Section: Singapore
EU, US present Russia with united sanctions, energy front
BRUSSELS – US and EU leaders on Wednesday will pledge to work together on sanctions and on strengthening Europe and Ukraine’s energy security as they seek to present a united front to Russia, according to a draft document seen by Reuters.Throughout the year, the United States has led the push for tougher sanctions, while many...
China and Turkey fall behind in global corruption index
BERLIN – Turkey and China’s rating on perceived corruption has fallen steeply, according to Transparency International (TI), and the global watchdog called for closer international cooperation to root out graft and abuses of power.Transparency International issues an annual report measuring perceptions of graft rather than actual...
NATO steps up actions to deal with Ukraine crisis
NATO foreign ministers including US secretary of state John Kerry have been meeting in Brussels with the focus on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia predicts recession in 2015 on sanctions, oil slump
[MOSCOW] The Russian economy ministry on Tuesday slashed its economic forecast for 2015, announcing a contraction of 0.8 per cent because of Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis combined with falling oil prices. …read more Source: The Business...
Ukraine names US national Jaresko as finance minister
Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday confirmed US national Natalia Jaresko as finance minister while handing the economy portfolio to Lithuanian investment banker Aivaras Abromavicius in a new government designed to sweep out graft. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels agree new truce
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels have “agreed in principle” on a ceasefire in the eastern war-torn region of Lugansk, one of the state’s two separatist provinces. …read more Source: Channel...
US to discuss possible new Russia sanctions with European allies
[BRUSSELS] US Secretary of State John Kerry will talk to European allies this week about imposing further sanctions on Russia if pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine do not halt violence, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The Business...
NATO ministers chart course on Ukraine, Afghanistan
BRUSSELS – NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels Tuesday aiming to plot a new course after a “year of aggression” from Ukraine to the Middle East and the end of the alliance’s combat mission in Afghanistan.New chief Jens Stoltenberg said as he arrived that US Secretary of State John Kerry and other ministers from the...
NATO’s top military officer questions Russian convoys to eastern Ukraine
A fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine comes under renewed pressure as Kiev and NATO’s top military commander question the materials carried by a large convoy of Russian trucks headed to the embattled regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. …read more Source: Channel...
NATO ministers to plot course on Ukraine, Afghanistan
BRUSSELS – NATO foreign ministers meet in Brussels on Tuesday to chart a course forward after a “year of aggression” from Ukraine to the Middle East and the end of the alliance’s combat mission in Afghanistan.New chief Jens Stoltenberg said on the eve of the meeting that it was a decisive time marked by Russia’s...
