Section: Australia&NZ
MH17 crash: Germany knew flight risks, according to local media
Berlin knew the risks of flying over war-torn east Ukraine before Flight MH17 was shot out of the sky but did not inform German airlines, local media has reported. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Berlin didn’t inform MH17 of flight risks
Berlin knew the risks of flying over war-torn east Ukraine before Flight MH17 was shot out of the sky but did not inform German airlines. …read more Source:...
Berlin knew Ukraine flight dangers before MH17 crash: reports (AFP)
Frankfurt (AFP) – Berlin knew the risks of flying over war-torn east Ukraine before Flight MH17 was shot out of the sky last year but did not inform German airlines, local media reported on Sunday. …read more Source: The West...
Putin: ‘No regrets’ over Crimea annexation
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has no regrets over Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea because it overturned “a historical injustice”. …read more Source:...
Putin says ‘no regrets’ over Crimea annexation (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview broadcast Sunday to mark 15 years in power, said he has no regrets over Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea as it overturned “a historical injustice.” …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine marks 29 years since Chernobyl disaster (AFP)
Slavutych (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainians on Sunday marked 29 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, laying wreaths and candles near the plant where work to lay a new seal over the reactor site has been delayed. …read more Source: The West...
Arctic Council summit: environment consensus ruffled by Russia-Ukraine tensions
US and Russian representatives at the Arctic Council have pledged to keep geopolitics separate from discussions about climate change. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Despite tensions, US, Russia vow cooperation in the Arctic
IQALUIT, Canada (AP) ” The U.S., Russia and other Arctic nations say they’re looking past Ukraine’s civil war and other tensions to prevent oil spills near the North Pole and combat climate change in a place warming faster than the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin calls on Hollande to mend fences amid Ukraine conflict (AFP)
Yerevan (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on French leader Francois Hollande to restore ties after a year of tensions over Ukraine as the two leaders met on the sidelines of genocide commemorations in Armenia. …read more Source: The West...
Russia charges Ukrainian aviator over ‘murder’ of journalists (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Friday charged Ukrainian airforce officer Nadia Savchenko over the deaths of two Russian journalists in a politically charged case that has become emblematic of tensions between Kiev and Moscow. …read more Source: The West...
