meantime, u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon is headed to kiev today after meeting with russian president vladimir putin in moscow. the european union is ratcheting up the pressure on russia over its annexation of crimea. e.u. leaders announced a new round of sanctions against moscow thursday and say they plan to sign a political association pact with ukraine. nina december santos reported on that from brussels. reporter: leaders agreed to add 12 names to the list of individuals who will be facing sanctions. we re talking visa bans, travel restrictions and asset freezes for their role in russia s incursion into ukraine s crimean peninsula. now, officially the list will not be disseminated until at least friday. that is in accordance to an agreement between the 28 heads of state and government. but already cnn understands the number of key individuals very close to the russian president vladimir putin will be included in this list of sanctions. these include the likes of the
plant as exemplary. the power plant was badly damaged after a quake triggered a tsunami in march. former bosnia serb commander is now awaiting charges at the hague. he s facing war crimes of the massacre of 8,000 men and boys in 1995. after 16 days in space, shuttle endeavour is back on earth. nasa s 30-year shuttle program will come to an end after the launch of atlantis in the coming weeks. those are the headlines. world business today starts now. good morning, from cnn london, i m nina december santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens and you re watching world business today. the top stories this wednesday, australia suffers its biggest economic squeeze in 20 years after severe flooding soaks the mining industry. mixed fortunes in the tech sector. apple had its head in the data cloud wu nokia is feeling under the weather. and doubts, mistakes and regrets. not many ceos are big enough to admit them wu michael wu is. we sit down with
at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. they praised the response at the plant as exemplary. the power plant was badly damaged after a quake triggered a tsunami in march. former bosnia serb commander is now awaiting charges at the hague. he s facing war crimes of the massacre of 8,000 men and boys in 1995. after 16 days in space, shuttle endeavour is back on earth. nasa s 30-year shuttle program will come to an end after the launch of atlantis in the coming weeks. those are the headlines. world business today starts now. good morning, from cnn london, i m nina december santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens and you re watching world business today. the top stories this wednesday, australia suffers its biggest economic squeeze in 20 years after severe flooding soaks the mining industry. mixed fortunes in the tech sector. apple had its head in the data cloud wu nokia is feeling under the weather. and doubts, mistakes and regrets. n