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Donetsk residents flee as Ukraine conflict worsens
Donetsk residents are fleeing the area with Russia saying it has set up refugee camps on the other side of the border, as the conflict in eastern Ukraine stepped up a notch. …read more Source: Channel...
Toll rising from drug users in Russian-annexed Crimea
Russia’s annexation of Crimea has led to a surge in deaths among intravenous drug users, who no longer have access to vital therapy, specialists said at the world AIDS forum on Thursday (July 24). …read more Source: Channel...
First MH17 bodies arrive in Netherlands
The first bodies from flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday (July 23), almost a week after it was shot down over Ukraine, as the conflict flared yet again near the Malaysian airliner’s crash site. …read more Source: Channel...
British reporter for Russian TV ‘captured’ by Ukraine: ministry
A British journalist reporting for a Russian television channel from conflict-torn eastern Ukraine went missing on Wednesday (July 23), with Moscow alleging he and another journalist were captured by Kiev’s troops. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine crisis puts Britain’s Cameron on spot over Russian donations
July 24, 2014 2:38 AMLONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron came under pressure over the Ukraine crisis on Wednesday after he was forced to defend a party political donation from the wife of a former minister in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government. …read more Source: The Straits...
Calls in Germany to strip Russia of 2018 World Cup
German politicians demanded on Wednesday (July 23) that Russia be stripped of the right to host the 2018 World Cup for fuelling the Ukraine conflict, although football officials quickly rejected the idea. …read more Source: Channel...
Fighter jets downed near MH17 site by missile from Russia: Kiev
Two Ukrainian military jets were shot down Wednesday over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
First bodies from downed flight MH17 land in Netherlands
Two planes carrying the first bodies from Malaysian Airways flight MH17, shot down over Ukraine last week, have arrived in the Netherlands. …read more Source: Channel...
Two Ukrainian fighter jets shot down in east: military
Two Ukrainian military jets were shot down Wednesday over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia turns Sochi Olympics site & Crimea into casino zones
Russia designated Sochi and the annexed Crimean peninsula as gambling areas on Wednesday (July 23), in a bid to boost their development with casino revenues. Casinos will be legal in some areas of the former Olympic park in Sochi, and local authorities can designate their own casino zones in Crimea. …read more Source: Channel...
