filipinos (not 18 as previously reportec), aged 23 to 54, two...
