Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Russians keep calm and shop on in face of rising prices
MOSCOW (AFP) – For shoppers like pensioner Tatiana Ivanovna buying their weekly groceries in a Moscow supermarket, these are increasingly tough times.Fuelled by a double whammy of a plummeting ruble and the embargoes Russia slapped on many Western products in retaliation for sanctions over the Ukraine crisis, inflation is soaring.Prices on...
Obama to seek tax increases on wealthy to help middle class
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will call for increasing taxes on the wealthiest Americans then using the revenue to fund new tax credits and other cost-saving measures for the middle class in his first address before a Republican-led Congress.The presidents proposals are likely to be cheered by the Democratic Partys liberal base,...
Explosions rock east Ukraine airport as battle intensifies
DONETSK (AFP) – Clashes between Ukraines army and pro-Russian rebels for control of a battered airport intensified Saturday, with explosions and heavy gunfire shaking the area throughout much of the day and at least six more people killed.The battle for Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine saw Kiev rush reinforcements to the snowy front...
Fighting in eastern Ukraine kills three soldiers
KIEV (AFP) – Fighting in eastern Ukraine has killed three soldiers, officials said Saturday, as an upsurge in clashes in recent days between the army and pro-Russian rebels centred around control of a battered airport.Further battles shook the area around the Donetsk airport on Saturday, with Ukraines military saying it was defending its...
War crimes court opens probe into Palestinian territories
THE HAGUE, Netherlands: (AP) – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court launched a preliminary probe Friday that could clear the way for a full-scale investigation into possible war crimes in Palestinian territoriesplunging the court into the most politically charged conflict it has ever tackled.Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in a...
WHO sounds alarm on Ukraine’s creaking health system
GENEVA (AFP) – Fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine has wreaked havoc on the health system, with more than five million people affected, the United Nations said on Friday.The World Health Organization said access to primary, secondary and emergency health services was critically needed, adding that the health infrastructure was buckling under...
New wave of intense fighting kills 11 in east Ukraine
KIEV (AFP) – Fierce fighting in east Ukraine has killed at least 11 people over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as a new round of violence threatened all-out conflict between government forces and pro-Russian rebels.A military spokesman reported six soldiers killed and 18 others wounded over the past day, adding that a civilian...
Cameron meets Obama, vows cyber security cooperation
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama and Britains Prime Minister David Cameron kicked off two days of talks Thursday at the White House, with the British leader promising progress on the new threat of cyber security.Cameron referenced the recent cyberattack allegedly launched by North Korea against Sony Pictures in a video posted...
Fierce battle for airport breaks out in Ukraine’s east
DONETSK (AFP) – Heavy artillery and shelling rocked Ukraines east on Thursday as the army and pro-Russian rebels waged a fierce battle for a key airport, forcing monitors to flee and threatening all-out conflict.The fighting came as Ukraine made renewed accusations of a Russian military build up on its border, and approved fresh troop...
Ukrainians describe chance survival from rocket attack
VOLNOVAKHA (AFP) – It was a simple gesture of politeness that saved her: a young man offered Olga Kukunyuk a seat on a bus transporting Ukrainians in search of pension payments in the war-torn east, but she remained standing.And today he is dead, Kukunyuk, 31, said at a hospital in Volnovakha, where she was being treated for wounds to her...
