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Thousands of Ukraine nationalists march in Kiev
Thousands of Ukrainian nationalists held a torchlight procession across Kiev on Thursday (Jan 1) in honour of a 1940s anti-Soviet insurgent branded by Moscow as a Nazi collaborator whom Europe must reject. …read more Source: Channel...
Poroshenko tells Ukrainians ‘we will win this war’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, in a traditional New Year’s message on Wednesday (Dec 31), promised to defeat the “cruel-hearted foe” trying to break his former Soviet republic apart. …read more Source: Channel...
Welcome refugees and reject racism, Merkel says after rallies
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to turn their backs on a growing grass-roots movement of anti-Muslim protesters, calling them racists full of hatred, and said Europe’s biggest economy must welcome people fleeing conflict and war.In an unusually strongly worded New Year address that also condemned Russia for its actions...
Text of PM Lee's New Year message
2014 has been an eventful year. We have seen rising nationalism lead to tensions in our part of the world, and even to conflict in Ukraine and the Crimea. …read more Source: The Business...
After 15 years in power, Putin risks running out of luck
MOSCOW – When Vladimir Putin was handed power unexpectedly by an ailing Boris Yeltsin on the last day of the last century, his first move was to go on television to guarantee Russia the freedoms needed for a “civilised society”.Fifteen years later, his critics accuse the former KGB spy of sacrificing emerging political and...
Sydney spectacular leads global New Year celebrations
SYDNEY – A dazzling display of fireworks lit up Sydney Harbour on Thursday as Australia’s biggest city welcomed the New Year in spectacular style, defying terrorist fears days after a deadly siege.From Hong Kong to London and New York to Rio, millions around the world will celebrate when the clock ticks past midnight, ringing in 2015...
Russia’s Putin praises Crimea’s “return home”
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised New Year’s address on Wednesday that the “return home” of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula to Moscow’s control would remain a very important epoch in Russia’s history.”Love for one’s motherland is one of the most powerful and uplifting...
European stocks rise at end of tough year
LONDON – Europe’s main stock markets rose on Wednesday, the last trading day of a tough year for the region’s equities against a backdrop of weak eurozone growth.London’s benchmark FTSE 100 gained 0.29 per cent to 6,565.90 points nearing the end of a shorter-than-normal trading day on New Year’s Eve, while the index...
Sydney spectacular to set off global New Year celebrations
SYDNEY – Australia’s biggest city was Wednesday preparing to lead the world in welcoming the New Year with spectacular fireworks over Sydney Harbour, defying terrorist fears days after a deadly siege.From Hong Kong to London, New York to Rio, millions around the world will celebrate when the clock ticks past midnight, ringing in 2015...
Journalists’ killings rise to 118 in 2014, press group says
BRUSSELS – The number of journalists who died in targeted killings, bomb attacks or shootings around the world rose to 118 in 2014 from 105 the year before, the International Federation of Journalists said on Tuesday.Another 17 died in accidents or natural disasters while on assignment, according to the Brussels-based IFJ, which says it is...
