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Netherlands holds sombre memorial for MH17 victims
The Netherlands held an emotional memorial for the 298 people who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot out of the sky while flying over east Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Netherlands holds sombre memorial for Malaysia Airlines MH17 victims
November 10, 2014 9:41 PMAMSTERDAM (AFP) – The Netherlands on Monday held a sombre and emotional memorial for the 298 people who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine in July. …read more Source: The Straits...
Scandinavian jet with 132 passengers ‘nearly crashed into Russian warplane’
LONDON – A Scandinavian airliner carrying 132 passengers nearly crashed earlier this year into a Russian warplane that was flying covertly, a study of Russia-West military incidents said Monday.Swedish media reported that the two planes came within 90m of each other in the air some 80km southeast of the Swedish city of Malmo on March...
Netherlands to hold memorial ceremony for MH17 victims
The Netherlands will hold a memorial ceremony for the 298 people who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed in east Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Obama arrives in Beijing on Asia tour
BEIJING – US President Barack Obama arrived in Beijing Monday for a regional summit, his first stop on a week-long Asian diplomatic tour.Obama is due to meet new Indonesian President Joko Widodo during the morning, and then address an Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) meeting in the Chinese capital.The president descended from Air...
Kerry meets China's biggest investors in US
AFTER discussing Ukraine with Russia’s foreign minister in Beijing and flying to a meeting on Iran’s nuclear programme, US Secretary of State John Kerry took time to meet some of China’s biggest investors in the US. …read more Source: The Business...
Russia-Europe tensions remain high as Germany marks fall of Berlin Wall
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who is widely credited as one of the principal players in reuniting Berlin and ending the Cold War, said he would defend Russian President Vladimir Putin, who faces strong international criticism for Russia’s role in the crisis in Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Obama leaves for China, Myanmar, Australia tour
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama headed for China Sunday on a trip that will focus on Washington’s often tense relations with the country, and will also see the president visit Myanmar and Australia.The China stop will be dominated by Obama’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, where the White House said it...
Intense artillery fire breaks out in east Ukraine’s rebel bastion of Donetsk
November 09, 2014 10:59 AMDONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) – Intense artillery fire broke out early on Sunday in the separatist bastion of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, according to AFP journalists in the area. …read more Source: The Straits...
Intense fighting in Ukraine rebel bastion Donetsk
Intense artillery fighting broke out early Sunday (Nov 9) in the separatist bastion of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, according to AFP journalists in the area. …read more Source: Channel...
