Section: Australia&NZ
MH17 victim found with oxygen mask: Dutch FM (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – One of the people on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine in July was found wearing an oxygen mask, the Dutch foreign minister and prosecutors said, raising the possibility that some passengers might have known their plane was doomed. …read more Source: The West...
German exports plunge in August amid Ukraine fears
BERLIN (AP) German exports plunged in August as increasing uncertainty over the crisis in Ukraine and the timing of summer holidays combined to produce the largest drop in five years.The Federal Statistical Office reported Thursday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UK student confirmed as MH17 victim (AAP)
A British student flying to Perth to study has been identified as one of those killed when a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine lobbies NATO, IMF as deaths mount (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine dispatched top envoys to Washington and Brussels on Wednesday to secure help in the face of a surge in clashes with pro-Russian insurgents that killed eight more civilians and troops. …read more Source: The West...
Serbia urges EU-Russia agreement on gas pipeline
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) Serbia’s prime minister says “it makes no sense” to start construction of a major pipeline, which is to bypass Ukraine to transport Russian natural gas to Europe, without an agreement on its legality between… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
War fears hang over Ukraine as 12 die despite truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine faced the threat Tuesday of a resumption of all-out warfare as 12 more people, mostly civilians, died in increasingly bloody clashes with pro-Russian rebels despite a truce deal. …read more Source: The West...
Vladimir Putin enjoys ‘Herculean’ birthday in Siberian wilderness as Russians celebrate
Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his 62nd birthday roaming the Siberian wilderness on Tuesday, as supporters compared his takeover of Crimea to a Herculean labour and 100,000 marched in Chechnya in his honour. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Vladimir Putin celebrates ‘Herculean’ birthday in Siberian wilderness as Russians celebrate
Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his 62nd birthday roaming the Siberian wilderness on Tuesday, as supporters compared his takeover of Crimea to a Herculean labour and 100,000 marched in Chechnya in his honour. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Praise and damnation as Putin marks ‘Herculean’ birthday (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his 62nd birthday roaming the Siberian wilderness on Tuesday, as supporters compared his takeover of Crimea to a Herculean labour and 100,000 marched in Chechnya in his honour. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine seeks help as clashes kill 12 despite truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine appealed to Western powers for support as its truce with pro-Russian rebels seemed increasingly in tatters with 12 deaths reported Tuesday in the separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
