Section: News & Summaries

      Russian proxies attack Ukraine 49 times in last day
      Jun03

      Russian proxies attack Ukraine 49 times in last day

      The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 49 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters.More than 30 cases of the use of weapons by the enemy against the Ukrainian defenders were recorded from Thursday evening to midnight, the ATO...

      Elon Musk`s future: robot cars and people on Mars – Bloomberg
      Jun03

      Elon Musk`s future: robot cars and people on Mars – Bloomberg

      SpaceX and Tesla Motors Inc. founder Elon Musk has stated that most cars won`t have drivers in three years and people will arrive on Mars by 2025, Bloomberg reported. ”I consider autonomous driving to be basically a solved problem,” he said, according to Bloomberg.  ”We`re less than two years away from complete autonomy. Regulators however will...

      DW: Three suspected `IS` militants arrested for allegedly planning attack in Dusseldorf
      Jun03

      DW: Three suspected `IS` militants arrested for allegedly planning attack in Dusseldorf

      Germany`s prosecutors said three Syrians have been arrested for planning an ”Islamic State” attack on Dusseldorf`s historic city center. A fourth terrorist was taken into custody by French authorities in February, Deutsche Welle has reported.The German news agency DPA said on Thursday that the arrests took place in the state of North...

      NBU strengthens official exchange rate to UAH 25.05 to dollar
      Jun03

      NBU strengthens official exchange rate to UAH 25.05 to dollar

      The National Bank of Ukraine on Thursday evening strengthened the official hryvnia exchange rate by four kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 25.05 to the dollar.The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for June 3:$100 costs UAH 2,505.1207 (on June 2, it was UAH...

      Reuters: China confirms its warships to join major U.S.-hosted naval drills
      Jun03

      Reuters: China confirms its warships to join major U.S.-hosted naval drills

      China`s navy will send five ships to join a major U.S.-hosted naval drill this summer, even as tension mounts between the world`s two largest economies over the South China Sea, according to Reuters.The Rim of the Pacific exercise, or RIMPAC, billed as the world`s largest international maritime exercise, is held every two years in Hawaii in June...

      Australian Foreign Policy: The Coalition Approach
      Jun03

      Australian Foreign Policy: The Coalition Approach

      This paper is part of the Australian Journal of International Affairs’ 2016 Federal Election Special and outlines the Coalition’s approach to international affairs. The full document can also be viewed here. Supported by one of the most professional and dedicated foreign policy bureaucracies in the world, one can rely on any...

      OSCE Rep. hopes those responsible for doxing journos in Ukraine to be punished
      Jun02

      OSCE Rep. hopes those responsible for doxing journos in Ukraine to be punished

      OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic welcomed the start of investigation to identify those responsible for the disclosure of personal data of journalists accredited in the occupied areas of eastern Ukraine, reiterating her call for a swift and transparent judicial procedure, an UNIAN correspondent reported.”I am hopeful...

      No cold war between West, Russia; NATO seeks no confrontation: Stoltenberg
      Jun02

      No cold war between West, Russia; NATO seeks no confrontation: Stoltenberg

      NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg does not compare the state of relations between the West and Russia with the Cold War which the Soviet Union and the West used to wage, insisting that the Alliance does not seek confrontation, according to an UNIAN correspondent reporting on Stoltenberg`s press conference in Berlin.We don`t want a new Cold...

      Ukraine court bans payments on $3 bln loan from Russia
      Jun02

      Ukraine court bans payments on $3 bln loan from Russia

      The Holosiivskyi District Court of Kyiv has issued a ruling banning any payments on a $3 billion loan issued by Moscow to shore up the government of then-President Viktor Yanukovych in late 2013. It is reported that the ruling was issued under a lawsuit filed by Iryna Verigina against the Russian Federation to compensate for moral and material...

      OPEC new secretary general chosen
      Jun02

      OPEC new secretary general chosen

      A one-time group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mohammed Barkindo, was on Thursday appointed the secretary-general of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), according to Nigeria`s Premium Times.Mr. Barkindo`s appointment was announced in Vienna, Austria after the 169th meeting of the...