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    Ukraine offers huge state firms to foreign investors
    Jul09

    Ukraine offers huge state firms to foreign investors

    KIEV (AFP) – Ukraine said Thursday it would offer nearly 350 state firms for sale to foreign investors at an upcoming US conference aimed at saving the war-shattered countrys imploding economy.The huge privatisation effort — due to kick off in October — hopes to raise billions of dollars that could be used to plug a leaking...

    Quartet of crises threatens Europe’s core
    Jul05

    Quartet of crises threatens Europe’s core

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Four great crises around Europes fringes threaten to engulf the European Union, potentially setting the ambitious post-war unification project back by decades.The EUs unity, solidarity and international standing are at risk from Greeces debt, Russias role in Ukraine, Britains pursuit of opt-outs and Mediterranean...

    China ‘trying to hack into everything’: Clinton
    Jul05

    China ‘trying to hack into everything’: Clinton

    GLEN(AFP) – Hillary Clinton accused China on Saturday of trying to hack into everything that doesnt move in America and stealing government information, in strongly worded comments likely to irk Beijing.Clinton, a former secretary of state who is making another tilt at the White House in 2016, pulled no punches in remarks to Democratic...

    Ukraine tackles graft with new US-style police force
    Jul04

    Ukraine tackles graft with new US-style police force

    KIEV (AFP) – Some 2,000 young, athletic, US-trained Ukrainians on Saturday swore oaths to enforce the law — and resist the temptation to take bribes — at the launch of a new police service in Kiev to replace a notoriously corrupt force.Hands on their hearts, the new recruits assembled on a central square sang the national...

    IMF nears $1.7 billion loan payout to Ukraine
    Jul03

    IMF nears $1.7 billion loan payout to Ukraine

    WASHINGTON (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund said Thursday that its Ukraine mission had reached agreement with Kiev authorities on the steps needed to release $1.7 billion in much-needed bailout funds to the government.The mission has been reviewing the countrys reform achievements since the IMF awarded Ukraine a new four-year, $17.5...

    Football: Milan sign Brazil hotshot Luiz Adriano
    Jul03

    Football: Milan sign Brazil hotshot Luiz Adriano

    MILAN (AFP) – Brazilian striker Luiz Adrianos goalscoring exploits for Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk in last seasons Champions League earned him a move to Italian giants AC Milan on Thursday, the buying club announced on its website.The 28-year-old — who along with Lionel Messi, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo scored nine goals in last...

    Ukraine leader lays out vision of new war-time constitution
    Jul02

    Ukraine leader lays out vision of new war-time constitution

    KIEV (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday proposed constitutional changes giving sweeping powers to the regions but critically failing to address demands of pro-Russian militants in the separatist east.Poroshenkos new vision of the ex-Soviet states basic law trims presidential controls over the provinces and extends to...

    Russian activist probing Ukraine troop deaths found guilty over fraud
    Jul01

    Russian activist probing Ukraine troop deaths found guilty over fraud

    MOSCOW (AFP) – A Russian court on Wednesday found an elderly rights activist guilty on a fraud charge she said was aimed at her work investigating Russian troop deaths in Ukraine, but then immediately amnestied her.Lyudmila Bogatenkova, who heads a committee of soldiers mothers in the southern Russian region of Stavropol, was given a...

    Australia lowers iron ore price forecast as China outlook softens
    Jun30

    Australia lowers iron ore price forecast as China outlook softens

    SYDNEY (AFP) – Leading global producer Australia on Tuesday lowered its forecast for iron ore prices as Chinese steel production eases, but said export volumes were expected to grow as suppliers ramp up output.The price was forecast to fall to US$54.40 a tonne for this year and slip to US$52.10 in 2016 as Chinas output of steel, of which...

    U.S. compares China’s South China Sea moves to Russia’s in Ukraine
    Jun27

    U.S. compares China’s South China Sea moves to Russia’s in Ukraine

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Departments number two diplomat on Friday compared Chinas behavior in pursuit of territory in the South China Sea to that of Russia in eastern Ukraine.Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Chinas large scale reclamation projects in the South China Sea, a threat to peace and stability.He said the...