Section: Malaysia
The life of a jobbing model at NY fashion week
Catherine TRIOMPHE | Bibi Shapirova, 22, from Kazakhstan (L) and Arina Lubiteleva, 19, from Ukraine pose for photos on February 8, 2017 in New York -AFP photo NEW YORK: Three young models looking to make their mark at New York fashion week explain what it takes to be a jobbing model in the frenzied world of shows and castings. Krystall Schott,...
Signatures that triggered EU-Ukraine referendum not vetted – Dutch government
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The authenticity of more than 400,000 signatures gathered by activists in the Netherlands to trigger last year’s referendum on the European Union treaty with Ukraine was never verified, it emerged on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Kremlin says east Ukraine unlikely to be part of deal with Trump
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Thursday it was unlikely that the situation in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists are ranged against the Ukrainian army, would be part of any deal with U.S. President Donald Trump. …read more Source: The...
Alexei Navalny: Russian crusader who took on Putin
Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber | Alexei Navalny has tapped into discontent among the urban middle class with fiery speeches and Western-style campaigning -AFP photo MOSCOW: Anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny shot to the head of Russia’s opposition as one of the leaders of the biggest protests against Vladimir Putin’s rule, drawing...
Pirates kidnap seven Russians, one Ukrainian in Nigerian waters
LAGOS (Reuters) – Pirates have kidnapped seven Russians and one Ukrainian after attacking the cargo ship the BBC Caribbean off the coast of Nigeria, the Russian embassy said on its official Twitter account. …read more Source: The...
Germany mulling meeting with Russia, Ukraine, France on Ukraine crisis
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is in talks with its partners about organising a meeting between Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany on the Ukraine crisis on the sidelines of a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Bonn next week, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Top Ukraine rebel commander killed in ‘act of terror’
DONETSK, Ukraine: The military chief of a self-proclaimed Russian-backed republic in eastern Ukraine was killed in an “act of terror” Wednesday, the latest victim of a string of similar attacks, local authorities said. The dead man was Mikhail Tolstykh, head of the notorious “Somali” battalion and a leading commander of...
Singapore mandatory army training to stay in troubled world
SINGAPORE: Singapore will keep its mandatory military service because it cannot depend on help from others in an uncertain world, the city-state’s defence minister said yesterday. Ng Eng Hen said conscription was crucial, especially for smaller countries like Singapore, and those who had abolished it ended up regretting their decision. One...
S’pore mandatory army training stays
SINGAPORE: Singapore will keep its mandatory military service because it cannot depend on help from others in an uncertain world, its defence minister said today. Ng Eng Hen said conscription was crucial, especially for smaller countries like Singapore, and those who had abolished it ended up regretting their decision. One such country is...
Merkel urges Putin to help end violence in eastern Ukraine-spokesman
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone call on Tuesday to use his influence on separatists in eastern Ukraine to stop the violence there, a German government spokesman said. …read more Source: The...
