Section: South China Morning Post (China)
Serial pest accosts Kim Kardashian in Paris, attempting to kiss her backside
Serial celebrity accoster Vitalii Sediuk has struck again, this time at Paris Fashion Week, targeting Kim Kardashian’s derriere as she was entering an exclusive restaurant. Kardashian’s makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic caught the Wednesday incident on video and posted it to his Instagram account. It showed the reality television star...
Malaysian flight MH17 downed by Russian-made missile: prosecutors
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a missile fired from a launcher brought into Ukraine from Russia and located in a village held by pro-Russian rebels, international prosecutors said on Wednesday. The findings counter Moscow’s suggestion that the passenger plane, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in July 2014, was brought...
Ukraine ends Soviet-era visa-free deal with North Korea
Ukraine has revoked a Soviet-era deal that allowed visa-free travel for North Koreans, the latest setback for isolated North Korea which has been under growing pressure since the UN Security Council imposed toughened new sanctions in March. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Putin agrees to discuss Ukraine conflict with Hollande and Merkel at G-20 in China
Russia said President Vladimir Putin will hold talks on the conflict in Ukraine with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French leader Francois Hollande at the Group of 20 summit in China, after the biggest diplomatic showdown since a peace deal was signed 18 months ago. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Wild week: Trump caps major staff reshuffle as campaign chief Manafort quits after revelations about Ukraine dealings
Donald Trump’s US presidential campaign sealed a major staff reshuffle with the resignation on Friday of its campaign chairman, and the Republican nominee tried to end weeks of upheaval to focus on beating Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigns over revelations about Ukraine work
Paul Manafort, the embattled chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign who has been under fire in connection with a Ukrainian corruption investigation, tendered his resignation on Friday. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Trump aide’s name surfaces in Ukraine corruption probe, The New York Times reports
Corruption investigators in Ukraine say an illegal, off-the-books payment network earmarked US$12.7 million in cash payments for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort, The New York Times reported on Monday. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Paul Manafort has guided dictators and strongmen – but can he handle Donald Trump?
Political consultant Paul Manafort was so famous in Ukraine for helping elect president Viktor Yanukovych that when strategist Roger Stone arrived years later to counsel another aspiring politician, the candidate – Stone says – gave him the once over and asked: “So, you a …read more Source: South China Morning...
Putin accuses Ukraine of terror as Crimea tensions escalate and two Russian troops are allegedly killed
President Vladimir Putin promised to respond to what he called Kiev’s “terror” tactics in Crimea, raising the stakes as fighting between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed rebels intensifies in the country once again. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Ukraine sees destabilisation motive after car bomb kills journalist who felt threatened when in Russia
An award-winning journalist working for the online investigative website Ukrayinska Pravda was killed by a car bomb in central Kiev early on Wednesday morning, in what President Petro Poroshenko said was an attempt to destabilise Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
