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Russians keep calm and shop on in face of rising prices
For shoppers like pensioner Tatiana Ivanovna buying their weekly groceries in a Moscow supermarket, these are increasingly tough times. Fuelled by a double whammy of a plummeting ruble and the embargoes Russia slapped on many Western products in retaliation for sanctions over the Ukraine crisis, inflation is soaring.Prices on meat, fish and...
Explosions rock east Ukraine airport as battle intensifies
Clashes between Ukraine’s army and pro-Russian rebels for control of a battered airport intensified, with at least six more people killed. …read more Source: Channel...
US blasts ICC war crimes probe of Israel as ‘tragic irony’
WASHINGTON – The United States joined Israel in condemning the International Criminal Court decision to open a preliminary probe Friday into possible war crimes committed against Palestinians, blasting it as a “tragic irony”.ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said her office would conduct an “analysis in full independence and...
Romney says he’s not running – for US Senate
WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney kept them guessing.In his first prominent speech since telling donors last week he was still interested in the White House, the 2012 Republican nominee hinted and quipped about a possible presidential run next year but stopped well short of any announcement.With the 2016 election cycle clearly underway and Jeb Bush...
Deadly Ukraine clashes cast further doubt on peace talks
A burst of violence in Ukraine cast further doubt over whether a planned summit can bring peace, with at least 11 people killed in clashes between the army and pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: Channel...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed, fighting rages at airport
January 16, 2015 7:28 PMKIEV (REUTERS) – Six Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in attacks by separatists in the past 24 hours, the Kiev military said on Friday as fighting raged at the international airport in the big eastern city of Donetsk. …read more Source: The Straits...
Cameron meets Obama, vows cyber security cooperation
WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama and Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron kicked off two days of talks Thursday at the White House, with the British leader promising progress on the “new threat” of cyber security.Cameron referenced the recent cyberattack allegedly launched by North Korea against Sony Pictures in a...
Ukraine warns of Russian military build-up as violence rocks east
Ukraine on Thursday (Jan 15) renewed accusations of a Russian military build up on its border and approved fresh troop mobilisations as a wave of violence threatened all-out conflict in the country’s war-torn east. …read more Source: Channel...
Cancelled Ukraine summit to go ahead at the ‘end of January’
January 15, 2015 10:27 PMASTANA, Kazakhstan (AFP) – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko agreed on Thursday that the delayed talks on the Ukraine conflict with leaders of Russia, France and Germany will take place at the end of the month. …read more Source: The Straits...
Worried about Russia? Lithuania says ‘Keep calm and read the war manual’
VILNIUS – Lithuania is publishing a manual to advise its citizens on how to survive a war on its soil as concerns grow that Russia’s intervention in Ukraine heralds increased assertiveness in its tiny Baltic neighbours.”Keep a sound mind, don’t panic and don’t lose clear thinking,” the manual explains....
