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Video Shows GRAD Rockets Fired By Rebels Hitting Cars In A Vital Ukrainian City
Russian-supported rebels launched sophisticated missiles, rockets and drones against the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Saturday, Reuters reports. The offensive that killed at least 30 people has been called an “utter disregard of the ceasefire,” by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. Port city Mariupol, is approximately...
Pressure mounts on Russia as Ukraine rebels launch offensive
Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – World leaders ramped up pressure on Moscow Sunday to stop pro-Kremlin rebels from embarking on a major new offensive in eastern Ukraine after rocket fire killed at least 30 people in a strategic government-held port.The mayor of Mariupol’s office said 97 people were also wounded by dozens of long-distance...
Seventy years on, a ‘Soviet’ liberator of Auschwitz remembers
Moscow (AFP) – It was the silence, the smell of ashes and the boundless surrounding expanse that struck Soviet soldier Ivan Martynushkin when his unit arrived in January 1945 to liberate the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.As they entered the camp for the first time, the full horror of the Nazis’ crimes there were yet to...
Ukraine rebels announce new offensive as rockets kill 30
Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Kremlin rebels in eastern Ukraine announced a major new offensive Saturday after heavy rocket fire killed at least 30 people in the government-held port of Mariupol, sparking international calls for Moscow to stop backing the separatists.The local mayor’s office said 97 people were also wounded in the...
Bank of Japan’s Kuroda praises ‘big decision’ by ECB
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Saturday urged a Davos panel not to succumb to pessimism over the state of the world economy, as he welcomed the “big decision” by the ECB to embark on a huge bond-buying spree.Kuroda was addressing the closing event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the...
Catching Spies: James Bond’s Body Language
Which of the foreign diplomats in your country are spies? Which of your spies is a double agent? And which foreign leaders are planning to bomb their neighbours? All governments strive to answer such questions. American spooks think studying body language may help. Spooks are seldom as easy to spot as Leslie Nielsen in “Spy Hard”...
Rebel leader announces launch of assault on Ukraine’s Mariupol
Kiev (AFP) – A top pro-Russian rebel on Saturday announced the launch of a major offensive on Ukraine’s government-held port of Mariupol, confirming responsibility for rocket fire that killed at least 20 people.”Today, we launched an offensive against Mariupol,” Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency quoted Donetsk...
Davos elites warned about catastrophic cyberattacks
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) – Attacks on power plants, telecommunications and financial systems, even turning all of Los Angeles’ traffic lights green: Davos elites were warned Saturday of the terrifying possibilities of modern cyber terrorism.Eugene Kaspersky, who heads the Kaspersky Lab security group, said the possibilities of...
Heavy rockets hit government-held Ukraine port of Mariupol
Kiev (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels on Saturday fired volleys of heavy Grad rockets on a residential district of the government-held port of Mariupol after vowing to step up their campaign against the Kiev government, officials said.The administration of the southeastern Sea of Azov city of nearly 500,000 said the long-range rockets hit a...
Sizzling Serena joins sister Venus in Australian Open last 16
Melbourne (AFP) – World number one Serena Williams took time to wake up before sizzling into the Australian Open fourth round on Saturday, joining resurgent sister Venus and the dangerous Agnieszka Radwanska.The American top seed, vying for a sixth Australian title and the first since 2010, was slow to get in the groove against 26th ranked...
