| Yesterday 15:20 | North Korea risking another Chernobyl nuclear disaster which threatens millions, warns expert (Yahoo Singapore News)
EU welcomes North Korean move on nuclear tests, urges denuclearisation - Yahoo Singapore News |
| Yesterday 14:25 | Ukraine recognizes it cannot bring Crimea back ( Eurasia Daily )
Today, Ukraine is unable to bring Crimea back, Deputy Minister for the temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons George Tuka has told on air of 122 Ukraina TV channel. According to him, Kiev has to limit itself to diplomatic demarches and political statements. At the same time, ... |
| Yesterday 06:30 | Kiev deliberately fuels tensions over arrested Russian fishing vessel â Crimean official ( TASS )
"Ukrainian nationalist-minded authorities have committed another tough provocation. In fact, this comes in continuation of their piracy-like actions against Russian citizens, who are being forced into becoming nationals of Ukraine. Those actions do not correspond to any norm of the international law," the ... |
| Yesterday 03:20 | 23 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week ( BuzzFeed News )
Michael Cohen exits the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on April 16, in New York City. ..... Nazi concentration camp survivor Alexander Bytschok of Kiev, Ukraine, mourns during the commemoration ceremonies for the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of the former Nazi ... |
| Yesterday 01:25 | Gazprom seeks termination of Ukraine gas contracts in arbitration ( Reuters )
Gazprom said last month it would terminate its gas contracts with Ukraine after it lost the court case, escalating a dispute which had left Ukraine struggling to stay warm and which the European Union said could threaten gas flows to Europe. Ukraine has not bought gas from Russia since November 2015 ... |
| Yesterday 00:31 | US State Dept. Says Ukraine Forces Allegedly Involved in Torture ( Sputnik International )
... abuses committed by [Ukraine's] government security forces, in particular into allegations of torture, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, and other abuses reportedly perpetrated by SBU," the report said. The perpetrators of the 2014 Euromaidan shootings in the country's capital Kiev have not ... |
| 04/20/2018 23:30 | War Fever ( Consortium News )
The annexation of the Crimea, for instance, was a response to a US-financed, neo-Nazi-spearheaded coup in Kiev in February 2014 that caused the rickety Ukrainian state to collapse and sent Russophones in the east fleeing for protection into the arms of Moscow. After investing more than $5 billion to ... |
| 04/20/2018 17:30 | North Korea risking another Chernobyl nuclear disaster which threatens millions, warns expert ( Yahoo News UK )
Pyongyang's desperate desire for nuclear energy is fuelling fears that another major accident similar to the one in Ukraine in 1986. ... the same model which malfunctioned so spectacularly in a region of the Ukraine 65 miles north of Kiev in 1986, Shcheka told North Korea watchdog, 38 North. |
| 04/20/2018 13:25 | Russia surprised at West's indifference to Savchenko's hunger strike ( Eurasia Daily )
Russia is surprised at silence of Western countries about hunger strike of Nadezhda Savchenko, a member of Supreme Rada of Ukraine, who is ... As EADaily reported earlier, a Kiev court arrested Savchenko on March 23 for a period of two months on suspicion of preparing terror attacks and coup. |
| 04/20/2018 03:30 | North Korea is risking another Chernobyl disaster, warns nuclear physicist ( Express.co.uk )
As such, most of the reactors in the country were likely to be similar to the Soviet RBMK-1000, the same model which malfunctioned so spectacularly in a region of the Ukraine 65 miles north of Kiev in 1986. Mr Shcheka told 38North: âSuch a simple design feature, together with the desire to crank up ... |
| 04/19/2018 21:30 | Hackers leak Russia's fake stories on MH17 disaster ( The Australian )
The eight narratives sought to blame Ukraine for the disaster, although the Boeing jet was shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile. ... One of the narratives encouraged officials to compare the crash to the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand before World War I and accuse Kiev of provoking a new ... |
| 04/19/2018 19:50 | Despite Sanctions, Russia's List of Billionaires Is Growing Longer and Richer ( Newsweek )
That is the highest figure on both counts since 2014 when Russia invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea, prompting international sanctions against the country and its ... Russia illegally annexed Crimea after Kremlin-allied Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted during mass protests in Kiev. |
| 04/19/2018 15:50 | Press review: Who's keeping OPCW experts out of Douma and Kiev eyes Georgia-style CIS exit ( TASS )
Inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) cannot launch their investigation into the events in the Syrian city of Douma, where chemical weapons were allegedly used on April 7. According to the UN, the situation in the city is too dangerous. Just on Tuesday ... |
| 04/19/2018 13:30 | Russian leaks reveal spin on MH17 disaster ( The Times )
The eight narratives sought to blame Ukraine for the disaster, although the Boeing airliner was shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile. ... One of the narratives encouraged officials to compare the crash to the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand before the First World War and accuse Kiev of ... |
| 04/19/2018 12:30 | China's children are its secret weapon in the global AI arms race ( Wired.co.uk )
In 2013 the city's teenagers gained global renown when they topped the charts in the PISA tests administered every three years by the OECD to see which country's kids are the smartest in the world. Aged 15, Shanghai students were on average three full years ahead of their counterparts in the UK or ... |
| 04/19/2018 02:30 | 112.ua: Ukraine will again sue Russia over treatment of political prisoners ( Kyiv Post )
Ukraine intends to file a lawsuit to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against Russia due to the violation of the rights of the Ukrainian political prisoners. Ivan Lishchyna, the Deputy Justice Minister for ECHR affairs claimed this as Ukrainian News reported. 'This year we plan to file not only the ... |
| 04/18/2018 11:25 | Savchenko completes lie detector test on April 17 ( Kyiv Post )
Nadiya Savchenko attends a hearing in Kiev's district court on March 23, 2018. Ukrainian MP Nadiya Savchenko, once hailed as a symbol of resistance against Russia, declared a hunger strike on March 23, after she was detained a day before over accusations she plotted a terrorist attack in Kiev. |
| 04/17/2018 19:30 | In Ukraine show filmed in Chernobyl short film âthe Archâ (Video) ( The Siver Times )
26 April in Kiev will be not just the premiere of the film âArchâ in Ukraine â to the great concert âZone of Inspirationâ at the Postal square for the first time after shooting the film, Rabchenko will perform postsymposium âthe Archâ accompanied by the orchestra NEON. The concert also will participate in a ... |
| 04/17/2018 17:30 | Putin wants a shining legacy. He has to solve 3 big problems first. ( Washington Post )
This approach has strained relations with Europe, and with Ukraine itself. Further, the Kremlin is now responsible for proving to Crimeans, Russians and Ukrainians that Crimea is better off as a part of Russia than with Kiev. Doing so may require hefty investments at a time when other regions, like the ... |
| 04/17/2018 17:30 | Jailed Ukrainian politician Savchenko resumes hunger strike ( New Europe )
Savchenko is accused of plotting to overthrow the government, carry out a âlarge-scale terrorist attackâ in central Kyiv, and kill senior officials. An alleged accomplice, Volodymyr Ruban, was detained earlier in March while crossing into government-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine, allegedly with ... |
