Section: Singapore
EU and neighbouring states join global aviation emissions pact
The European Union and 16 surrounding countries including Turkey, Ukraine and Georgia, said on Saturday they would join the first phase of a UN-brokered deal to limit carbon emissions from international flights, following a similar pledge by China and the United States. …read more Source: Channel...
Lithuania says it supplies ammunition to Ukraine for first time in two years
Lithuania says it has supplied lethal weaponry to Ukraine for the first time since 2014. …read more Source: Channel...
EU’s Mogherini says ‘back-to-school’ ceasefire holding in east Ukraine
The European Union’s top diplomat said on Friday that a “back-to-school” ceasefire seemed to be holding in eastern Ukraine where Russia-backed fighters took up arms against Kiev troops in April, 2014, a conflict that has killed more than 9,500 people. …read more Source: Channel...
US imposes sanctions on ‘Putin’s bridge’ to Crimea
Companies building a multi-billion dollar bridge to link the Russian mainland with annexed Crimea, a project close to the heart President Vladimir Putin, were targeted by the United States in an updated sanctions blacklist on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
US blacklists dozens over Ukraine conflict
The United States added dozens of people and companies, including separatists and Russian firms operating in Crimea, on Thursday to its sanctions blacklist over their actions in Ukraine, the region annexed by Russia in 2014. …read more Source: Channel...
Merkel, Hollande worried about Ukraine conflict ahead of meeting with Putin
Germany and France are “extremely concerned” about the situation in eastern Ukraine, especially along the line of contact between pro-Russian separatists and government forces, the two countries’ leaders said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Hollande, Merkel say back Ukraine ceasefire deal – Elysee statement
President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel support a deal struck by the trilateral contact group in Ukraine for a general ceasefire which must be implemented by the start of the school year, an Elysee statement said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Cluster bombs kill more than 400 people, over a third of them children
More than 400 people were killed by cluster bombs in 2015, most of them dying in Syria, Yemen and Ukraine, which have not signed up to a treaty banning the weapon, an international anti-cluster bomb coalition said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine successfully relaunches new online income register – official
Ukraine has successfully relaunched a new online income declaration system, a spokesman for the state anti-graft agency said on Thursday – a key condition for the disbursement of a long-delayed tranche of International Monetary Fund loans. …read more Source: Channel...
Brazil’s lack of secure property rights stoking conflict, deterring investment – report
In Brazil’s Amazon where no-one knows who exactly owns a swathe of territory the size of Ukraine, a lack of formal property deeds is causing conflict, greater deforestation and environmental damage, researchers said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
