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Much yet to do – EU urges new Ukraine leader to push reforms
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union delivered formal congratulations to Ukraine’s novice president-elect on Monday but made clear it expects TV comic Volodymyr Zelenskiy to pursue halting reforms, including fighting corruption. …read more Source: The...
No laughing matter as comedian Zelensky becomes Ukraine president-elect
Zelensky won by a landslide victory. (AFP/Getty pic)KIEV: A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday, drawing congratulations from global leaders while dealing a stunning rebuke to his country’s political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political...
Landslide election victory thrusts Ukrainian comedian into limelight
KIEV (Reuters) – In a popular Ukrainian TV series, comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy played a president who is scrupulously honest and outwits crooked lawmakers and shadowy businessmen who try to stand in his way. …read more Source: The...
Comedian wins Ukrainian presidential race by landslide – final exit poll
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won the second round of a presidential election against incumbent Petro Poroshenko by a landslide, a final national exit poll showed on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Incumbent Poroshenko concedes defeat in Ukrainian presidential vote
KIEV (Reuters) – Incumbent Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday conceded he had been soundly defeated in a run-off vote by comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy and would be leaving office next month, but said he did not plan to quit politics altogether. …read more Source: The...
Comic poised to take over presidency in Ukraine vote
KIEV: Ukrainians went to polls today in the second round of an extraordinary election with a comedian who plays a president on TV expected to win in a stunning rebuke to the political establishment.Forty-one-year-old Volodymyr Zelensky’s bid to lead the country of 45 million people was initially dismissed as a joke when he announced his...
Fed up with status quo, Ukrainians may elect comedian in presidential run-off
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainians vote on Sunday in the second round of an election that could thrust a comedian with no prior political experience into the presidency of a country at war and wanting transformational change. …read more Source: The...
As comedian eyes presidency, Ukraine braces for uncertain future
KIEV: Ukraine readied Saturday for a change in leadership as a young comedian appeared set to crush his incumbent rival in presidential polls, delivering a stinging rebuke to the old elite.The 41-year-old television star Volodymyr Zelensky’s bid to lead Ukraine began as a long shot but all polls show him defeating President Petro Poroshenko...
China to show new warships as Beijing flexes military muscle on navy anniversary
QINGDAO (China): China will show off new warships including nuclear submarines and destroyers at a parade next week marking 70 years since its navy’s founding, a senior commander said on Saturday, as Beijing flexes its increasingly well-equipped military muscle.President Xi Jinping is overseeing a sweeping plan to refurbish the...
Republican Romney says ‘sickened’ by Trump’s behaviour during Russia probe
WASHINGTON: Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said yesterday he was “sickened” by the dishonesty of US President Donald Trump and people around him as portrayed in a report on Russia’s attempts to influence the 2016 election.Romney, now a US senator from Utah and an off-and-on Trump critic, was responding to the report by...
