Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine battered by cyber war
A bid to cripple a presidential election reveals new military battleground. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine says 1 solider killed, 5 wounded in separatist raids
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” Ukraine says a soldier has been killed and five others wounded in separatist attacks in eastern Ukraine and that a rise in violence is threatening the region’s delicate truce.Col. Andriy Lysenko, presidential… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Fears of new flareup in Ukraine as violence grows on frontline (AFP)
Pisky (Ukraine) (AFP) – It’s been only two months since Yelena Krivonos has stopped sleeping in her cellar to hide from shelling, but now that violence has ticked up in eastern Ukraine she is headed back underground. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine fails again to ban discrimination against gays (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament failed for the second time Tuesday to adopt a ban on anti-gay discrimination in the workplace, though it did vote in five other laws needed to secure visa-free travel to most EU nations. …read more Source: The West...
Barry Callebaut buys commercial beverages vending from FrieslandCampina (Reuters)
ZURICH (Reuters) – Barry Callebaut AG is acquiring the commercial beverages vending activities from FrieslandCampina Kievit to expand its value-added European specialties business, the … …read more Source: The West...
EU says Ukraine would gain ‘credibility’ by beating graft (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini urged Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Monday to take tougher and more immediate action against corruption as his ex-Soviet country moves closer to Europe. …read more Source: The West...
Russia ‘threat to world order’
US Defence Secretary Ash Carter hit out at Russian incursions in Ukraine and loose talk about nuclear weapons. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine famine memorial unveiled in US capital (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – A monument commemorating the millions of Ukrainians who died during a Soviet-era famine was unveiled in the US capital Saturday, in a ceremony that brought back horrific memories for survivors. …read more Source: The West...
Carter says Russia, China potentially threaten global order
SIMI VALLEY, California (AP) ” U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Saturday accused Russia of endangering world order, citing its incursions in Ukraine and loose talk about nuclear weapons, and said the U.S. defense establishment… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Kiev completes light arms pullout from eastern front: army (AFP)
Piski (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s military said Saturday it had finished withdrawing its light weapons from the eastern frontline with pro-Russia rebels, where clashes have erupted in recent days despite a ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
