Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Ukraine president's wife hospitalized after contracting coronavirus
KYIV (Reuters) – The wife of Ukraine’s President, Olena Zelenska, was hospitalized after contracting coronavirus and her condition was stable, the presidential office said on Tuesday. …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine alleges $5 million bribe over Burisma, no Biden link
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian officials on Saturday said they were offered $5 million (4 million pounds) in bribes to end a probe into energy company Burisma’s founder, but said there was no connection to former board member Hunter Biden whose father is running for the U.S. presidency. …read more Source:: The...
Iran says will now send Ukraine airliner black boxes to Paris – sources
(Reuters) – Iran told the U.N.’s aviation agency on Wednesday that it would send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Paris for analysis, once countries involved in the investigation agree, two sources familiar with the matter said. …read more Source:: The...
After long delay, parents finally meet surrogate baby in Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – For parents Jose Perez and Flavia Lavorino, the wait is finally over. On Wednesday, the couple from Buenos Aires met their baby son Manu for the first time, 71 days after he was born to a surrogate mother 8,000 miles (12,875 km) away in Ukraine. …read more Source:: The...
Dutch MH17 trial resumes, defence seeks more time after COVID-19 break
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Defence lawyers in the trial of the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine on Monday said they needed more time to prepare as public hearings resumed following delays due to the new coronavirus lockdown. …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine found no evidence against Hunter Biden in case audit: former top prosecutor
KIEV (Reuters) – An audit of thousands of old case files by Ukrainian prosecutors found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Hunter Biden, the former prosecutor general, who had launched the audit, told Reuters. …read more Source:: The...
Basis for exclusion of Russia from G8 still exists – Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – Russia was excluded from the Group of Eight powers over its annexation of the Crimea peninsula and the basis for that decision still stands, a German government spokesman said on Wednesday. …read more Source:: The...
Apartment-bound Ukrainians check out portable homes
KIEV (Reuters) – Business is thriving for a company manufacturing portable houses in Ukraine as people cooped up in tower blocks under lockdown yearn to live closer to nature. …read more Source:: The...
Exclusive: Ukraine's anti-graft bureau probes state tender for medical suits
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian anti-corruption officials are investigating a tender for 71,000 hospital protective suits during the coronavirus pandemic after the government for the first time bypassed its own procurement rules in the health sector. …read more Source:: The...
Tourist trade in annexed Crimea on brink as coronavirus bites
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Crimean hostel owner Natalia Kirichenko has given up hope of hosting guests this summer as the coronavirus outbreak threatens to ruin the economy of the tourism-dependent region that Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. …read more Source:: The...
