Section: The China Post (Taiwan)
Kerry calls for ‘common ground’ with Russia on Syria and Ukraine
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The United States and Russia need to find “common ground” to end Syria’s civil war and restore stability in eastern Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday. …read more Source: The China...
Emergency in Crimea after power lines blown up
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Crimea declared a state of emergency on Sunday after its main electricity lines from Ukraine were blown up, leaving the Russian-annexed peninsula in darkness after the second such attack in as many days. …read more Source: The China...
Croatian ex-soccer player Piric wins plaudits by helping Ukrainian kids
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Croatian ex-soccer player Ivica Piric spent some five years of his career playing in Ukraine. Now the retired international has returned to help the conflict-wracked country he calls a “second home.” …read more Source: The China...
United Kingdom reportedly suffering an ‘identity crisis’ on the world stage
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Britain is becoming “increasingly insular and self-absorbed”, as revealed by its impotence in the Syria and Ukraine crises and its “ambivalence” toward the European Union, a report said Monday. …read more Source: The China...
Exit polls in Ukraine local elections show east-west split
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Four exit polls from Ukraine’s local elections released Monday indicated the governing coalition would retain its dominant position in the west and center of the country despite widespread disappointment with the government of President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: The China...
Ukraine’s Donetsk rebels place ban on Doctors Without Borders, UN
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine’s eastern separatist Donetsk region said Friday they had banned Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and U.N. agencies, in a move the medical charity described as worrying. …read more Source: The China...
Stalin portraits, Soviet nostalgia rule in Ukraine rebel regions
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Three portraits of former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin are on display in the center of Donetsk, the rebel capital of eastern Ukraine, as the separatist authorities fuel a mood of Soviet nostalgia. …read more Source: The China...
MH17 downed by ‘kind of missile installed in BUK’
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Air crash investigators concluded Tuesday that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a missile fired from war-torn eastern Ukraine last year, killing all 298 people on board. …read more Source: The China...
Ukraine bans flights by all Russian airlines from Oct. 25
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Kiev said Monday it was banning all Russian airlines from flying into Ukraine from Oct. 25 in a tit-for-tat response to Moscow’s decision to impose a similar ban last month. …read more Source: The China...
Ukrainian president pins hopes on New York UN talks
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he wants Monday’s planned meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin to lead to better implementation of an accord aimed at halting war in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The China...
