Section: Australia&NZ
West tightens sanctions grip on Russia’s oil industry over Ukraine
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Ukraine’s president to visit Canada
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) Ukraine’s president is going to visit Canada next week and address Parliament.Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office said Thursday that President Petro Poroshenko will also meet with Harper during… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Drones to be used to monitor Russia-Ukraine border: watchdog
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe said it will use drones to monitor the Russia-Ukraine border in its mission to broker deals between Ukraine’s warring sides. …read more Source: ABC...
MH17 crash site still unsafe for investigators: Dutch (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – The site in eastern Ukraine where flight MH17 crashed two months ago is still too unsafe for investigators to resume the recovery of victims’ remains, Dutch Defence Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Obama tightens Russia sanctions
THE US will intensify sanctions in the defence, finance and energy sectors to punish Russia over its “illegal actions” in Ukraine, Barack Obama says. …read more Source:...
Military exercise with Russia canceled
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) An Air Force exercise involving the U.S., Canada and Russia has been canceled because of Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine, a spokesman for NORAD said.The North American Aerospace Defense Command… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s displaced just want to go home (AFP)
Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – For the Ukrainians who have fled the war zones of the east, life has become a grim daily grind of battling red tape and trying to find food, jobs and shelter. …read more Source: The West...
Obama: US to step up economic penalties on Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama says the U.S. is moving ahead with tougher economic sanctions on Russia over what the U.S. says are Russia’s illegal actions in Ukraine.Obama says the sanctions will affect Russia’s financial,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian move only a ‘tiny step’
THE US has described as “a good, tiny first step” the announcement Russia had withdrawn the bulk of its forces from Ukraine. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine rebels watch Scotland vote with envy (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – “Why isn’t England bombing the Scottish separatists,” demands one supporter of the pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine in a Twitter post under a picture of the Scottish flag. …read more Source: The West...
