Section: Australia&NZ
Kremlin: Putin to meet with Ukrainian president and EU officials at Aug. 26 meeting in Minsk
MOSCOW (AP) Kremlin: Putin to meet with Ukrainian president and EU officials at Aug. 26 meeting in Minsk. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Remains of Malaysian MH17 victims to be flown home
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Malaysia’s defense minister says the remains of at least 16 people killed when a jetliner was shot down over Ukraine last month will be returned to Malaysia this week.All 298 people onboard died when… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian govt troops inch closer to rebel city
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) Ukrainian officials and military commanders say the government has captured swathes of another town near the key rebel-held stronghold.Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in a Facebook post on Tuesday that… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
15 bodies found after rocket hits Ukraine refugee convoy
Fifteen bodies have so far been recovered from the site of Monday’s rocket strike on a refugee convoy of buses and cars in eastern Ukraine, a military spokesman said. …read more Source: ABC...
US stocks gain; Dollar General jumps after bid
NEW YORK (AP) Corporate deal news gave the US stock market a lift on Monday as a bidding contest erupted for a discount retailer. Stocks also climbed amid reports of diplomatic efforts to broker a cease-fire in the conflict in Ukraine.Dollar… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
How the Dow Jones industrial average fared Monday
Stocks climbed on Monday after a bidding contest erupted for discount retailer Family Dollar and as concerns eased about the situation in Ukraine.On Monday:The Dow Jones industrial average rose 175.83 points, or 1.1 percent, to… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US stocks move higher; Dollar General jumps
NEW YORK (AP) A bidding contest for a discount retailer and easing concerns about Ukraine helped send U.S. stock indexes higher.The Dow Jones industrial average rose 175 points, or 1.1 percent, to close at 16,838 Monday.The Standard… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine: Refugees attacked by rebels, says Kiev
Separatists rebels on Monday attacked a caravan of cars carrying refugees trying to flee war-ravaged eastern Ukraine, killing “dozens” of people in a devastating barrage of artillery fire, Ukrainian military officials said, although rebel leaders denied there had been any attack at all. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine says rebels kill ‘dozens’ in strike on refugee convoy (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine on Monday accused pro-Russian rebels of killing dozens of civilians fleeing the war-torn east, as crisis talks between Kiev and Moscow failed to halt months of bloodshed. …read more Source: The West...
Donetsk queues for water as fighting shuts off supply (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Anastasiya clutches two empty five-litre bottles as she joins a queue of Donetsk residents buying water in the rebel-held east Ukrainian city where supplies were abruptly cut off by shelling damage. …read more Source: The West...
