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Putin – nothing wrong with us giving passports to east Ukraine residents
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday a decision to give residents of Ukrainian rebel regions fast-track access to Russian passports was no different from what European Union states were already doing. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine passes language law championed by outgoing president
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament approved a law on Thursday that grants special status to the Ukrainian language and makes it mandatory for public sector workers, despite opposition from the country’s large Russian-speaking minority who feel it is discriminatory. …read more Source: The...
US measles cases highest since 2000
Cases of measles have spiked in the US. (AFP pic)NEW YORK: The US recorded 695 cases of measles in 2019, the most of any year since the disease was declared eliminated at the turn of the century, officials said on Wednesday, ahead of a campaign to reinforce the message that vaccines are safe. The surge comes amid a growing global movement against...
US records 695 measles cases, most since elimination in 2000
NEW YORK: The United States recorded 695 cases of measles in 2019, the most of any year since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000, health authorities said Wednesday.“The high number of cases in 2019 is primarily the result of a few large outbreaks – one in Washington State and two large outbreaks in New York that started in late 2018,“...
U.S. slams Russia's offer of citizenship to east Ukraine residents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States condemned on Wednesday Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order simplifying the procedure for obtaining a Russian passport for residents of separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russian pranksters posing as Ukraine president-elect trick France's Macron
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian pranksters posing as Ukrainian president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy tricked French President Emmanuel Macron into a hoax phone call after Sunday’s Ukrainian presidential vote. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's outgoing and new presidents denounce Russia over east Ukraine passports
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s outgoing leader and president-elect separately issued statements on Wednesday denouncing Russia as an occupying force in eastern Ukraine, after Moscow moved to simplify the procedure for Donbass residents to get Russian passports. …read more Source: The...
Putin – we don't want to cause problems for new Ukraine president
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday it was unacceptable that residents of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions had no rights, but he said Moscow did not want to create problems for the new Ukrainian leadership. …read more Source: The...
Kiev denounces Russian move to ease citizenship for east Ukraine residents
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin on Wednesday denounced a Russian move to simplify procedures for residents in separatist-held eastern Ukraine to obtain Russian passports. …read more Source: The...
Putin makes it easier for people from Ukraine's rebel regions to get Russian passports
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order simplifying the procedure for obtaining a Russian passport for residents of the rebel-controlled Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
