Section: AsiaOne (Singapore)
Scandinavian jet with 132 passengers ‘nearly crashed into Russian warplane’
LONDON – A Scandinavian airliner carrying 132 passengers nearly crashed earlier this year into a Russian warplane that was flying covertly, a study of Russia-West military incidents said Monday.Swedish media reported that the two planes came within 90m of each other in the air some 80km southeast of the Swedish city of Malmo on March...
Obama arrives in Beijing on Asia tour
BEIJING – US President Barack Obama arrived in Beijing Monday for a regional summit, his first stop on a week-long Asian diplomatic tour.Obama is due to meet new Indonesian President Joko Widodo during the morning, and then address an Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) meeting in the Chinese capital.The president descended from Air...
Obama leaves for China, Myanmar, Australia tour
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama headed for China Sunday on a trip that will focus on Washington’s often tense relations with the country, and will also see the president visit Myanmar and Australia.The China stop will be dominated by Obama’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, where the White House said it...
Human remains found at Ukraine’s MH17 crash site
DONETSK, Ukraine – Dutch investigators have found more human remains at the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing shot down over war-torn Ukraine, an official with the separatist authorities in the region said Friday.However, it was too early to say whether the remains were those of people killed in the downing of flight MH17 or...
Ukraine says tanks enter from Russia, fighting kills 5 soldiers
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine said Friday that dozens of tanks and truckloads of soldiers had crossed from Russia into Kremlin-backed rebel territory, as five servicemen were killed in fighting that made a mockery of a supposed ceasefire.A column of 32 tanks, 16 howitzer cannons and 30 trucks carrying troops and equipment crossed the border into...
Putin cannot avoid me: Australia PM
SYDNEY- Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday warned Vladimir Putin he will not be able to avoid a “conversation” over the loss of Australian lives in the downing of Flight MH17 over Ukraine.Last month Abbott vowed to “shirtfront” the Russian president at the G20 summit in Brisbane next week.Shirtfronting is an...
Danish homeless to get Russian gourmet cheese
COPENHAGEN – Dairy producer Arla said on Thursday it would donate 15 tonnes of cheese to homeless people in Denmark after it was hit by the Russian embargo on EU products.Arla, a cooperative owned by farmers in seven European countries, said it couldn’t sell the products in other markets either because it was unable to repackage them,...
Second-hand clothes the austerity fashion in Eastern Europe
The global financial crisis hit hard in central and eastern Europe, but one industry has thrived: second-hand clothing stores.While in western Europe the squeeze on household finances prompted many consumers to turn to discount retailers like Primark, their peers further east – where wages are significantly lower – have shifted to the...
Despite election defeat, foreign policy is not ‘game over’ for Obama
WASHINGTON – From marauding jihadists in Iraq to pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and beheadings of Americans in Syria, a world in crisis has fanned perceptions of an overwhelmed US president and contributed to a Republican sweep of US midterm elections.But the slide of public confidence in President Barack Obama and the takeover of US...
Russia’s Putin, EU’s Barroso burnt on British bonfires
LEWES, United Kingdom – Russian President Vladimir Putin in nothing but green underwear and European leader Jose Manuel Barroso are among those being paraded and burned during traditional British bonfire celebrations this week.Effigies of the two leaders were unveiled as part of Guy Fawkes Night, a nationwide celebration on Nov 5 featuring...
