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Ukraine expects loan disbursement after IMF visit, hopes for more
UKRAINE expects the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to disburse new and overdue loans after a visit next month and still hopes a US$17 billion bailout programme can be expanded, its central bank chief said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The Business...
Canadian frigate to join NATO forces off Ukraine
A Canadian frigate with 250 marines on board set off from Halifax on the Atlantic coast to join NATO forces in the Mediterranean Sea monitoring the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Channel...
AirAsia plane crash caps disastrous 2014 for aviation
KUALA LUMPUR – If you weren’t already nervous about flying, that may have changed in 2014, a year that stirred our deepest fears about modern jet travel despite shaping up as one of the safest in aviation history.RELATED STORIESLatest updates on missing AirAsia flight QZ8501Critics ask how AirAsia jetliner went missing in age of GPS...
2014: The year of loggerheads for United Nations
Violence in Syria, Ukraine and Gaza and the Ebola virus were some of the of the problems a squabbling United Nations had to deal with in 2014. …read more Source: Channel...
Most significant events of 2014
PARIS – Here is a panorama of world events in 2014:February18: UKRAINE: Security forces crack down on pro-European protestors in Kiev’s central Independence Square, or Maidan. More than 100 people die.On May 25 a pro-Western billionaire, Petro Poroshenko, is elected president.March8: MALAYSIA: Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, flying...
Indonesia expands search for missing AirAsia jet, US sends warship
SURABAYA, Indonesia/JAKARTA – Countries around Asia on Tuesday stepped up the search for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that is presumed to have crashed in shallow waters off the Indonesian coast, with Washington also sending a warship to help find the missing jet.RELATED STORIESLatest updates on missing AirAsia flight...
Ukraine adopts IMF-backed budget after lengthy debate
UKRAINE’S Parliament on Monday adopted an austerity budget that hikes import prices and shrinks social spending in order to balance the books under a plan backed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). …read more Source: The Business...
Poroshenko announces Putin meeting in new peace push
Ukraine’s leader Petro Poroshenko promised to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin and involve US President Barack Obama in his stalled push for peace. …read more Source: Channel...
Obama: Sanctions have worked against Russia aggression
December 30, 2014 2:16 AMWASHINGTON (AFP) – Strategic and tough sanctions against Moscow have effectively battled Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, US President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Monday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine drops nonaligned status
KIEV – The Ukrainian president today (Dec 29) signed a bill dropping his country’s nonaligned status but signaled that he will hold a referendum before seeking NATO membership. The bill, which Parliament adopted last week and Mr Petro Poroshenko signed into… …read more Source:...
