Section: Malaysia
Soros ready to pour US$1 bn into Ukraine
VIENNA: US financier George Soros said Monday he was ready to invest US$1 billion (RM3.72 billion) in Ukraine if the West promised to help the embattled country. “Ukraine is defending the EU from Russian aggression” and helping its development will weaken Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Hungarian-born philanthropist said in...
One Ukrainian serviceman killed, three wounded, in clashes with rebels – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and three were wounded in clashes with Russia-backed separatists in the past 24 hours despite a ceasefire, the Kiev military said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Soros says ready to invest US$1bil in Ukraine if West helps
VIENNA: Billionaire financier George Soros is ready to invest US$1 billion in Ukraine, if Western countries help private investment there. He also put the odds of Greece leaving the euro at a third, in an interview with Austrian newspaper Der Standard. …read more Source: New Straits...
Uzbekistan declares polls set to re-elect strongman Karimov valid
TASHKENT: Uzbekistan on Sunday declared its presidential ballot valid after more than the required third of voters turned out in an election that 77-year-old strongman incumbent President Islam Karimov is almost certain to win. The central electoral commission of the ex-Soviet Central Asian country said 36.55% of the 20 million registered voters...
EU's Juncker postpones Kiev visit due to kidney stones
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has postponed plans to visit Kiev on Monday because he needs to receive treatment for kidney stones. …read more Source: The...
Barcelona fullback Alba sidelined for 10 days
BARCELONA: Barcelona fullback Jordi Alba will be out of action for around 10 days after sustaining a leg muscle injury in Spain’s 1-0 Euro 2016 qualifying win over Ukraine on Friday. …read more Source: New Straits...
Soyuz spacecraft docks at ISS
BAIKONUR: A Russian Soyuz spacecraft with three crew on board successfully docked with the International Space Station on Friday after blasting off from Kazakhstan, Nasa said. The Soyuz-TMA16M spacecraft’s crew included a US astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut who will be the first to spend an entire year on the orbiting outpost. The...
Ukraine arrests Turkish cargo ship over Crimea port call
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities have arrested a Turkish-owned cargo ship and detained its captain over a visit it made to a port in Crimea after Russian annexed the peninsula from Ukraine last year. …read more Source: The...
Russian Orthodox Church suspends priest who blessed Ukraine-bound fighters
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Orthodox Church has suspended a priest who publicly blessed a group of fighters heading to eastern Ukraine, encouraging them to battle government troops he called “fascist scum”. …read more Source: The...
Poland to charge two Russian officials over Kaczynski plane crash
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland said on Friday it will bring charges against two Russian air traffic controllers over a 2010 plane crash which killed then Polish president Lech Kaczynski, a move likely to damage bilateral relations already strained by the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
