Section: News & Summaries
AirAsia shares drop after jet disappears
Shares in AirAsia, Southeast Asia’s biggest budget airline, lost almost eight percent after one of its jets disappeared. ||| Kuala Lumpur – Shares in AirAsia, Southeast Asia’s biggest budget airline, lost almost eight percent on Monday in Kuala Lumpur after one of its jets disappeared with 162 people on board.The firm slumped 12...
MPS ADOPT UKRAINE’S STATE BUDGET FOR 2015
MPs adopted Ukraine’s state budget for 2015, envisaging the country’s GDP at minus 4.3%, nominal GDP at UAH 1.721 trillion, inflation at 13.1%, and the exchange rate at UAH 17 per U.S. dollar. Law of Ukraine No. 1000 on Ukraine’s state budget for 2015 was supported by 233 lawmakers early on Monday, an Ukrinform correspondent...
‘Plane could be at bottom of the sea’
A missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people is presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official said. ||| Jakarta – A missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people is presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official said on Monday, as countries in the region offered to help Jakarta in the search and recovery effort....
DIRECT TRANSLATION: How a Retired Russian Army Officer Sends ‘Volunteers’ to Fight in Ukraine
Kremlin Quietly Supports Mercenary Network That Sends Thousands of Fighters to Donbas War In Yekaterinburg, the main city of Russia’s Ural region, retired army officer Vladimir Yefimov organizes army veterans to fight for Russia in southeastern Ukraine, more than 1,000 miles away. While Russia’s deployment of army troops and...
AirAsia plane missing with 162 on board
AirAsia flight loses contact with air traffic control after pilots ask to change course to avoid bad weather ||| Jakarta – An AirAsia flight with 162 people on board lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday after the pilots asked to change course to avoid bad weather during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore,...
No respite after turbulent 2014
2014 has generated new flashpoints right into its final days, setting 2015 up to be just as turbulent. ||| New York – 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...
AirAsia flight missing with 162 on board
AirAsia flight with 162 people on board loses contact with air traffic control after pilots ask to change course to avoid bad weather ||| Jakarta – An AirAsia flight with 162 people on board lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday after the pilots asked to change course to avoid bad weather during a flight from the Indonesian city...
No respite expected after turbulent 2014
2014 has generated new flashpoints right into its final days, setting 2015 up to be just as turbulent. ||| New York – 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...
Kiev, rebels swap captives
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels were set to complete a swap of hundreds of prisoners as part of a new push for peace. ||| Kostyantynivka, Ukraine – Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels were on Saturday set to complete a swap of hundreds of prisoners as part of a new push for peace that came despite Kiev’s decision to cut off key transport...
Night for ATO forces passes without losses, wounded are reported
The ATO forces suffered no losses last day. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing. “Three Ukrainian soldiers were wounded, no killed military were reported,” he said. According to the National Security and Defense Council, attempts of armed provocations against the Ukrainian military...