Section: Singapore
Ukrainian anti-gay right stirs flap over Eurovision ‘diversity’ rainbow
KIEV – The transformation of a Soviet-era monument in Kiev into “the world’s largest man-made rainbow” was meant to trumpet Ukraine’s willingness to celebrate diversity as it hosts the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. Instead, a dispute with… …read more Source:...
No progress over Ukraine so EU sanctions on Russia to stay: Merkel
May 03, 2017 5:00 AMSOCHI • German Chancellor Angela Merkel said European Union sanctions will have to remain on Russia, given the lack of progress in resolving the simmering conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Merkel tells Putin: implement Minsk to get EU sanctions lifted
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on all sides in the conflict in Ukraine to work toward the ceasefire envisaged by the Minsk accords, saying implementation of those agreements could lead to the lifting of EU sanctions against Russia. … …read more Source:...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with Vladimir Putin on rare Russia visit
May 02, 2017 9:39 PMSOCHI (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks on Tuesday (May 2) with President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine and Syria in a signal of renewed dialogue despite profound rifts on her first visit to Russia since 2015. …read more Source: The Straits...
Merkel meets with Putin on rare Russia visit
[SOCHI, Russia] German Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks Tuesday with President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine and Syria in a signal of renewed dialogue despite profound rifts on her first visit to Russia since 2015. …read more Source: The Business...
What’s Next: May 2, 2017
May 02, 2017 5:00 AMGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Moscow for talks today, her first visit since Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in 2014. …read more Source: The Straits...
Austrian suspected of war crimes in Ukraine detained in Poland
VIENNA – An Austrian man suspected of war crimes in the conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine was arrested in Poland on Sunday, Austrian prosecutors said. The 25-year old is accused of “having killed… …read more Source:...
Sanctions short-circuit Russia’s electricity plans for annexed Crimea
MOSCOW/SEVASTOPOL, Crimea- Russia’s $1.3 billion plan to build two new power plants in Crimea aimed to show that Moscow could complete high-tech projects on the annexed peninsula despite Western technology sanctions. But two years after its… …read more Source:...
China launches first domestically-built aircraft carrier
BEIJING – China on Wednesday launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier, which will join an existing one bought second-hand from the Ukraine, amid rising tensions over North Korea and worries about Beijing’s assertiveness in the South China Sea. … …read more Source:...
Kremlin says Ukraine is pushing away breakaway region with power cut
MOSCOW – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that the Ukrainian government’s decision to cut power supplies to the breakaway region of Luhansk amounted to a rejection of the territory. “It’s another step by Ukraine on the road to… …read more Source:...
