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    At least 22 dead in military plane crash in eastern Ukraine, Interior Ministry reports
    Sep26

    At least 22 dead in military plane crash in eastern Ukraine, Interior Ministry reports

    The crash occurred at around 20:50 local time (19:50 CET) near the eastern city of Chuhuyiv, some two kilometres away from a military airport. …read more Source::...

    Ukrainian military plane An-26 crashes near Kharkiv (video)
    Sep26

    Ukrainian military plane An-26 crashes near Kharkiv (video)

    An Antonov AN-26 military plane crashed near the town of Chugheev in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on Friday, according to local media. The plane reportedly crashed next to a road during a training flight. Ukrainian police are investigating reports of a plane crash in the greater Kharkiv region, and an investigative and operational team have...

    Ukraine military plane crash: Cadets among 20 people killed
    Sep26

    Ukraine military plane crash: Cadets among 20 people killed

    The aircraft, carrying air force cadets, was on a training flight when it came down near Kharkiv. …read more Source::...

    ForMin: Black Sea Region to only surface strengthened from economic crisis with joint solutions
    Sep25

    ForMin: Black Sea Region to only surface strengthened from economic crisis with joint solutions

    The Black Sea Region will only surface strengthened from this major economic crisis only with joint solutions and mutual confidence, Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu told the informal meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of The Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), which he chaired on Friday. “Our region...

    Second World War-era Bell P-39 Airacobra that crashed in 1943 raised from depths of the Black Sea
    Sep25

    Second World War-era Bell P-39 Airacobra that crashed in 1943 raised from depths of the Black Sea

    The plane was hauled from the water in the Kalamita Bay, near the village of Novofyodorovka, Crimea, as part of a joint expedition of the Russian Geographical Society and Russian Defence Ministry. …read more Source:: Daily...

    Sir Tom’s optimism about the future should inspire us all in coronavirus fight
    Sep25

    Sir Tom’s optimism about the future should inspire us all in coronavirus fight

    I wonder what he makes of the MoD’s decision to send 450 crack troops into Ukraine, just 100 miles from the border with Russia …read more Source::...

    “Nobody feels it’s equal”: how Israel’s second lockdown is widening the religious-secular divide
    Sep24

    “Nobody feels it’s equal”: how Israel’s second lockdown is widening the religious-secular divide

    A lack of agreement over new Covid-19 restrictions indicates a lack of trust in the nation’s government. Having been one of the first countries to impose a second national lockdown, Israel has announced further restrictions today, after the country’s health ministry reported a record level of almost 7,000 new cases of Covid-19 the...

    Ukraine’s anti-corruption court bares its teeth
    Sep24

    Ukraine’s anti-corruption court bares its teeth

    THE OFFICIALS who ran Ukraine before its revolution in 2014 are believed to have stolen billions of dollars. One crony gave Viktor Yanukovych, when he was president, a solid gold loaf of bread. So nabbing a regional forestry official for a $10,000 bribe may seem like small potatoes. But the sentencing on August 28th of Oleksandr Levkivsky, who...

    ForMin Aurescu: Pandemic crisis can only be overcome through international solidarity
    Sep24

    ForMin Aurescu: Pandemic crisis can only be overcome through international solidarity

    Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu participated on Thursday in the meeting of foreign minister of the Central European Initiative (CEI), organized in a videoconference format. According to a Foreign Affair Ministry (MAE) release, in his speech, the Romanian chief diplomat said that the challenges generated by the pandemic crisis represented...

    What UN Needs is a Cease-Fire Inside its own Security Council
    Sep24

    What UN Needs is a Cease-Fire Inside its own Security Council

    US President Donald Trump (on screen), addresses the General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session on September 22. But Trump was missing in action (MIA) during the 75th commemorative meeting on September 21. Credit: United NationsBy Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 2020 (IPS) With more than 20,000 civilians killed last year in conflicts in 10...