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Putin to quit G20 summit after rebukes over Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to walk out of a G20 summit in Australia, an aide said on Saturday (Nov 15), after he faced scorn and scepticism from Western leaders over Ukraine despite venturing to paper over Europe’s deepest chill in relations since the Cold War. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine orders closure of state services in rebel-held east
Ukraine will withdraw all state services in the rebel-held east, including schools, hospitals and emergency services. …read more Source: Channel...
MH17: Russia’s photos of plane ‘shot down’ by Ukranian fighter jet fake, say commentators
MOSCOW – Russian state-controlled TV has broadcast what it called “sensational” photographs, which it said supported Moscow’s theory that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet.Several commentators who have examined the photographs have described them as forgeries, however.The photographs,...
Tense G20 vows action on Ebola as climate returns to fore
Feuding G20 leaders found common ground on Saturday (Nov 15) in vowing to “extinguish” the Ebola outbreak as they worked to revamp the global economy at a summit marked by discord over Ukraine and climate change. …read more Source: Channel...
Scepticism over photos aired by Russia TV that apparently show MH17 downed by Ukraine jet
November 15, 2014 8:22 PMMOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian state-controlled TV has broadcast what it called “sensational” photographs, which it said supported Moscow’s theory that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia’s Putin discusses rebuilding ties with West during talks with British PM: Kremlin
November 15, 2014 7:06 PMBRISBANE (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed an interest in rebuilding relations between Russia and the West damaged by the crisis in Ukraine, a Kremlin spokesman said on Saturday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Five civilians including two children die in east Ukraine: Officials
KIEV – Five civilians, including two children, and three more Ukrainian soldiers have died in the latest fighting in Ukraine, officials said Saturday.The civilian deaths came in Gorlivka, some 30 kilometres north of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, late Friday, the local council in the rebel-held city said.It added that a further 12 people...
Three more Ukrainian troops killed in east: Kiev
KIEV – Three more Ukrainian soldiers have been killed during fighting in the east over the past 24 hours, security officials in Kiev said Saturday.The announcement brings to seven the total number of troops killed across the region in the past day. Another 10 troops have been injured, according to the officials.An AFP reporter in the rebel...
Russian chill permeates G20 summit
Putin arrived in Brisbane facing an icy reception after the prime ministers of Britain and Australia accused him of being a bully and harbouring imperialist ambitions in the context of the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin berates US over sanctions before G20 meeting
[MOSCOW] President Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Friday of undermining the very trade institutions it created by imposing sanctions on Russia, a”mistake” he hoped would be overcome in the “final count”. …read more Source: The Business...
