Section: New Zealand
5 troops killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” At least five Ukrainian troops have been killed in an apparent uptick in fighting in eastern Ukraine.An armed conflict between government troops and separatist rebels has killed more than 9,600 since it began in 2014,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
From Ukraine with love: Postcards pay tribute to war dead
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) ” Most postcards carry a simple sentiment: Wish you were here. But the cards Anastasia Taylor-Lind and Alisa Sopova are mailing randomly to people around the globe convey a haunting message: Wish this stranger… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Germany’s Merkel, Trump agree on importance of NATO in call
BERLIN (AP) ” German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine on Saturday and agreed on the importance of NATO during their first call since Trump’s inauguration,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Vandals paint Nazi graffiti at Polish graves in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Unidentified vandals have spray-painted Nazi graffiti at a memorial cemetery in Ukraine where some Poles are buried.Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin denounced the vandals’ action Wednesday at the Bykivnia… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Poland’s FM blasted for publishing internal document
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Poland’s foreign minister is under fire for publishing a March 2008 internal document that outlined the previous government’s thinking about Russia and Ukraine.Witold Waszczykowski said Tuesday the document… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Poroshenko: Baltic Sea pipeline has ‘high political risks’
HELSINKI (AP) ” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says “there are a number of high political risks” associated with an undersea natural gas pipeline that will run from Russia to Germany.Poroshenko, who spoke through an interpreter… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian president’s candy maker to shut Russian factory
MOSCOW (AP) ” A chocolate maker owned by Ukraine’s president says it’s planning to shut its factory in Russia for “economic and political reasons.”Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko last year put the Roshen confectionery company… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian business world hopes for relief from Trump
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) ” Few people are more eager for Donald Trump’s arrival in the White House than those who do business in Russia.Hacking scandals? They expect that to blow over. Conflict in Ukraine? An artificial problem invented… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine files case against Russia at UN’s highest court
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ” Ukraine has filed a case against Russia at the United Nations’ highest court, accusing Moscow of illegally annexing Crimea and illicitly funding separatist rebel groups. Kiev also is seeking compensation… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine files case against Russia at U.N.’s highest court over Crimea and backing for separatist Ukrainian rebels
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ” Ukraine files case against Russia at U.N.’s highest court over Crimea and backing for separatist Ukrainian rebels . …read more Source: The New Zealand...
