Section: Australia
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- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Ukraine battered by cyber war
A bid to cripple a presidential election reveals new military battleground. …read more Source: THE...
Fears of new flareup in Ukraine as violence grows on frontline (AFP)
Pisky (Ukraine) (AFP) – It’s been only two months since Yelena Krivonos has stopped sleeping in her cellar to hide from shelling, but now that violence has ticked up in eastern Ukraine she is headed back underground. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine fails again to ban discrimination against gays (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament failed for the second time Tuesday to adopt a ban on anti-gay discrimination in the workplace, though it did vote in five other laws needed to secure visa-free travel to most EU nations. …read more Source: The West...
Barry Callebaut buys commercial beverages vending from FrieslandCampina (Reuters)
ZURICH (Reuters) – Barry Callebaut AG is acquiring the commercial beverages vending activities from FrieslandCampina Kievit to expand its value-added European specialties business, the … …read more Source: The West...
EU says Ukraine would gain ‘credibility’ by beating graft (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini urged Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Monday to take tougher and more immediate action against corruption as his ex-Soviet country moves closer to Europe. …read more Source: The West...
Russia ‘threat to world order’
US Defence Secretary Ash Carter hit out at Russian incursions in Ukraine and loose talk about nuclear weapons. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine famine memorial unveiled in US capital (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – A monument commemorating the millions of Ukrainians who died during a Soviet-era famine was unveiled in the US capital Saturday, in a ceremony that brought back horrific memories for survivors. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev completes light arms pullout from eastern front: army (AFP)
Piski (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s military said Saturday it had finished withdrawing its light weapons from the eastern frontline with pro-Russia rebels, where clashes have erupted in recent days despite a ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
Germany, France see progress in Ukraine peace talks (Reuters)
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists have agreed to complete a withdrawal of heavy weaponry from their frontlines in eastern Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter St… …read more Source: The West...
Top diplomats welcome calm in Ukraine conflict (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – Top diplomats hailed progress in halting the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine but called after talks in Berlin Friday for more progress on the political front. …read more Source: The West...
