Section: AsiaOne (Singapore)
Putin cites ‘need to sleep’ on leaving tense G20 summit
BRISBANE, Australia – Vladimir Putin jetted out of Australia Sunday after a testy G20 summit where he faced concerted Western fire over the Ukraine crisis, saying he left slightly early because he needed to get some sleep.RELATED STORIES Putin praises G20’s ‘constructive atmosphere’West targets Russia over Ukraine as testy...
Putin praises G20’s ‘constructive atmosphere
BRISBANE, Australia – Russia president Vladimir Putin on Sunday praised the “constructive atmosphere” at the G20 summit and said there was a “good chance of a resolution” to the Ukraine crisis, despite coming under intense pressure from Western leaders.Speaking at a press conference broadcast on Russian television,...
Putin says good chance of ending Ukraine crisis, West threatens more sanctions
BRISBANE, Australia – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday there was a “good chance” of resolving the conflict in Ukraine as Western leaders squarely blamed Moscow and threatened to slap more sanctions if it did not take action to end the crisis.Putin was speaking at a G20 leaders summit in Brisbane where he has come...
West targets Russia over Ukraine as testy G20 wraps up
BRISBANE, Australia – Russian President Vladimir Putin faced concerted Western fire over the Ukraine crisis on Sunday at a testy G20 summit where geopolitical strains vied with debate on overhauling the global economy.At the summit in Brisbane, Putin broke protocol by pre-empting the host leader in delivering remarks to the media.The...
G20 leaders face pressure to deliver on growth
BRISBANE, Australia – Australia made a last ditch call Sunday for the G20’s leaders to use all policy levers to rehabilitate global economies and generate prosperity, which could see them better their target of lifting growth by two per cent.The world’s top industrial nations have vowed to boost their combined economic output by...
US, Japan and Australia vow to oppose Russian action in Ukraine
BRISBANE, Australia – The leaders of the United States, Japan and Australia lined up together against Russia on Sunday, vowing to oppose Russian efforts to destabilise eastern Ukraine during a rare trilateral meeting held at the G20 summit in Brisbane.President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Minister...
One week to ‘finish the job’ in Iran nuclear talks
VIENNA – Iran and six world powers begin a final round of talks in Vienna on Tuesday aiming to overcome significant remaining differences and agree a historic nuclear deal by a November 24 deadline.”There’s still a big gap. We may not be able to get there,” US President Barack Obama warned last Sunday.After 12 years of...
MH17: Russia’s photos of plane ‘shot down’ by Ukranian fighter jet fake, say commentators
MOSCOW – Russian state-controlled TV has broadcast what it called “sensational” photographs, which it said supported Moscow’s theory that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet.Several commentators who have examined the photographs have described them as forgeries, however.The photographs,...
Five civilians including two children die in east Ukraine: Officials
KIEV – Five civilians, including two children, and three more Ukrainian soldiers have died in the latest fighting in Ukraine, officials said Saturday.The civilian deaths came in Gorlivka, some 30 kilometres north of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, late Friday, the local council in the rebel-held city said.It added that a further 12 people...
Three more Ukrainian troops killed in east: Kiev
KIEV – Three more Ukrainian soldiers have been killed during fighting in the east over the past 24 hours, security officials in Kiev said Saturday.The announcement brings to seven the total number of troops killed across the region in the past day. Another 10 troops have been injured, according to the officials.An AFP reporter in the rebel...
