Section: Australia
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Forest fire rages near Chernobyl nuclear site (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A forest fire broke out Tuesday near the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine, scene of the world’s worst civil nuclear disaster in 1986, but posed no danger to the site, officials said. …read more Source: The West...
Hunger strike Ukraine pilot ‘being transferred’ to Russian hospital (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko has resumed her hunger strike and is withering away, her lawyer said on Monday, adding that authorities planned to transfer her to a Russian civilian hospital. …read more Source: The West...
Putin: ‘I don’t regret a thing’
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin said he has no regrets over his decision to take over Crimea from the Ukraine, because it righted a ‘historical injustice’. …read more Source:...
MH17 crash: Germany knew flight risks, according to local media
Berlin knew the risks of flying over war-torn east Ukraine before Flight MH17 was shot out of the sky but did not inform German airlines, local media has reported. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Berlin knew Ukraine flight dangers before MH17 crash: reports (AFP)
Frankfurt (AFP) – Berlin knew the risks of flying over war-torn east Ukraine before Flight MH17 was shot out of the sky last year but did not inform German airlines, local media reported on Sunday. …read more Source: The West...
Putin says ‘no regrets’ over Crimea annexation (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview broadcast Sunday to mark 15 years in power, said he has no regrets over Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea as it overturned “a historical injustice.” …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine marks 29 years since Chernobyl disaster (AFP)
Slavutych (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainians on Sunday marked 29 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, laying wreaths and candles near the plant where work to lay a new seal over the reactor site has been delayed. …read more Source: The West...
Arctic Council summit: environment consensus ruffled by Russia-Ukraine tensions
US and Russian representatives at the Arctic Council have pledged to keep geopolitics separate from discussions about climate change. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Putin calls on Hollande to mend fences amid Ukraine conflict (AFP)
Yerevan (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on French leader Francois Hollande to restore ties after a year of tensions over Ukraine as the two leaders met on the sidelines of genocide commemorations in Armenia. …read more Source: The West...
Russia charges Ukrainian aviator over ‘murder’ of journalists (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Friday charged Ukrainian airforce officer Nadia Savchenko over the deaths of two Russian journalists in a politically charged case that has become emblematic of tensions between Kiev and Moscow. …read more Source: The West...
