Section: Australia
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Replica of most powerful nuclear bomb ever on display in Moscow (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Eight metres long and weighing 25 tonnes, a replica of the so-called Tsar Bomb, the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, has gone on display for the first time in Russia, in the midst of an ongoing standoff with the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine truce upheld for first time: Poroshenko (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Saturday that the Western-backed truce signed in Minsk in February had been respected this week for the first time, despite pro-Russian rebels claiming a civilian had been killed. …read more Source: The West...
Truce upheld for first time in war-torn eastern Ukraine: president (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Saturday that the Western-backed truce signed in Minsk in February had been respected this week for the first time, despite pro-Russian rebels claiming a civilian had been killed. …read more Source: The West...
Gazprom seals big gas deals in Europe despite Ukraine crisis (Reuters)
By Vera Eckert and Oleg Vukmanovic FRANKFURT/MILAN (Reuters) – Russia’s Gazprom has bolstered its industrial presence in the heart of Europe with two major gas deals tha… …read more Source: The West...
Two senior nationalists charged over Kiev clashes (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian authorities on Friday charged two senior members of an ultra-nationalist party over violent clashes in Kiev that killed three police this week. …read more Source: The West...
Putin slams ‘tragic’ clashes in Kiev over autonomy for rebel east (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday condemned the deadly clashes that took place this week between police and nationalists in Kiev and questioned how long Ukrainians would “put up with” the instability rocking the country. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says foiled bombing of Kiev apartment block (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s security services said Thursday they had detained four members of a pro-Russian group suspected of plotting to blow up a block of flats in Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
Can this finally end the bitter war?
IT WAS a battleground covered in blood, even before MH370 was shot down. Can a new agreement finally bring peace to Ukraine? …read more Source:...
Insight – Street violence in Kiev dims prospects for peace effort in Ukraine’s east (Reuters)
By Richard Balmforth KIEV (Reuters) – A spasm of street violence has driven home how hard it is going to be for Ukrainian President President Petro Poroshenko to rally national support … …read more Source: The West...
Broken lavatories force Malaysia Airlines jet to land (AFP)
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Malaysia Airlines said one of its jets made an unscheduled landing in India on Thursday due to broken lavatories while flying the same route as flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine last year. …read more Source: The West...
