Section: Australia&NZ
Trump supports Russia’s taking of Crimea (AP)
Donald Trump says he would support Russia in annexing Crimea if it helped the US-Russian relationship and the fight against Islamic State. …read more Source: The West...
Trump suggests US accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is suggesting the U.S. accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea if it would lead to better relations with Moscow and stronger cooperation in fighting Islamic State militants.That… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
The Latest: Trump says US should accept Russia in Crimea
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The Latest on the presidential campaign. (all times local):9 a.m.Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is suggesting the U.S. accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea if it would lead to better relations… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin tests West’s sanctions resolve on visit to Slovenia
VRSIC, Slovenia (AP) ” Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Slovenia, a member of both the European Union and NATO, testing Western unity in maintaining sanctions against the Kremlin for its role in Ukraine.Slovenia,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Trump has a record of siding with Putin on key issues
MOSCOW (AP) ” Donald Trump has refused to condemn Russia’s military takeover of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, saying if elected he would consider recognizing it as Russian territory, in the latest of a series of statements that have… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russians find deadly Nazi E-boat
THE Russian military has begun retrieving the wreck of a Nazi boat from World War Two in waters off the Crimean peninsula. …read more Source:...
Thousands of Russian Orthodox gather in Kiev despite threats
MOSCOW (AP) ” Thousands of Russian Orthodox Christian pilgrims have reached the center of Ukraine’s capital to finish their procession to the city’s most revered monastery after their march was disrupted on Tuesday.The procession… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s Georgian corruption fighter sets his sights higher
ODESSA, Ukraine (AP) ” Mikhail Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, has brought his corruption-fighting record to his job as governor of the Odessa region in Ukraine.So far, however, the pace has been dismally slow. His… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine reports 6 soldiers killed in rebel east
MOSCOW (AP) ” A spokesman for Ukraine’s military operation against separatist rebels in the country’s east says six soldiers have been killed over the past day.The statement by Oleksander Motuzyanik on Sunday comes amid increasing… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Journalist killed in Kiev car bombing buried in Belarus (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – Thousands of mourners in Belarus on Saturday bid farewell to prominent independent journalist Pavel Sheremet, killed by a car bomb in Kiev, as he was buried back in the homeland where he clashed with the authorities. …read more Source: The West...
