Section: Australia&NZ
Stalin portraits and Soviet nostalgia rule in Ukraine’s rebel regions (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Three portraits of former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin are on display in the centre of Donetsk, the rebel capital of eastern Ukraine, as the separatist authorities fuel a mood of Soviet nostalgia. …read more Source: The West...
Death toll in Ukraine excursion boat capsizing rises to 14
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” The number of people who died when a Ukrainian excursion boat capsized in the Black Sea has risen to 14.Emergency services say the accident was caused by the vessel being overloaded. The boat carried 37 people… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
12 dead in Ukraine excursion boat capsizing off Odessa
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian officials say 12 people are dead and another person is missing after an excursion boat overturned in the Black Sea near the major port city of Odessa.The other 23 people who were aboard the boat were rescued,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia’s parliament allows arrest of opposition lawmaker
MOSCOW (AP) ” The Russian parliament has voted to sanction an arrest in absentia of the sole lawmaker who voted against the annexation of Crimea last year.The State Duma voted Friday to let law enforcement officials arrest Ilya… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Piecing together the MH17 tragedy
FROM the sunflower fields of eastern Ukraine to a hangar at an air base in the Netherlands: this is the painstaking journey to find the truth about MH17. …read more Source:...
Japan, Ukraine join UN Security Council
Ukraine, Japan and Egypt have won seats at the UN Security Council as world diplomacy is overshadowed by tensions with Russia and bloodshed in the Middle East. …read more Source:...
Ukraine to sit alongside Russia on UN Security Council
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” Ukraine has won a seat on the U.N. Security Council, giving the country a new platform to spar diplomatically with permanent member Russia.Four other countries ” Egypt, Japan, Senegal and Uruguay ” were also… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine, Uruguay elected to UN Security Council (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay were elected on Thursday to the UN Security Council during an uncontested vote. …read more Source: The West...
Aussie families to sue Malaysia Airlines
TRAUMATISED Australian families are taking on Malaysia Airlines in a large scale class action over the downing of MH17 in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine threatens ‘legal war’ with Russia over debt (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine threatened Thursday to launch a “legal war” with Russia after Moscow held out on a vital debt restructuring agreement to stop the crisis-torn nation from hurtling into default. …read more Source: The West...
