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Budapest cruise captain already under probe over earlier accident
The Ukrainian captain is reportedly feeling remorse over last week’s Danube riverboat casualties. (AFP pic)BUDAPEST: The captain of a Budapest river cruise ship involved in a deadly collision with a sightseeing boat last week is already under investigation over another accident in April, Hungarian prosecutors said Thursday. The death toll...
Captain of vessel in Danube boat collision had previous accident
The Ukrainian captain is reportedly feeling remorse over last week’s Danube river boat casualties. (AFP pic)BUDAPEST: The Ukrainian captain of a cruise liner involved in a fatal collision with a pleasure boat on the Danube River in Budapest last week had captained a boat in the Netherlands that was in an accident there in April, Hungarian...
Captain of cruise liner involved in Danube boat collision had previous accident -prosecutors
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The Ukrainian captain of a cruise liner that collided with a Hungarian pleasure boat on the Danube last week was captain of a boat in the Netherlands that caused an accident there in April, Hungarian prosecutors said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Party of Ukraine's new president well ahead in parliamentary election race
KIEV (Reuters) – Servant of the People, the party of Ukraine’s new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has increased its large lead over rivals ahead of a snap parliamentary election due on July 21, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Three Ukraine soldiers killed ahead of peace talks
KIEV: Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed in a flare-up of the conflict with Russian-backed separatists, the army said Wednesday, hours before peace talks were set to resume.It was the deadliest day in the conflict since new president Volodymyr Zelensky took office last month.Kiev’s armed forces accused insurgents of using heavy weaponry...
Xi Jinping in Russia to usher ‘new era’ of friendship
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping headed for Russia today to mark a new era of friendship and reinforce economic ties that had benefited from Moscow’s isolation from the West.Due to arrive in the early afternoon, Xi will be received with full honours.He will have talks in the Kremlin with President Vladimir Putin before attending a...
Xi Jinping in Russia to usher ‘new era’ of friendship
Xi will have talks in the Kremlin with President Vladimir Putin, before heading to Russia’s former imperial capital Saint Petersburg to attend the Economic Forum hosted by Putin on Thursday and Friday. (AFP pic)CHINA: Chinese President Xi Jinping headed for Russia Wednesday to mark a new era of friendship and reinforce economic ties that...
Ukraine's new president seeks pro-Western course, peace with Russia
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – New Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he was ready to negotiate with Russia to end the war in eastern Ukraine while sticking to Ukraine’s goal of one day joining the European Union and the NATO alliance. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's new president to revive Russia peace talks, join NATO
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – New Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he is ready to negotiate with Russia to end the war in eastern Ukraine but will stick to the previous government’s goal of one day joining the NATO alliance. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s new leader asks Europe to pressure Russia to end war
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky wants Russia to end the war in Crimea. (AFP pic)BRUSSELS: Ukraine’s new President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to press Europe to step up pressure on Russia to end the war in his country’s east, as he arrived in Brussels Tuesday for his first foreign trip as leader. The former comedian who...
