Section: Newsweek (USA)
Putin Set to Meet With Ukrainian Counterpart and EU Leaders In New Year
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko will meet the leaders of Russia, France and Germany in January in the Kazakh capital of Astana to discuss the ceasefire in the Ukraine’s east between pro-EU and pro-Russian forces, he told press on Monday. “My diplomatic year will start on January 15 in Astana with Normandy-style talks,”...
Ukraine’s President Rules Out Offensive to Regain Lost Territory
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President said on Monday he would meet the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on Jan. 15 in an attempt to restore peace to Kiev’s eastern territories and acknowledged Kiev lacked the resources to regain control by military means. He said he had spoken with U.S. President Barack Obama about the...
Indonesia Says Missing AirAsia Plane Could Be At ‘Bottom of Sea’
A missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people could be at the bottom of the sea after it was presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official said on Monday, as countries around Asia sent ships and planes to help in the search. The Indonesia AirAsia plane, an Airbus A320-200, disappeared after its pilot failed to get permission to fly...
Search For Missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Suspended Until First Light
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia called off until first light a search for an AirAsia plane with 162 people on board that went missing on Sunday after pilots asked to change course to avoid bad weather during a flight from Indonesia’s Surabaya city to Singapore. Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501, an Airbus 320-200 carrying 155 passengers...
Crimea to Liberia: 2014 in 12 Pictures
January: A man hurls a rock during demonstrations in Kiev, Ukraine, in January. The crisis that resulted has prompted what many pundits are calling a “second cold war” between Russia and the West. Protesters occupied the central square of the Ukrainian capital demanding the resignation of the pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. Scores of...
Ukrainian Activist Released After Arrest For Storming St. Peter’s Square Topless
Yana Zhdanova, the Ukrainian activist arrested on Christmas Day for swiping a life-size baby Jesus figurine from the St. Peter’s Square nativity scene at the Vatican while topless, was released on Saturday according to Associated Press. She was held for questioning on Friday while Vatican police considered possible charges for “disturbing...
2014’s Turbulent Events Set Tone For Year Ahead
NEW YORK (Reuters) – From financial crisis in Russia to cyber warfare with North Korea, 2014 has generated new flashpoints right into its final days, setting 2015 up to be just as turbulent. Almost all of the major confrontations, such as the battle with Islamic State militants, the West’s stand-off with Russia over Ukraine and the...
Vatican Arrests Femen Activist Who Bared Breasts in St Peter’s Square
The Vatican said on Friday it had arrested a member of women’s rights group Femen who on Christmas Day bared her breasts and grabbed a statue of the baby Jesus from a nativity scene in front of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square. Femen’s website says the woman was protesting as part of its anti-clerical “Massacre of...
Ukraine and Pro-Russia Rebels Swap Hundreds of Prisoners
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities and separatists exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war on Friday, a spokesman for President Petro Poroshenko said, part of a 12-point plan aimed at ending the pro-Russian uprising in the east of the country. The agreement to swap 150 Ukrainian servicemen for 222 rebels followed peace talks between...
Russia’s Ruble Bounces Back 4% From Record Lows
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s ruble rose on Friday to its strongest levels in more than three weeks, in a sharp rebound from its recent all-time lows, after the government ordered exporters to sell some of their hard currency revenues. The ruble plunged to all-time lows last week on heavy falls in the price of oil, the backbone of the...
