Section: The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Putin to face icy reception at G20, says US Treasury Secretary
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has predicted Russian President Vladimir Putin will face an icy reception at the G20 leaders meeting in Brisbane in November if hostilities with neighbouring Ukraine do not ease. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Explosion rocks eastern Ukraine hours after an amended cease-fire is signed
A gigantic explosion shattered the stillness of an early fall morning here just hours after Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels signed the latest version of their cease-fire accord, illustrating the fragility of the truce agreed upon two weeks ago. Although shel… …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Bishop blames Russia at UN over MH17
Russia says it is the victim of an information war following the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
US giving $59 million in new aid for Ukraine’s struggle with Russian incursion
Military aid will not include lethal weaponary but will assist Ukraine in demining and mortar fire detection. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Rouble plunges to new lows, authorities tell Russians not to panic
Russian authorities told people not to panic as the battered rouble plunged to record lows, floored by tensions with the West over Ukraine, new sanctions and falling oil prices. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ruble plunges to new lows, authorities tell Russians not to panic
Russian authorities told people not to panic on Tuesday as the battered ruble plunged to record lows, floored by tensions with the West over Ukraine, new sanctions and falling oil prices. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukrainian politician gets dumped in a garbage bin by angry mob
Video emerged Tuesday from Kiev of an angry mob frog-marching a member of parliament and literally dumping him in the garbage. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine and EU ratify landmark pact
The Ukrainian and European parliaments have simultaneously ratified a landmark pact at the heart of the ex-Soviet country’s bloodiest crisis since independence. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukrainian president offers rebels major concessions to end uprising
Ukraine is ready to ratify a disputed EU agreement, while President Petro Poroshenko has pledged a series of major concessions to end the uprising by pro-Russian rebels in restive eastern Ukraine, offering the separatists a broad amnesty and special self-governance status for territories they occupy. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Heavy fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels puts ceasefire in doubt
Kiev, Ukraine: The heaviest fighting in a series of truce violations in Ukraine’s restive east strained the tenuous 10-day-old cease-fire between the Kiev government and pro-Russian separatists, with both sides blaming the other Monday for attacks that included the shelling of residential buildings. …read more Source: The Sydney...
