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290 US Paratroopers to Train Ukraine Forces
Mar30

290 US Paratroopers to Train Ukraine Forces

Hundreds of US paratroopers will train Ukrainian soldiers from April 20 as Kiev battles to contain pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said today. …read more Source:...

Ukraine Leader Says he Will Not Let Oligarchs Sow ‘Chaos’
Mar29

Ukraine Leader Says he Will Not Let Oligarchs Sow ‘Chaos’

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday pledged to stop oligarchs from sowing “chaos” after the governor of a key industrial region quit following a row over a state oil firm. …read more Source:...

European Union-Ukraine Summit to Take Place on April 27: Petro Poroshenko
Mar28

European Union-Ukraine Summit to Take Place on April 27: Petro Poroshenko

A summit between top European Union officials and Ukraine’s leaders will take place in Kiev at the end of April, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko announced on Saturday. …read more Source:...

Goalscorer Morata hailed as “the future of Spain”
Mar28

Goalscorer Morata hailed as “the future of Spain”

Alvaro Morata was designated “the future of the national team” after the Juventus forward fired holders Spain to a 1-0 win against Ukraine in Euro 2016 qualifying in Seville on Friday. There was a strong element of luck about Morata’s 28th minute strike, the ball looping up off a defender and over the Ukraine goalkeeper into the...

Laboured Spain win leaves coach Del Bosque with “bad taste”
Mar28

Laboured Spain win leaves coach Del Bosque with “bad taste”

Spain coach Vicente del Bosque was left with a “bad taste in his mouth” after the holders laboured past visiting Ukraine 1-0 in Euro 2016 qualifying Group C on Friday. Spain started brightly at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Sevilla, taking a deserved lead through Alvaro Morata in the 28th minute, but lost their way in the second half...

Astronauts board space station for 1-year mission
Mar28

Astronauts board space station for 1-year mission

Two Russians and an American floated into the International Space Station on Saturday, beginning what is to be a year away from Earth for two of them. Mikhail Kornienko and Scott Kelly are to spend 342 days aboard the orbiting laboratory, about twice as long as a standard mission on the station. Russia’s Gennady Padalka is beginning a...

Morata goal fires off-colour Spain past Ukraine
Mar28

Morata goal fires off-colour Spain past Ukraine

Forward Alvaro Morata justified his selection for Spain by scoring his debut international goal in a laboured 1-0 home win for the holders against Ukraine in Euro 2016 qualifying Group C on Friday. Morata galloped on to a Koke pass in the 28th minute at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Seville and his shot took a slight deflection off a defender...

Ukraine rebels hand over bodies of 22 govt soldiers
Mar27

Ukraine rebels hand over bodies of 22 govt soldiers

Separatists in eastern Ukraine have handed over the bodies of 22 government soldiers killed during the fierce, months-long battle over the airport near the rebel stronghold of Donetsk. …read more Source: The Times of...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Says West Wants to Weaken Russia
Mar27

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Says West Wants to Weaken Russia

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has accused the West of trying to weaken Russia by turning Ukraine into a puppet state, a tactic he said had also been used against his own country. …read more Source:...

Putin says Russia will stand firm in standoff with West
Mar26

Putin says Russia will stand firm in standoff with West

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with government officials in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service) President Vladimir Putin has vowed that Russia will stand firm in the face of what he described as Western attempts to isolate the country...