Section: New Zealand
World Economic Forum warns over international conflicts
LONDON (AP) ” Following a year that’s seen the conflict in Ukraine and the rise of the Islamic State, geopolitical issues are considered to be the biggest threat to global stability over the coming decade, according to experts polled… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine mourns 13 victims of bus blast in restive east
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine is holding a day of mourning after 13 people were killed when a bus was hit by what the government says was a shell fired by Russian-backed separatists.President Petro Poroshenko said respects would… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Missile hits bus in Ukraine, kills 11
A missile struck a passenger bus near a town in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, leaving 11 civilians dead and 17 wounded, officials say. …read more Source:...
Russia: Gas to Europe should go via Turkey, not Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s state natural gas company wants its exports to Europe to bypass Ukraine entirely and go via a proposed new pipeline to Turkey.Gazprom head Alexei Miller made the statement Wednesday. He said European countries… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Merkel: Ukraine summit still possible, but unclear when
BERLIN (AP) ” German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she isn’t giving up hope of organizing a summit with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders, but she can’t say how long that might take after tentative plans for a meeting this week were… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Lack of aid deepens suffering in conflict-hit east Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” Valentina Dudareva’s voice cracks with despair as she stands in the snow, surveying the bombed-out windows of her apartment block in Donetsk, the separatist capital in eastern Ukraine.Cold, poor and hungry,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Rocket kills 11 Ukrainians in bus strike
Eleven Ukraine civilians have been killed after a rocket hit a bus, with Kiev saying it was fired by pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source:...
Ukraine parliament calls for freeing pilot held by Russia
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s parliament is calling on the leaders of Russia, Germany and France to make efforts to free Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian air force officer who is on hunger strike in a Russian prison.Savchenko, awaiting… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US, EU promise more aid for Ukraine if reforms continue
BRUSSELS (AP) ” The United States has reinforced Western assistance for Ukraine by promising up to $2 billion in loan guarantees if that effort is matched by economic and political reforms in Kiev.The U.S. State Department said… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
10 killed as battle for Donetsk airport worsens
Shelling hit a passenger bus in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday (Wednesday NZT), killing at least 10 people, and fighting intensified around the international airport in the city of Donetsk as separatists tried to oust government forces. …read more Source:...
