Section: Malaysia
Ukraine Railways to halt international trains from March 17
KIEV (Reuters) – State-run Ukrainian railways company Ukrzaliznytsia will suspend all international passenger trains from March 17 in an attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the company said on Sunday. …read more Source:: The...
Russia to suspend trains to Ukraine, Moldova over coronavirus – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – State-run Russian Railways said on Sunday it would halt trains to and from Ukraine and Moldova from March 17 in an attempt to contain the coronavirus outbreak, TASS news agency reported. …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine to block entry to residents registered in separatist-held areas to stop coronavirus spread
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s government at a televised meeting on Friday decided to ban citizens registered in separatist-held terroritory in the eastern Donbass region from entering government-controlled areas. …read more Source:: The...
WHO labels coronavirus a ‘pandemic’ as Europe scrambles to contain it
GENEVA: The World Health Organization called the new coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on Wednesday, issuing a grim warning that the global spread and severity of the illness was due to “alarming levels of inaction”.The call came as Europe faced a mounting number of cases — including a slew of new countries clocking first deaths —...
Iran agrees to send black boxes of crashed jet to Ukraine – official
PARIS (Reuters) – Iran’s aviation authority has agreed to send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Kiev for analysis, Iran’s representative at the United Nations’ aviation agency told Reuters. …read more Source:: The...
Ukrainian capital Kiev shuts schools, mass events to prevent spread of virus
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s capital Kiev will close schools and universities from Thursday until the end of March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, city mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Wednesday. …read more Source:: The...
Russian meddling casts ‘dark shadow’ over MH17 trial: prosecutors
BADHOEVEDORP: Dutch prosecutors accused Russia on Tuesday of interfering with the probe into the downing of flight MH17 and casting a “dark shadow” over the trial of four suspects in the disaster.Moscow had tried to track down witnesses in the trial that started on Monday in the Netherlands, leaving some in fear for their lives in case they were...
Dutch prosecutors accuse Russia of trying to 'thwart' MH17 investigation
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch prosecutors accused Russia on Tuesday of trying to sabotage the investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine in 2014, saying this cast “a dark shadow” over the impending trial of four suspects in the crash. …read more Source:: The...
Factbox: Four on trial over shooting down of flight MH17 in Ukraine
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The first hearing in the criminal trial of four men accused of murder for their roles in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine began in the Netherlands on Monday: …read more Source:: The...
Criminal proceedings start against four charged with downing of MH17
AMSTERDAM: Nearly six years after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine, criminal proceedings started in a Dutch court today against four men, the culmination of a painstaking multi-nation criminal investigation. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New Straits...
