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Ukraine signs cease-fire with pro-Russian rebels
MINSK, Belarus — The Ukrainian president declared a cease-fire Friday to end nearly five months of fighting in the nation’s east after his representatives reached a deal with the Russian-backed rebels at peace talks in Minsk. President Petro Poroshenko said he ordered government forces to stop hostilities at 1500 GMT (11 a.m. EDT)...
Asia shares mostly up, dollar approaches 105 yen
HONG KONG–Asian markets mostly rose on Tuesday, with Tokyo gaining more than one percent as the yen sank against the dollar, while Shanghai was boosted by hopes China will introduce economy-boosting measures. With Wall Street closed for the Labor Day weekend investors were given an anemic lead from Europe, where traders were eyeing the...
Ukrainian civilian plane crashes in Algeria
ALGIERS, Algeria—Algeria’s state news service is reporting that a Ukrainian civilian cargo plane has crashed in the mountains near the southern city of Tamanrasset. According to APS, the state news agency, the Antonov An-12 carrying seven crew members was on its way to Equatorial Guinea when it went down at about 2:40 a.m. about 15...
Pussy Riot say no place for Putin at G20
SYDNEY — The two best known members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot Saturday called on Australia to withdraw its invitation to President Vladimir Putin to attend this year’s G20 summit. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, in Sydney to speak at a festival, spent 22 months in jail after staging a protest performance in a Moscow...
Russia closes 12 McDonald’s branches, inspects 100
MOSCOW – Russia has temporarily closed 12 branches of McDonald’s on health grounds and is carrying out more than 100 inspections, the US fast food chain said Friday. Russia has cracked down on McDonald’s this month, closing three other branches of the hugely popular burger chain over alleged hygiene violations in a move widely...
Russia’s Putin calls for release of Ukrainian POWs
MOSCOW — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has called on pro-Russian separatists fighting government troops in eastern Ukraine to release Ukrainian soldiers they took prisoner and allow them to return home. Putin said in a statement published on the Kremlin’s web-site in the early hours on Friday that a lot of Ukrainian soldiers...
Obama cautions against using force to solve crises
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, faced with deepening crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, is putting the brakes on the notion that American military power can solve either conflict. While that stance is in keeping with Obama’s long-standing aversion to military entanglements, it comes at a time when the effectiveness of his...
Russian columns enter Ukraine
* Ukraine says 1,000 Russian soldiers cross into southeastern Ukraine * No direct denial from Russian defense ministry NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine — Two columns of tanks and military vehicles rolled into southeastern Ukraine from Russia on Thursday after Grad missiles were fired at a border post and Ukraine’s overmatched border guards fled, a...
Twin disasters spark Malaysia Airlines crew resignations
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Nearly 200 cabin crew have resigned from Malaysia Airlines which was hit by two deadly tragedies this year, the carrier said Tuesday, and some reportedly cited fears for their safety. The flag carrier, which prior to this year had a good safety record, has been in the spotlight in the past six months following the...
Malaysia receives bodies from Flight 17 crash
KUALA LUMPUR— The bodies and ashes of 20 Malaysians killed when Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine in July have arrived in Kuala Lumpur. It was the first repatriation of victims from the flight to the country. The government has urged people to wear black and observe a minute of silence and prayer. A charted Malaysian...
