Section: Australia&NZ
How the Dow Jones industrial average did Friday
The stock market recovered from a midday swoon caused by the latest worries over Ukraine and ended little changed on Friday. The Ukrainian president said his military destroyed most of a Russian military convoy that entered his country…. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian assures Hagel on Ukrainian relief
WASHINGTON (AP) Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu “guaranteed” Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday that no Russian troops are involved in the transport of humanitarian relief supplies to eastern Ukraine, a Pentagon spokesman… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
World Cup warm-up win for Boomers
Australia’s basketballers beat Ukraine 74-65 in a World Cup warm-up event in Nice that also includes France and the Philippines. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Donetsk rebel leader appeals for Russian aid (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, said Friday that the inhabitants desperately need Russian humanitarian aid and accused Ukraine of deliberately stalling its arrival. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine blows up Russian military vehicles (AFP)
There are fears Ukraine and Russia tensions could spill into all-out war after a Russian military convoy was blown up. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine blows up Russian military vehicles
There are fears Ukraine and Russia tensions could spill into all-out war after a Russian military convoy was blown up. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Why global turmoil hasn’t sunk US markets. Yet.
NEW YORK (AP) Europe appears on the brink of another recession. Islamic militants have seized Iraqi territory. Russian troops have massed on the Ukraine border, and the resulting sanctions are disrupting trade. An Ebola outbreak… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian defence ministry denies military convoy entered Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – The Russian defence ministry denied Friday that it had sent a military convoy into Ukraine after officials in Kiev said they destroyed part of the armoured column. …read more Source: The West...
EU ministers ‘alarmed’ by Russian troops in Ukraine (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – EU ministers urged Russia on Friday to put an “immediate stop” to all forms of hostilities near the Ukrainian border after reports that a Russian armoured convoy had entered conflict-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says it destroyed Russian military vehicles that had crossed the border
Russia calls claims ‘some kind of fantasy’ but NATO agrees there was an incursion into Ukraine, while avoiding the term invasion. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
