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Hackers steal US$300m from 100 banks
IN late 2013, an automated teller machine (ATM) in Kiev started dispensing cash at seemingly random times of day. No one had put in a card, or touched a button. Cameras showed that the piles of money had been swept up by customers who appeared lucky to be there at the right moment. …read more Source: The Business...
Ukraine truce largely observed except around flashpoint town
The sporadic bombardments targeting the key railway hub of Debaltseve – where thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are mostly surrounded by the rebels – could be heard kilometres away. …read more Source: Channel...
Israel eyes European Jewish immigration after Denmark attack
JERUSALEM – After a deadly shooting at a Denmark synagogue, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday such attacks will likely continue and Israel would welcome European Jews who choose to move there.The attacks resembled the deadly shootings in Paris in January at the office of weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo and two days...
Relief, but doubts at truce in Ukraine conflict zone
DONETSK, Ukraine – Residents of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk breathed a sigh of relief on Sunday morning following a first night without bombardments after a fragile ceasefire came into force in east Ukraine.But despite the sudden outbreak of peace few around the conflict zone seemed confident that the truce would last long after the...
Kremlin says accords underpinning Ukraine truce must be ‘unconditionally observed’
The package of measures underpinning a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine must be “unconditionally observed”, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said on Sunday. …read more Source: Channel...
Two civilians killed after start of Ukraine ceasefire: Pro-Kiev official
KIEV – Two civilians were killed by rockets fired by rebels shortly after the start of a ceasefire in east Ukraine Sunday, a pro-Kiev official said, but firing halted along most of the frontline.An elderly man and woman died after Grad missile fire hit the town of Popasna in the Lugansk region some 20 minutes after a truce came into force...
Two civilians killed after start of Ukraine ceasefire: Official
Two civilians died after a missile hit a town in Lugansk region, says a local governor, though fighting has died down in most of the conflict zone. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine ceasefire begins after fierce fighting in besieged town
DONETSK – A ceasefire in Ukraine was cautiously observed by both sides early Monday, despite accusations by Kiev and the US that Russia had fuelled a final push by rebels to gain territory before the deadline.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered troops to abide by the truce from midnight (2200 GMT), in line with a deal reached in...
Ukraine ceasefire begins after fierce fighting in besieged town
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered troops to abide by the truce, in line with a deal reached in Minsk earlier this week with the leaders of Russia, Germany and France. …read more Source: Channel...
Guns fall silent in Ukraine’s Donetsk as Poroshenko orders ceasefire
DONETSK – Shelling stopped abruptly at midnight on Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk after President Petro Poroshenko ordered government forces to halt firing in line with a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the country’s bloody conflict.Poroshenko, wearing the uniform of the armed forces supreme commander, said in a...
