Section: The United Kingdom
Qantas should be forced to stop flying over war zones, says union leader
Transport Workers Union national secretary says Abbott government should insist on planes being reroutedThe Abbott government must step in to reroute Qantas and other Australian flights away from conflict zones after the MH17 tragedy, a union leader says.The national secretary of the Transport Workers Union (TWU), Tony Sheldon, said travellers...
MH17: Abbott says Australia is unlikely to follow tougher US and EU sanctions
Prime minister says his priority is recovering bodies from the crash site as the US and EU increase sanctions against Russia Australia is unlikely to follow the US and European Union in pursuing new sanctions against Russia as its focus remains on recovering the bodies of victims of the downed flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine.Tony Abbott played...
Ukraine crisis: Sanctions will make Russia’s ‘weak economy even weaker’, says President Obama
A new wave of sanctions against Russian banks and companies will be imposed within days by the European Union, supported by fresh action against President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies. …read more Source: The...
US follows EU in setting new sanctions targeting Russian economy
US decision comes soon after the European Union punished Moscow over continued backing of Ukrainian separatists Barack Obama announced a new set of economic sanctions against sectors of the Russian economy on Tuesday, soon after the European Union punished Moscow for its continued backing for Ukrainian separatists with its most punitive measures...
‘Human Barbie’ Valeria Lukyanova shows support for Putin by posing on Crimean beach
Model Valeria Lukyanova, 28, from Ukraine, proudly posed in the Black Sea peninsula which has been boycotted by millions of tourists since the Kremlin’s annexation of the region from Ukraine. …read more Source: Daily...
‘Vladimir Putin is a thug and a liar’ says British diplomat Sir Peter Westmacott
Sir Peter Westmacott, UK ambassador to the US, condemned Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine ahead of a meeting in Brussels to impose tougher economic sanctions. …read more Source: Daily...
Sanctions a ‘big concern’ for European business
BP becomes the first European multinational company to warn of the impact of sanctions on Russia could have on its business …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine crisis: Worse bloodshed feared as new government intensifies action against rebels
Shells smashed into a residential neighbourhood of Donetsk today as Ukrainian forces intensified their campaign to encircle the rebel stronghold. The shelling killed a number of people, blew gaping holes in an apartment block, and raised fears that the city is on the verge of severe bloodshed. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Caught in the crossfire
Squeezed between government forces and Russian-backed separatists, civilian casualties in the east increase, diminishing the chances of reconciliation …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine crisis: EU widens sanctions to hit Russian economy and strike at Vladimir Putin’s allies
A new wave of sanctions against Russian banks and companies will be imposed within days by the European Union, supported by fresh action against President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies. …read more Source: The...
